Nearly 30 years after Robert Durst’s first wife vanished, Westchester County prosecutors say they are still investigating her disappearance and likely murder.
“It remains an open case, as does every unsolved homicide,” said Lucian Chalfen, a spokesman for the Westchester DA.
But friends and family of Kathleen Durst fear the case is as cold as her suspected killer’s heart.
Kathleen, a medical student, had complained to friends that Robert Durst had become increasingly possessive and violent.
She disappeared on Jan. 31, 1982, after meeting Durst for dinner at their lakeside cottage in South Salem.
Kathleen’s best friend, Gilberte Najamy, was the last person to see her alive, and said she remains frustrated that the investigation has stalled.
Najamy said she is convinced that Durst knows more than he is telling.
“He’s willing to do anything to protect himself,” Najamy said. “That’s the Bobby I know.”
Najamy said Kathleen had been planning to leave Durst but wanted to become a doctor and save up some money first.
Kathleen, 29, disappeared just several months before she was to graduate from medical school.