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Robert Durst, the eccentric millionaire who chopped his neighbor into pieces and dumped him in Galveston Bay, was acquitted of the neighbor's murder and later was arrested and imprisoned for other things, will soon be as free as you and me: His parole is set to end Wednesday, and his lawyer said Durst just wants to get out of the public eye. Not that Houstonist can tell the future, but it seems to us that the anonymity ship has already sailed.

So on Thursday, the judge in Robert Durst's 2003 murder trial found the severed front legs and head of a cat in her yard. And who sprang to everyone's mind but Durst, the eccentric millionaire who has a history of chopping bodies up? Life can be so unfair that way.

State tourism officials rejoice: Everyone's favorite neighbor-cutter-upper, Robert Durst, is now free to go anywhere in the state, parole officers said.

The state law that required a Houston firefighter to take a promotion exam 12 hours after she gave birth may violate federal law, a UH law prof says In 2005, home sales and the median price of single-family homes broke local records even as other housing markets around the country slowed Houston airports will begin accepting EZ Tags for parking payment this summer Several witnesses testified today in a hearing on whether millionaire Robert Durst,...

At the Port of Houston, a woman was run over and killed by a fork lift while she was taking notes Word on what eccentric millionaire Robert Durst was doing when he violated parole by visiting Galveston: seeing a doctor, a lawyer and stopping by his former home The sponsors of Houston's rival MLK Day parades may join forces to hold a single parade in 2006 An appeals court denied Tom DeLay's lawyers' request to...

In a new twist to one of the most bizarre stories in recent years, New York real estate heir Robert Durst was arrested yesterday after he visited Galveston, violating the terms of his supervised release. Durst, you'll remember, was found innocent in 2003 of murdering his neighbor in Galveston even though he admitted to cutting up the neighbor's body and dumping it in Galveston Bay. Though he was acquitted of murder, Durst was jailed for...