First, there was the disappearance of Kathleen Durst, the wife of the eccentric New York City real estate scion Robert A. Durst.

>"The real estate heir had been convicted of first-degree murder last month as prosecutors argued he shot Berman in her home"

>"Mr. Durst, the onetime heir to a Manhattan real estate empire, was convicted of killing a close confidante in Beverly Hills, Calif., in 2000."