With The Jinx Season 2 just around the corner, you might be wondering: is the man at the center of the case, Robert Durst, still alive? Here’s what you need to know.
While there are plenty ofnew true crime documentariesto look forward to this month, perhaps none are quite as anticipated as The Jinx Part Two.
It’s one of thebest documentary seriesof all time, culminating in arguably the most shocking twist ending ever seen in the true crime realm. Now, Andrew Jarecki is returning with his team for a follow-up series — before it does, find out if Durst is still alive.
The Jinx: Is Robert Durst still alive?
But in the case of his friend Berman, Jarecki and his crew took a deep dive into a letter addressed to the Beverly Hills Police Department in December 2000, just after her death. Alongside Berman’s address, it contained just one word: Cadaver. Meaning whoever wrote and sent the letter was the killer.
In The Jinx, Berman’s step son finds a letter written by Durst, and the similarity between his handwriting and the killer’s is uncanny. When Jarecki confronts Durst about this in thedocuseries, he appears to struggle to contain himself, letting out an involuntary belch and covering his face with his hands.
As the team starts packing up, ready to put a ribbon on the interviews, Durst gets caught on a hot mic. Unaware that he’s being recorded, he says to himself, “What the hell did I do? Killed them all, of course.”
However, less than a year after his conviction, he died in prison. But there’s still plenty more of this story to be told. The filmmakers spent another eight years investigating the case, all of which will be explored in The Jinx Season 2.
Daisy Phillipson is a Senior TV and Movies Writer on Dexerto’s UK Team. She’s a lover of horror, crime, psychological thrillers. After graduating with a Masters in Magazine Journalism, she’s gone on to write for Digital Spy, LADbible and Little White Lies. You can contact her at daisy.phillipson@dexerto.com
