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| '''Sante Kimes''' (pronounced SHAWN-TAY) is an American ] who is most famous for the murder of Irene Silverman, a ] socialite. Sante, with her son Kenny, perpetrated a scheme whereby they would assume Irene's identity then falsely appropriate ownership of her $7.5 million high-class ]. Both Sante and Kenny have been convicted of the crime despite the fact that Silverman's body was never found. | '''Sante Kimes''' (pronounced SHAWN-TAY) is an American ] who is most famous for the murder of ], a ] ]. Sante, with her son Kenny, perpetrated a scheme whereby they would assume Irene's identity then falsely appropriate ownership of her $7.5 million high-class ]. Both Sante and Kenny have been convicted of the crime despite the fact that Silverman's body was never found. | ||
| More recently, a ], ''Like Mother, Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kime'' (2001), was made starring ] as Sante Kimes and ] as Irene Silverman. | More recently, a ], ''Like Mother, Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kime'' (2001), was made starring ] as Sante Kimes and ] as Irene Silverman. | ||
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Sante Kimes (pronounced SHAWN-TAY) is an American serial killer who is most famous for the murder of Irene Silverman, a New York City socialite. Sante, with her son Kenny, perpetrated a scheme whereby they would assume Irene's identity then falsely appropriate ownership of her $7.5 million high-class boarding house. Both Sante and Kenny have been convicted of the crime despite the fact that Silverman's body was never found.
More recently, a made-for-TV movie, Like Mother, Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kime (2001), was made starring Mary Tyler Moore as Sante Kimes and Jean Stapleton as Irene Silverman.
In 2006, another television movie, A Little Thing Called Murder, was shown on the Lifetime television network, starring Judy Davis as Sante Kimes and Jonathan Jackson as her son Kenny. This version was seen to be more exagerated as the original story, though the actual facts and crimes are still kept in tact.
Sante Kimes is currently serving a life sentence at Bedford Hills correctional facility for women in New York. Kenny is also serving a life term and is being prosecuted in California for the death of one of his father's business associates. Sante is fighting extradition to California for that same crime.
An autobiography written by the other of her two sons, Kent Walker, tells a lot about his mother, her personality and her crimes from his point of view. It is called Son of a Grifter (ISBN 0061031690). The book was a national best seller and winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award for best Fact Crime book in 2002.