I'm looking for Edward Wright, that was a private detective back in the 1980s.
No, I was chief investigator of New York State Organized Crime Task Force,
'82 to '94.
Something tells me you're my man.
I think you might have done some private work for Nick Scoppetta?
Yeah.
Nick Scoppetta was an assistant DA.
He had gone out into private practice,
and, lo and behold, when Kathie disappeared
and her family members were pointing fingers,
Robert's father who was, you know, a millionaire many times over,
contacted him to represent Robert.
So, Nick contacted me to do some work, and that's what I did.
Well, I was wondering if we could talk about it a little bit.
I mean, you were there back then
and you had access to Bob at a time that was critical.
Yeah, but, at the time, I was working for Nick Scoppetta, who was representing him.
So, anything that he had indicated to me during my interview,
you know, it's privileged, same as whatever he said to Scoppetta.
There came a time when I was mutually terminated.
We decided it was best for them to go another way.
But that's about, you know...
At this juncture, I'd be uncomfortable discussing anything else about it.
From reading your report, I can understand why that is.
Okay.
Were there five meetings with Ed Wright?
Were there ten meetings with Ed Wright?
So, Doug was probably in on how many of them?
How long ago did Kathie disappear?
And what was that like?
Did you do anything on January 31st?
So, tell me each question and the response.
Good afternoon, Douglas Durst's office.
Hi, it's Andrew Jarecki calling for Douglas.
He is on the other line.
May I have him give you a call back?
Sure. -And may I let him know what it's regarding?
Yeah, he knows we're doing a film about...
Robert Durst.
Oh, I see.
Okay, I will let him know.
- Thank you. - Thank you. Bye.
- Hello. - Hello, is this Andrew?
- It is. -Hi, it's Jordan Barowitz.
You called Douglas Durst. I'm returning his call.
I did call Douglas Durst.
How can I help you?
You called him.
Precisely.
Yes.
I'm returning that call on his behalf.
Can I help you with something?
Yeah, I wanted to talk to him about the film that I'm making.
Okay, Douglas has no interest in speaking with you.
Is there something you want me to relay to him?
Douglas is a character in the film.
He's certainly an element of it,
and I want to make sure that he has the chance to talk to me about it
before we complete the film.
Okay. All right.
Thank you.
Douglas Durst is the patriarch of the Dursts.
The Dursts are the symbol, in New York and nationally,
of family values, accomplishment and success.
So, on behalf of the board of Children's Rights, please welcome Douglas Durst,
the 2011 recipient of the Children's Rights Champion Award.
Thank you, Richard, I must say that...
the word "patriarch" is hard for me to digest.
I'm still a hippie at Berkeley, so...
Well, you're not successful.
All right.
Perhaps we could do that at some point.
This was the building where you worked?
You don't seem to have a happy memory of that.
If you could find closure and be able to put all this in the past,
what would that look like for you?
Hey, Marc, it's Sareb.
Started going through the boxes of Susan's stuff and I did have another box.
So, wanted to actually get a reality check from you, when you have a second.
All right, bye.
Hey, Andrew, it's Marc.
Listen, I'm going to make this quick because I've got Sareb in the restaurant over here.
We went to his house. He was very uptight...
Do you think you have an answer now?
You know, is there any chance that this letter is already in the cops' file?