Texas murder victim's head missing

GALVESTON, TEXAS - Private investigators spent two hours Saturday wading through Galveston Bay in an unsuccessful search for the head of a murder victim. <br> <br> Investigators hired by relatives of Morris Black say his head is crucial evidence in the murder case against Robert Durst, the heir of a wealthy Manhattan real estate family. <br> <br> Durst, who was Black&#39;s neighbor in Galveston, is accused of murdering and dismembering the 71-year-old man. He has pleaded innocent. <br> <br> Saturday&#39;s search was conducted in an area where Black&#39;s limbs and torso were found in September by a fisherman. Six investigators waded through waist-deep water while two divers searched farther off shore. <br> <br> A Galveston police officer also was on hand. <br> <br> Jeff Moore, an investigator with the detective agency, said the search would eventually resume. <br> <br> Durst, 58, is jailed in Galveston without bail. He was arrested and charged with his neighbor&#39;s death on Oct. 9 and immediately posted $300,000 bond, but skipped an Oct. 16 court date. <br> <br> Durst was arrested in Bethlehem, Pa., on Nov. 30, after allegedly shoplifting a sandwich and other goods from a grocery store, even though he had $500 in his pocket. <br> <br> Authorities also want to question him in the disappearance of his wife, Kathleen Durst, and the Christmas Eve 2000 slaying of one of his best friends, writer Susan Berman. <br> <br> Durst&#39;s attorney, Dick DeGuerin, got a gag order in the case, complaining that New York authorities investigating the disappearance of Durst&#39;s wife had made public statements that hurt his client&#39;s chances for a fair trial.

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