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Susan Berman, a crime writer and self-described 'mafia princess' was killed inside her Benedict Canyon home in 2000. Now, her best friend, Robert Durst, focus of HBO's "The Jinx," is scheduled to go to trial accused of her murder.
Victim in Robert Durst murder trial never saw her killer as she was shot from an inch away in back of the head while bending down to pick up dog poop
Durst, 78, is on trial in the death of Berman, a close friend he is suspected of killing at her Los Angeles home in December 2000. He has pleaded not guilty
Dr. Mark Fajardo reviewed Berman s autopsy in 2015 and testified that she may not have seen her killer coming up on her
Fajardo also testified that Berman s head wound came from a 9mm pistol that may have been fired within an inch of the back of her head
LOS ANGELES â When Robert Durst learned New York authorities had reopened their investigation into the disappearance of his first wife, he was not afraid his longtime friend Susan Berman was planning to implicate him in the crime, his lawyer argued in court Wednesday.
To the contrary, Durst asked Berman to talk to the police, defense attorney Dick DeGuerin claimed during his opening statement in the real estate heirâs long-delayed murder trial.
DeGuerin spent much of his two-hour address to the jury trying to undercut Los Angeles County prosecutorsâ theory that Durst killed Berman in 2000 to prevent her from telling investigators what she knew about his alleged role in his wifeâs 1982 vanishing.