Fugitive real estate heir agrees to Los Angeles extradition

In that episode, Durst was presented with evidence that his handwriting appeared to match that of Berman’s likely killer. As a result, Durst’s return to Los Angeles may be delayed beyond the August 18 date if legal proceedings are still continuing in Louisiana, Jane Robison, a spokeswoman for the L.A. District Attorney’s office, said Tuesday.

Durst, a real estate heir, remains in Louisiana on a weapons charge after his arrest in March in New Orleans.

The agreement was reached Tuesday by Durst and his attorneys, prosecutors said.

Durst was arrested on March 14 – a day before HBO’s shocking finale of “The Jinx”, featuring an audio recording in which Durst is heard saying he “killed them all”.

“Once we get our case resolved in New Orleans, then we will work on getting him, Bob, to California where he can be brought to trial”, Durst’s attorney, Dick DeGuerin, told the Los Angeles Times.

In the HBO documentary’s final segment, Durst was recorded muttering to himself while using the bathroom. “He has to be designated by the federal government to a prison in California”, where he would be held until he is transferred to another detention facility during trial, DeGuerin said.

Durst has been linked to but never convicted of two murders-one of which included Berman’s grisly death in 2000-and the disappearance of his wife, Kathleen Durst, in 1982.

In 2000, police were preparing to question Berman, a friend of Durst’s, in the investigation of the disappearance of his first wife, Kathie McCormack. Several seconds later, he continued: “Killed them all, of course”.

Durst has been long estranged from his real-estate-rich family, which is best known for a series of New York City skyscrapers – including an investment in the World Trade Center. He has a change-of-plea hearing in federal court scheduled for February 3.