Prosecutors have opened a court hearing in the murder case against New York real estate heir Robert Durst with photos of a letter directing them to the body of his slain friend.
A former Los Angeles police criminalist testified Monday that the letter was addressed to Beverly Hills police with the city&apos;s name misspelled.
Durst has pleaded not guilty to killing Susan Berman in 2000 at her Los Angeles house in a part of the city with a Beverly Hills ZIP code.
Prosecutors say Durst killed Berman to prevent her from telling police what she knew about his first wife&apos;s 1982 disappearance in New York.
Durst was arrested in 2015 after a documentary found a letter from him addressed to Berman in similar handwriting and misspelling Beverly Hills the same way.
It&apos;s been more than three years since the arrest of eccentric New York real estate heir Robert Durst in the execution-style shooting of his best friend years earlier in Los Angeles.
Prosecutors could move closer to bringing him to trial if they can show probable cause at a hearing that begins Monday that Durst killed Susan Berman in order to silence her from revealing what she knew about the death of the multimillionaire&apos;s first wife.
The 75-year-old Durst has pleaded not guilty.
Prosecutors have started recording testimony over the past year of older witnesses who might not be available if there is a trial. Some of the testimony includes damning evidence for Durst.
Durst&apos;s defense team didn&apos;t reply to messages seeking comment.