Kathie Durst nació el 15 de junio de 1952 en Queens, Nueva York, Nueva York, Estados Unidos. Estuvo casada con Robert Durst. Murió el 31 de enero de 1982 en Nueva York, EE.UU..
Kathie disappeared in 1982 and no body was found. Her husband, Robert Durst, divorced Kathie Durst in 1990 citing abandonment. At the request of Kathie's family, she was declared legally dead in 2017. In 2021, Robert Durst was formally charged with her 1982 murder.