Eccentric millionaire can't recall details of cutting up friend
OK, so you just downed a fifth of Jack Daniels and then proceeded to carve your best friend into bite-size morsels. Don't you think that you'd have at least SOME recollection of your handiwork? Apparently not if you're Robert Durst, who seems blessed with a highly selective and surprisingly nonfunctional memory.
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) -- Pressed by prosecutors, New York real estate heir Robert Durst testified Monday that he could not remember specifics of how he cut up the body of a neighbor he is accused of murdering.
The millionaire said he did not know how long it took or what part of Morris Black's body he cut first. Durst said he used two saws and an ax that belonged to Black after drinking a fifth of Jack Daniels.
"You were drunk while cutting up Morris Black?" prosecutor Kurt Sistrunk asked.
"I hope so, yes, sir," Durst responded....
"Did you cry when you were cutting up your best friend?" Sistrunk said. "Do you remember anything about cutting up Morris Black?"
Durst answered: "No, sir."
Durst, who sometimes posed as a mute woman while living on Galveston Island, said earlier that he and Black became good friends but had a falling out. The deadly scuffle, he said, occurred after Durst found Black in his apartment with a gun.
For his poor choice of tools and his disturbingly poor prevarication skills, Durst has demonstrated his skill in holding himself to the exacting standards required by the DUMASS AWARD nominating committee. OK, so it's not exactly a Nobel Peace Prize, but Mother Teresa didn't cut up her best friend, did she?
Congratulations, Mr. Durst. Remember, a good craftsman never blames his tools, and he never works while intoxicated. Of course, this is exactly why you've won your DUMASS AWARD. I'm fairly certain that you'll be someone's girlfriend in Huntsville before you know what hit you....
