New York real-estate heir Robert Durst was sentenced to life in prison without chance of parole for the murder of his best friend Susan Berman more than two decades ago
New York real estate heir Robert Durst was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without chance of parole for the murder of his friend Susan Berman more that two decades ago.
A spokesman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office confirmed Mr. Durst’s sentence. A Los Angeles Superior Court jury last month found Mr. Durst, 78, guilty of first degree murder of Ms. Berman in her Benedict Canyon home in 2000.
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