On July 5, 1998, a wealthy widow named Irene Silverman disappeared from her New York City townhouse. While police went on a frantic search for her, they had no idea the investigation would unravel one of the most shocking series of crimes they had ever seen – a trail of violence and fraud that stretched from the Bahamas to Los Angeles perpetuated by mother-son duo Sante and Kenny Kimes. This episode features interviews with Sante Kimes's son Kent Walker, Sante Kimes's attorney, NYPD officers who worked the case, and a journalist taken hostage by Kenny Kimes in prison.
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"Kimes Grifters" is the episode title used here from this CNN press release: https://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2024/10/24/cnn-original-series-how-it-really-happened-hosted-by-jesse-l-martin-returns-on-sunday-november-17-at-9pm-et-pt/. But, Spectrum Cable used "Sante and Kenneth Kimes: The Missing Socialite" as an alternate episode title.