Real estate heir Robert Durst is extradited to California for murder charge after he 'killed his best friend to keep her from talking about the disappearance of his first wife in 1982'

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New York real estate heir Robert Durst has made his long-awaited arrival in California to face charges of killing a friend 16 years ago, authorities said.

Durst arrived at the Los Angeles County jail Friday and is being held without bail ahead of his scheduled arraignment on Monday afternoon, district attorney's spokeswoman Jane Robison said.

He's expected to plead not guilty, TMZ reports.  

Local prosecutors have been eager to bring Durst to California and try him in the killing of his friend Susan Berman in 2000. 

His case rose to prominence last year after HBO's documentary series, The Jinx, which looked into the deaths of Durst's ex-wife, his neighbor Morris Black, and Berman. 

He was arrested after the final episode aired in March 2015. 

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New York real estate heir Robert Durst has made his long-awaited arrival in California to face charges of killing a friend 16 years ago (March 2015 photo) 

The millionaire is accused of killing female friend Susan Berman (left) in 2000 to keep her from talking to prosecutors about the disappearance of Durst's first wife Kathie in 1982

He was being held in New Orleans on federal weapons charges until he pleaded guilty in April. He had already waived extradition to California.

Durst is accused in California of killing Berman in 2000 to keep her from talking to prosecutors about the disappearance of Durst's first wife, Kathleen Durst, in 1982. 

Durst's attorney, Dick DeGuerin, has said Durst is just as eager to come to Los Angeles County and prove his innocence.

'We've been begging to get to California since two days after he was arrested,' DeGuerin said in September.

Durst, already well-known in New York, became far more famous when HBO aired The Jinx.

The series cast serious suspicion on him for several alleged crimes, including the Berman killing.

Durst was acquitted of killing his neighbor Morris Black in Texas, saying it was self-defense. 

Durst was arrested on the eve of the finale of the documentary series, The Jinx, which described the disappearance of Kathleen Durst (pictured), the death and dismemberment of a neighbor in Galveston, Texas, and Berman's death

Durst was being held in a Los Angeles County jail Friday and is scheduled to be arraigned in the case on Monday afternoon, district attorney's spokeswoman Jane Robison said (August 2014 photo) 

Berman was shot in the back of the head at her home in Beverly Hills, a day before she was due to be questioned by police who had reopened an investigation into the 1982 disappearance of the tycoon's wife, Kathleen Durst, in New York.

Durst appeared to make an unwitting confession to a number of killings during filming of the acclaimed six-part HBO documentary The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst.

In the final episode Durst was heard muttering to himself, 'What the hell did I do? Killed them all, of course,' apparently unaware that a wireless microphone remained switched on while he used the bathroom.

Durst appeared to make an unwitting confession to a number of killings during filming of the acclaimed six-part HBO documentary The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst

Pictured is a view of the former home where Robert Durst allegedly murdered long time friend Susan Berman in 2000 (March 2015 photo) 

It was not clear if Durst was sincerely confessing, but authorities in Los Angeles have said the documentary had played a role in their decision to seek the multimillionaire's arrest for Berman's murder.

Durst was arrested the morning the last of the documentary's six parts was aired in March 2015.

Durst was sentenced to seven years and one month in prison after pleading guilty to the New Orleans weapons charge. 

He had been serving time in an Indiana federal prison since September.