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A few days after a first-degree murder warrant was signed by a Los Angeles judge, Durst was arrested by FBI agents (who had been investigating Durst since 2012) on March 14, 2015, at the Canal Street Marriott in New Orleans, where he had registered under the false name "Everette Ward". Durst, who had been tracked to the hotel after making two calls to check his voicemail, was observed wandering aimlessly in the lobby and mumbling to himself, having driven to New Orleans from Houston four days before. In addition to a .38 Smith & Wesson revolver loaded with four live rounds and one spent shell casing, police recovered five ounces of marijuana, Durst's birth certificate and passport, maps showing Florida, Louisiana, and Cuba, a "flesh-toned" latex mask covering the face and neck (with salt-and-pepper hair attached), the fake Texas ID used to check into the hotel, a new cellphone, and $42,631, mostly in $100 bills stuffed into small envelopes. Police discovered a UPS tracking number which led to an additional $117,000 cash, in a package sent to Durst by a woman in New York (not Durst's wife) which was seized after his arrest. Bank statements found in one of Durst's Houston condominiums revealed cash withdrawals of $315,000 in little more than a month.
Robert's brother Douglas said he was "relieved" and "grateful" in a statement shortly after his brother's arrest. He added, "We hope he will finally be held accountable for all he has done." Douglas Durst later said he was "not confident" his brother would be convicted in Los Angeles.
On March 15, 2015, New York State Police investigator Joseph Becerra, long involved with the Kathie Durst case and said to be working closely in recent months with FBI and Los Angeles detectives, removed some sixty file boxes of Durst's personal papers from the home of a Durst friend in Campbell Hall, New York, where they had been sent by Durst's wife three years before for safekeeping.
A few days after a first-degree murder warrant was signed by a Los Angeles judge, Durst was arrested by FBI agents (who had been investigating Durst since 2012) on March 14, 2015, at the Canal Street Marriott in New Orleans, where he had registered under the false name "Everette Ward". Durst, who had been tracked to the hotel after making two calls to check his voicemail, was observed wandering aimlessly in the lobby and mumbling to himself, having driven to New Orleans from Houston four days before. In addition to a .38 Smith & Wesson revolver loaded with four live rounds and one spent shell casing, police recovered five ounces of marijuana, Durst's birth certificate and passport, maps showing Florida, Louisiana, and Cuba, a "flesh-toned" latex mask covering the face and neck (with salt-and-pepper hair attached), the fake Texas ID used to check into the hotel, a new cellphone, and $42,631, mostly in $100 bills stuffed into small envelopes. Police discovered a UPS tracking number which led to an additional $117,000 cash, in a package sent to Durst by a woman in New York (not Durst's wife) which was seized after his arrest. Bank statements found in one of Durst's Houston condominiums revealed cash withdrawals of $315,000 in little more than a month.
Robert's brother Douglas said he was "relieved" and "grateful" in a statement shortly after his brother's arrest. He added, "We hope he will finally be held accountable for all he has done." Douglas Durst later said he was "not confident" his brother would be convicted in Los Angeles.
On March 15, 2015, New York State Police investigator Joseph Becerra, long involved with the Kathie Durst case and said to be working closely in recent months with FBI and Los Angeles detectives, removed some sixty file boxes of Durst's personal papers from the home of a Durst friend in Campbell Hall, New York, where they had been sent by Durst's wife three years before for safekeeping.