An American millionaire from a prominent New York family has been arrested on suspicion of murder after appearing to admit to several killings.
Robert Durst was recorded saying he had "killed them all" after being asked in a TV interview about the death of a friend in Los Angeles in 2000.
The 71-year-old has always maintained his innocence in Susan Berman's murder.
Prosecutors are also reportedly tying the case to the unsolved disappearance of his first wife, Kathleen, in 1982.
She went missing after spending the weekend at their country home in New York State and was eventually pronounced legally dead.
In 2001, Mr Durst was acquitted of murder after convincing a jury that while living in Texas disguised as a mute woman, he had shot dead elderly neighbour, Morris Black, dismembered his body and dumped it in Galveston Bay in an act of self-defence.
Mr Durst's estranged family, who are believed to be worth at least $4bn (£2.71bn), said they were "relieved and also grateful to everyone who assisted" in his arrest.
"We hope he will finally be held accountable for all he has done," said his brother, Douglas, in a statement quoted by the Associated Press.
'You're caught'Mr Durst was arrested by FBI agents as he walked into a hotel in New Orleans where he had checked into under a false name, officials said.
He was remanded in custody pending a hearing on Monday.
Mr Durst's lawyer, Chip Lewis, said his client would continue to maintain his innocence.
The arrest came after Mr Durst gave a lengthy interview for the six-part documentary The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst.
The final episode, broadcast on Sunday night, included what appeared to be a confession to the killings of Ms Berman, Mrs Durst and Mr Black.
According to the filmmakers, Mr Durst was still wearing a wireless microphone when he went into a hotel bathroom after the interview.
"There it is, you're caught," he whispered to himself. "What the hell did I do? Killed them all, of course."
It is not known if he is speaking sincerely, but it came after he was asked whether he had written a letter only Ms Berman's killer could have sent.
The filmmakers found similarities between handwriting on a letter from Mr Durst to Ms Berman and that on an anonymous note sent to police alerting them to a dead body in the victim's home. The word "Beverly" is also misspelled as "Beverley" on both documents.
Ms Berman, whose father was an associate of the Las Vegas mobsters Bugsy Siegel and Meyer Lansky, was a close friend of Mr Durst and also acted as his spokeswoman.
She was shot in the back of the head at her home in Los Angeles as investigators from New York prepared to question her over the disappearance of Kathleen Durst.
Last July, Mr Durst was charged with criminal mischief after allegedly urinating on a display in a pharmacy in Houston.
Five months later, he appeared in court in New York on charges of trespassing on property belonging to his family. The Durst Organization owns 11 skyscrapers in Manhattan, including One World Trade Center.
Mr Durst formally cut ties with his family and the company in 2006 in return for a settlement of about $65m (£45m).
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