Who was the American real estate heir murdered in the New Orleans Marriot?
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New Orleans Marriott New Orleans Marriott, located at 555 Canal Street in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana, is a 42-story, 449 ft -tall skyscraper. The Marriott is the seventh tallest building in New Orleans. Millionaire alleged murderer Robert Durst had been staying at the hotel when he was arrested by FBI agents on March 14, 2015.
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Robert Durst Robert Alan Durst (born April 12, 1943) is an American real estate heir, the son of New York City mogul Seymour Durst, and the elder brother of Douglas Durst, head of the Durst Organization. He is primarily known for being suspected of foul play against three individuals in different states: Kathleen McCormack Durst, his first wife, who disappeared in New York in 1982; Susan Berman, his longtime friend, who was murdered in California in 2000; and his neighbor, Morris Black, who was murdered in Texas in 2001. Durst was the subject of a multi-state manhunt and was ultimately convicted of dismembering Black, but acquitted of his murder.
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Joe Jamail Joseph Dahr Jamail Jr. (October 19, 1925 – December 23, 2015) was an American attorney and billionaire. The wealthiest practicing attorney in America, he was frequently referred to as the "King of Torts".
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Moe Dalitz Morris Barney Dalitz (December 25, 1899 – August 31, 1989), known as Moe Dalitz, was an American gangster, businessman, casino owner and philanthropist. He was one of the major figures who shaped Las Vegas, in the 20th century. He was often referred to as "Mr. Las Vegas".
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Samuel Dunbar Samuel Ross Dunbar, Sr., known as Sammy Dunbar (November 5, 1931 – August 31, 2014), was a businessman, landowner, and civic figure in his native Alexandria, Louisiana.
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Louis Litif Louis R. Litif (December 5, 1934 – May 11, 1982), also known as Nicholas Noonan and Louis Woodward, was a Lebanese American bookmaker from South Boston, Massachusetts. After running afoul of neighborhood Irish Mob boss Whitey Bulger, Litif was murdered in 1982. His body was left in a car trunk in the South End, Boston. The murder remained officially unsolved for decades.
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Daniel Pelosi Daniel Pelosi (born August 2, 1963 in Center Moriches, New York ) is the convicted murderer of Wall Street financier Ted Ammon, the widower of Generosa Ammon.
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George Curtis Moore George Curtis Moore (September 7, 1925 – March 2, 1973) was an American diplomat who was assassinated during a terrorist attack on the United States embassy in Khartoum, Sudan.
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Beauchamp–Sharp Tragedy The Beauchamp–Sharp Tragedy (sometimes called the Kentucky Tragedy) was the murder of Kentucky legislator Solomon P. Sharp by Jereboam O. Beauchamp (bee-chum). As a young lawyer, Beauchamp had been an admirer of Sharp until Sharp allegedly fathered an illegitimate child with Anna Cooke, a planter's daughter. Sharp denied paternity of the stillborn child. Later, Beauchamp began a relationship with Cooke, who agreed to marry him on the condition that he kill Sharp to avenge her honor. Beauchamp and Cooke married in June 1824, and in the early morning of November 7, 1825, Beauchamp murdered Sharp at Sharp's home in Frankfort.
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Death of Marvin Gaye Marvin Gaye was an American musician who gained worldwide fame for his work with Motown Records. He was fatally shot by his father, Marvin Gay, Sr. on April 1, 1984, at their house in the West Adams district of Los Angeles, California. Gaye was shot twice following an altercation with his father after he intervened in an argument between his parents. The wounds were fatal and he was pronounced dead on arrival at the California Hospital Medical Center. Gaye's death inspired several musical tributes over the years including recollections of the incidents leading to his death. Gaye was given a burial plot at Forest Lawn Cemetery and was later cremated and his ashes spread around the Pacific Ocean. His death was listed at No. 8 on VH-1/VH-1 Classic's 100 Most Shocking Moments in Music.
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George Streeter George Wellington "Cap" Streeter (1837 – January 22, 1921) was an American who became infamous in Chicago for his real estate schemes and oftentimes bizarre eccentricity. From 1886 to 1921, Streeter, through forgery and other manipulative means, attempted to steal 186 acre of Lake Michigan shoreline from various owners. Failing in his efforts to defraud wealthy landowners, he turned to selling the disputed land to uninformed buyers. A portion of the real estate near downtown Chicago, known as Streeterville is named for him.
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Erskine B. Ingram Erskine B. Ingram (September 29, 1866 – January 18, 1954) was an American heir, lumber baron, and philanthropist.
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Louis J. Roussel Jr. Louis J. Roussel Jr. (July 28, 1906 – October 20, 2001), was a powerful businessman and political kingmaker from New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington Kathleen Agnes Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington ("née" Kennedy; February 20, 1920 – May 13, 1948), also known as "Kick" Kennedy, was an American socialite. She was the daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Kennedy, sister of future U.S. President John F. Kennedy, and wife of the Marquess of Hartington, heir apparent to the 10th Duke of Devonshire.
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Jonathan Preston Haynes Jonathan Preston Haynes is an American criminal and serial killer known for racially motivated murders.
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James R. Cargill James Ray Cargill (October 9, 1923 – March 26, 2006) was an American heir and business executive.
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John de Saulles John Gerard Longer de Saulles (May 25, 1878 – August 3, 1917) was an American football player and coach, real estate broker, and businessman whose murder by his millionaire wife (accused, but acquitted) led to a widely reported trial.
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Rutherfurd Stuyvesant Rutherfurd Stuyvesant or Stuyvesant Rutherfurd (September 2, 1843 – July 4, 1909) was an American socialite and land developer from New York, best known as the inheritor of the Stuyvesant fortune.
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Vol Dooley Vol Sevier Dooley, Jr. (January 20, 1927 – August 11, 2014), was the sheriff of Bossier Parish in northwestern Louisiana from 1976 until 1988. Dooley is best known for two events that happened before and after he was sheriff, the false conviction of rodeo star Jack Favor in 1967 and the murder of his youngest son, Vol Dooley, III, in 2001.
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Shareef Cousin Shareef Cousin (born 1979) is an African-American man from New Orleans who was wrongfully convicted of the first-degree murder of Michael Gerardi in 1996 and sentenced to death as a juvenile in Louisiana. At age 17, he became the youngest condemned convict to be put on death row in Louisiana, and one of the youngest in the United States.
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George Washington Vanderbilt II George Washington Vanderbilt II (November 14, 1862 – March 6, 1914) was an art collector and member of the prominent Vanderbilt family, which had amassed a huge fortune through steamboats, railroads, and various business enterprises. He built a 250-room mansion, the largest privately-owned home in the United States.
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Ronald A. Williams II Ronald Austin "Ronnie" Williams II (June 8, 1969 – March 4, 1995) was a New Orleans Police Officer who was mortally wounded along with two employees of a family-run Vietnamese restaurant during an armed robbery attempt on March 4, 1995. The shooters were a fellow New Orleans police officer, Antoinette Frank and her accomplice, Rogers Lacaze.