Real Estate millionaire, Robert Durst arrested for murder

New York real estate scion, Robert Durst has been arrested for murder.

Durst who is the scion of one of New York's largest real estate empires was arrested in New Orleans on a murder warrant issued by Los Angeles County.

According to news agency, Reuters, the 72-year old is known for life twists that led him to be questioned but not charged in the mysterious deaths of his first wife Kathleen Durst in 1982 as well as a longtime friend, Susan Berman in 2000.

He has however maintained his innocence in the deaths stating he did not have "faintest idea" who killed Berman, nor did he know what happened to his first wife.

Reports say the district attorney in Los Angeles had recently reopened an investigation into the December 2000 killing of Durst's friend Susan Berman, and was tying it to the case of Kathleen Durst, who went missing from New York and was eventually pronounced legally dead.

Also, in a separate case, after being arrested while living in Texas disguised as a mute woman, Durst was acquitted of murder in 2001 after convincing a jury that he had fatally shot and dismembered an elderly neighbor in an act of self-defense.

But in a twist of events, he appeared to have confessed to the murders during the final installment of a 6-part HBO documentary series called "The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst" which aired on Sunday night.

Though unclear whether he was speaking sincerely, and to himself, Durst goes to the bathroom, after an interview session during which he rejects one piece of evidence against him, while still wearing the microphone and apparently unaware he is still being taped, he whispers to himself,

"What the hell did I do? Killed them all, of course."

The Durst Organization oversees the lease and maintenance of One World Trade Center, amongst no fewer than 11 Manhattan office towers.

He currently lives in Texas after getting about $65 million from the settlement of a lawsuit he brought against family trusts and his life also inspired the 2010 Hollywood movie "All Good Things."