Three things ...


I am someone who is and always was highly interested in True Crime and the nature, psychology and diversity of the delinquents and alleged delinquents, but this case is extraordinary fascinating me.

First of I count to the obviously very few people who are not entirely convinced that Robert Durst killed his wife and/or Susan Berman.

Second, the more I learn about Durst, and I really did a LOT research during the past weeks, it blows my mind that Durst's real mental state ins't getting discussed and doesn't get even more attention as it does, as I more and more come to the conclusion it's absolutely fundamental and essential when it comes to his actions and behavior, and therefor for his competency to even commit such a crime and in how far he is really accountable for whatever he did. Specially after I watched an interview with the forensic psychiatrist who had quite a lot sessions with him.
Durst clearly had emotional issues right from the start when he was a kid, or at least after he lost his mother so early through suicide.
I think his mental state changed and worsened through the decades and specially now that he suffers from such severe neurological issues I wonder if he even is capable to face his trial as a legally sane individual.

Thirdly, slowly I'm afraid he won't even live long enough to meet the end of his own trial and therefor we'll probably never see this case getting 100% solved.
From what I read and heard Bob physically became very very frail and got transferred to the Mental Health Unit at the Elayn Hunt Correctional Facility cause of his decreasing condition and also cause of being at risk to commit suicide.

Judge me, I feel something like empathy for this guy.
Not because I think he's entirely innocent and not because I fell for his - very strange sort of - charm.
I feel sorry for him cause nonetheless he seems to be an extraordinary intelligent person who was born in such a bizarre family and whose life took such a damn twisted and sad path.

Bob Durst mentally always lived in another galaxy, and that galaxy ain't a happy one.

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It wouldn't surprise me at all if he committed suicide. It'd be really nice for her family to get him to admit it in court, but the coward would top himself before that'd happen.

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You sound like the type of person who writes to prisoners and marries them.

He did kill all three people and those are the people we know about.

Is his mental state diminished to the point that he is not guilty of his actions? Definitely not.

He has deceived the world for decades and his old age got the better of him.

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That "charm" you feel is what a Sociopath is able to MAKE you feel. You see him in this documentary lying for (apparently) no reason other than to make himself feel 'smarter' than everyone else or for his own amusement ("Madrid"? Really?)

Ted Bundy, O.J. Simpson, Amanda Knox, the question isn't their 'mental state' but whether they know right from wrong. Sociopaths lie because they know what they are doing is wrong, and they don't care about right-or-wrong; they only care about punishment, which is what they try to avoid by lying and...wait for it..."charm."

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Obviously, you've had too good of a life to think this man has a tough life.

He's not a genius. He got away with the first two murders because the police are incompetent, or his families shielded him. The third murder was sloppy, senseless and very stupid. Had he not been rich, he would have been just a regular thug who killed his wife, his friend, and his neighbor without remorse.

Criminals are all humans. They all have stories. Durst is not the only criminal with a sappy story. Life is tough; to most people, anyway.

Susan Berman also thought the way you do, by the way.

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You think just because he was born into one of the wealthiest families that bailed him out he had a great life?

Durst has aspergers, from childhood on he wasn't able to maintain any relationships or friendships, cause he can't express his own emotions properly nor he can interpret the emotions of other people what continuously lead to failing relationships. He was diagnosed with mental issues at a very early age, after his mother committed suicide. There are documents of a psychiatrist who urgently recommended treatment - his father gave a flying fudge. Neither he offered any comfort, nor he cared about getting professional help for his son when he still was too little that he couldn't do it himself.
He was left alone with his condition and with the trauma he suffered when his mother died. And you expect a child treated like this mentally develops entirely normal?

You really think this man lead a happy life? How so?

Cause of being RICH? Money isn't everything.

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