Robert Durst and 218 Lenox Avenue
It’s been only two weeks since Robert Durst, older brother of developer Douglas Durst, bought a townhouse in East Harlem, but residents are already protesting, saying he is a danger to the neighborhood. Some believe that Durst, who purchased a 19th century property at 218 Lenox Avenue for $1.75 million earlier this month, is a threat, after being linked with various murder cases, the New York Post reported.
Isaiah Owens, owner of a funeral home in East Harlem, said he has a message for the police department: “If I disappear, go and check him out first.’’
Robert has received attention in some high-profile police cases, including one that was the basis for a film about the disappearance of his wife that Douglas and the Durst Organization sought to block. He admitted killing a 71-year-old neighbor in Texas in 2001 and dumping his dismembered body in Galveston Bay. He was also a suspect in the 2000 execution-style shooting of writer Susan Berman.
After the verdict was given in the Black trial, Durst’s brother Tom said: “He’ll kill again, I have no doubt, the question is who is next?”
Patricia Lizet, a nursing assistant and a resident of Harlem, told the Post: “He’s a killer. He should be on some island by himself. I don’t want him living next to me. You can’t trust him.” [Post]
