In 2003, Durst went on trial for the murder of Morris Black.

Mr. Durst had been traveling around the country since Oct. 16, when he failed to appear in Galveston for his arraignment in the murder of Morris Black, a 71-year-old neighbor.

The Three Arrows community notes with sorrow the passing of Morris Black, a member respected for his deep integrity and humanity.

The document states that the investigating officer found the arms and legs of a man they later determined to be Morris Black amid plastic garbage bags lying nearby.

Mr. Durst is accused of killing Morris Black, who lived across the hall from him in Galveston; cutting up the body; and dumping the parts in Galveston Bay.

Mr. Durst, 60, is charged with murder in the September 2001 death of Morris Black, a 71-year-old drifter who lived across the hall from him in a modest four-family house.

"We believe the facts will show that on the morning of Sept. 28, 2001, Mr. Durst ran upstairs looking for help because Morris Black had been shot," he said.

"As they struggled, the gun went off and shot Morris Black in the face."

He had been arrested a week earlier and charged with the murder and dismemberment of Morris Black, an elderly man who lived across the hall from him in a house in Galveston.

I realized there was no way I would carry Morris Black out of the apartment.