Yesterday, Molly Hennessy-Fiske at The Los Angeles Times received a letter from a person claiming to be Robert Durst. The letter rambles on about a variety of topics, including traffic in L.A. and Houston, the NFL, opera, a beloved coffee shop, and Durst's health.
While it hasn’t been verified, the letter’s return address reads “Robert Durst, Elayn Hunt Correctional Center,” the prison where Durst has been held since his arrest last month, and it's post-marked April 1, six days after the Times mailed an inquiry to Durst at the prison.
Durst, or the person claiming to be him, wrote about his time living in L.A.: He mentions a favorite coffee shop in Sunset Boulevard and an apartment complex he purchased.
“I loved watching the traffic come up La Cienega and mush into Santa Monica, hated L.A. traffic which makes Houston seem like a small town,” he wrote.
Later, the letter writer listed his “interests” as “opera and pro football.”
“Your political and business leaders have chosen to fight rather than agree to disagree and there was no football,” he wrote, in apparent reference to the lack of an NFL team in Los Angeles.
As for the LA Opera, the purported Durst said he enjoyed it, “except for Wagner’s Ring Cycle, with the absurd costumes and sloped stage, a true example of Hollywood gone berserk.”
He also explained the health issues that prompted his move to Houston. “As my minor balance (problem) expanded into full blown hydrocephalus requiring a shunt I knew that if I was going to let some guy drill into my head, there was no place I would be willing to go ahead other than the Houston medical center and I left L.A.,” he wrote.
The letter ends with a request for a copy of any article about it, followed by a scribbled signature of just, "Bob."
There was, however, no mention of the crimes Durst is alleged to have committed. “I have said nothing about charges, crimes or trials,” the letter reads. “If you decide to use any of this, which is okay, please make the above clear.”
