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Cnn's chris welch who's at the new orleans courthouse. it's so complicated in terms of all the things that mr. durst is facing. i don't want to say not the least of which because it seems small in comparison to first-degree murder. but this is a felony weapons charge and a drug charge that he's dealing with in your jurisdiction, where you are right now. how long is it going to take to wrap that up to get to the bigger business of murder in l.a.? >> reporter: well, that's the big question, ashleigh. if you talk to -- if you were to talk to robert durst or talk to robert durst's attorneys, they ...

Stepson of susan berman. in a storage box, the stepson comes across a letter durst sent to berman shortly before she died. durst's handwriting, the killer's note to police, they bear remarkable similarities. down to the misspelling of beverly. in the final episode of "the jinx," robert durst is presented with a close match between his handwriting and the killer's. on camera he appears unfazed. he then walks away to the restroom, his mike still on. the camera records as he talks to himself. >> there it is, you're caught. what the hell did i do? killed them all, of course. >> reporter: durst's a...

Durst's attorney who say they are eager to get back to california and face his capital murder charge, which he says he's not guilty of. unfortunately, they are stuck here and it's unclear how long they are going to be here. whether those charges are going to be brought in front of the judge and whether he's going to have to stand trial or put them on hold and send him back to california. >> it seems as though there's going to be a certain amount of discussion between new orleans and l.a. what's the next step for the prosecutors and l.a.p.d.? >> reporter: right now, they are waiting. what they ...

Kind of nudged the orange cone out of the way and went around the barricade. and so we got a little bit more detail which tracks with some of the law enforcement forces i was talking to last week that this wasn't necessarily some secret service agents careening into a barricade but rather kind of moving around a working investigation. but in any case, ashleigh, this is a very tough day for director clancy. remember, he was in front of the lawmakers who set his budget. and this was one of the first times he's gone in front of them. not a great way to start the relationship. >> well, he's got an...

You'll remember susan berman was a long-time friend and authorities said at the time they were getting ready to question her before she was found dead in her apartment. >> and just a little bit more on the whole gun issue that was found in the hotel that he had checked into. >> reporter: well there are two charge there is. one is possession of a weapon after being charged in a felony. they don't specify what the felony was. durst was charged in the previous murder of his neighbor for dismembering the body. the second charge was possession with a weapon of a controlled substance. >> stephanie g...