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	Sante Kimes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sante Kimes (born Sante Louise Singhrs on July 24, 1934) is an American woman who is infamous for the murder of Irene Silverman, a wealthy New York City socialite.
		With her son Kenny, Sante Kimes perpetrated a scheme whereby she would assume Irene's identity and then appropriate ownership of Silverman's $7.5 million high-class boarding house.
		Sante Kimes is currently serving a life sentence at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women in New York.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sante_Kimes (303 words)

	COURTTV.COM - TRIALS - Sante Kimes testifies again on her own behalf before closings begin
		Kimes, 69, is charged, along with her son Kenneth Kimes, 29, in the 1998 killing of Granada Hills businessman David Kazdin.
		Prosecutors produced letters Sante Kimes wrote her son while they were incarcerated in New York, instructing him on developing his alibi, acting like "a sweet little beaten little puppy" in court, and escaping prison.
		Kimes, who is known for her rambling monologues, has been continually admonished by the judge for speaking out in court, badgering witnesses on the stand, faking illness in order to delay her trial, and attempting to have her attorneys fired in order to represent herself.
	www.courttv.com /trials/kimes/062304_ctv.html (1087 words)

	Justices Appear Skeptical at Bid for New Trial for Sante Kimes, Convicted With Son of Two Murders
		Sante Kimes, whose murder trials on both coasts have been the subject of two television movies and lurid tabloid headlines, deserves a new trial in the California case because jurors were not fully instructed with regard to the effect of accomplice testimony, her attorney told this district’s Court of Appeal yesterday.
		Kimes and her son, Kenny Kimes, drew prison sentences of more than 100 years each in New York in 2000 for murdering socialite Irene Silverman, whose body was never found, in an effort to fraudulently acquire her $7 million townhouse.
		Sante Kimes’ attorney, Seymour I. Amster, argued to the appellate panel that Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kathleen Kennedy-Powell erred by not instructing the jury that several witnesses were accomplices and co-conspirators and thus potentially liable for the murder.
	www.metnews.com /articles/2006/kime051006.htm (463 words)

	Sante Kimes Convicted of 6-year-old Kazdin Murder
		LOS ANGELES – Sante Kimes was convicted by a jury today of the first-degree murder of 63-year-old Granada Hills businessman David Kazdin, whose body was found dumped in a trash bin near Los Angeles International Airport in 1998.
		Kimes, 71, and her 29-year-old son were charged in 1999 with the Kazdin murder, and then indicted in 2002.
		Sante Kimes is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 17.
	da.co.la.ca.us /mr/archive/2004/070704b.htm (251 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Kimes, Son Get Life Sentence in L.A. Murder
		LOS ANGELES, March 21 -- Sante Kimes and her son, Kenneth, whose con-artist exploits have been the subject of several books and a TV movie, were sentenced to life in prison without parole Monday for the 1998 murder of a family friend and business associate.
		Sante Kimes, 71, who also has been convicted of the 2000 murder of New York socialite Irene Silverman, was found guilty in July of ordering Kenneth Kimes to shoot Los Angeles business associate David Kazdin, who was about to expose their scheme to take a $280,000 loan in his name.
		Sante Kimes denied killing Kazdin and again proclaimed her innocence on Monday, telling the court from a wheelchair that jailhouse doctors said she did not need: "We are innocent.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A55495-2005Mar21?language=printer (380 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > State -- Prosecutor says Sante Kimes' son key witness in L.A. murder case
		LOS ANGELES – A prosecutor told jurors Monday that Kenneth Kimes, already convicted in a notorious New York murder case, will be the key witness against his mother, Sante Kimes, alleging she sent him to murder a Los Angeles businessman.
		Sante Kimes, 69, and her son were convicted in 2002 in the state of New York for the slaying of 82-year-old socialite Irene Silverman, whose body has never been found.
		Sante Kimes, who sat in a wheelchair during the proceedings, tried to switch attorneys, but Newman continued defending her after a one-hour hearing with the judge.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/state/20040614-1430-ca-kimescase.html (659 words)

	CNN.com - Kimes killers part ways, as son prepares to testify against mom - May 31, 2004
		In 2000, Sante was sentenced to 120 years in prison for her role in the killing of 82-year-old Manhattan millionaire Irene Silverman; Kenneth received 125 years.
		"Sante Kimes and her son were inseparable and wholeheartedly stood by one another during the New York case," said attorney Mel Sachs, co-counsel for the Kimeses in the Silverman trial.
		Sante Kimes was convicted in 1986 for enslaving illegal aliens, or as Walker wrote, "Mexicans she had worked to the bone as unpaid 'maids.'" At the time, Kazdin agreed to put his name on the title of a Las Vegas home Sante owned in order to shield the property from civil lawsuits.
	www.cnn.com /2004/LAW/05/31/sante/index.html (1177 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > State -- Prosecutor says Sante Kimes' son key witness in L.A. murder case
		She said that Sante Kimes, 69, forged Kazdin's name on loan documents, took out additional insurance on the Las Vegas house and then arranged to have it burned down to collect the insurance.
		Sante Kimes sat in a wheelchair during the proceedings.
		Sante Kimes and her son were convicted in 2002 in New York for the slaying of 82-year-old socialite Irene Silverman, whose body was never found.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/state/20040615-0003-ca-kimescase.html (425 words)

	Carson City's Kimes featured on Biography (printable version)
		Kimes, 66, and her 26-year-old son Kenny were arrested in July 1998 for killing Irene Silverman, an 82-year-old Manhattan socialite and former Radio City Music Hall dancer, and trying to steal her $7.5 million mansion.
		Kimes and her son were sentenced to 120 and 125 years in prison, respectively.
		Books and news reports about Kimes reveal a swirl of crimes surrounding her life, starting when she was a young woman with alleged thievery, fraud and arson and later slavery, for which she was convicted and spent time in prison in the 1980s.
	www.rgj.com /news/printstory.php?id=5347 (1134 words)

	Mother, Son Sentenced to Prison for Life Without Parole in 1998 Murder of Businessman
		Sante Kimes was sentenced after Judge Kennedy-Powell denied a defense motion for a new trial.
		The judge said that Sante Kimes used her son as “her personal criminal.” It was Kenneth Kimes who shot Kazdin in the back of the head to prevent him from interfering in an insurance scam that Sante Kimes had going on at the time.
		Sante and Kenneth Kimes fled California and later turned up in New York City, where they were arrested, charged and convicted of murdering a wealthy widow whose body has never been found.
	da.co.la.ca.us /mr/archive/2005/032105c.htm (476 words)

	Boston.com / News / Nation / Son will be key witness in L.A. murder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Deputy District Attorney Eleanor Hunter said during opening statements in Sante Kimes' murder trial that the businessman, David Kazdin, was killed in 1998 as part of a plan by Kimes to fraudulently obtain $280,000 for a property with Kazdin's name on the deed.
		Sante Kimes' lawyer said in his opening statement that her signature is not on any documents and it does not make sense that she would have killed Kazdin.
		Sante Kimes, 69, and her son were convicted in 2002 in New York for the slaying of Irene Silverman, an 82-year-old socialite whose body was never found.
	www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2004/06/14/son_will_be_key_witness_in_la_murder?mode=PF (400 words)

	CNN.com - Kenneth Kimes tells jurors his mother put him up to murder - Jun 18, 2004
		Sante Kimes, 69, and her 29-year-old son are charged in the 1998 malice murder of David Kazdin, a former friend who was unwittingly caught up in Sante's alleged scam.
		Kenneth and Sante Kimes were convicted in 2000 in New York for the murder of their landlord, Irene Silverman, whose $7 million townhouse was presumably on Sante's wish list.
		Sante Kimes' attempts to manipulate her own trial have been a constant source of irritation for Superior Court Judge Kathleen Kennedy-Powell, who admonished Kimes again Thursday morning for being an hour late after refusing to get on the jail bus that was to transfer her to the courthouse.
	edition.cnn.com /2004/LAW/06/18/kimes (1205 words)

	Sante Kimes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Sante and Kenneth Kimes, a mother and son convicted of murdering a New York woman for her $7 million townhouse, were an inseparable criminal team -- until...
		Sante Kimes, 71, was convicted in July 2004 of first-degree murder in the death...
		Sante Kimes and her son, both former Hawaii residents, were convicted in 2000 in...
	sante-kimes.fmup.org.pl (1554 words)

	Court of Appeal Affirms Sante Kimes’ Murder Conviction
		Kimes and her son, Kenny Kimes, drew prison sentences of more than 100 years each in New York in 2000 for murdering 82-year old socialite Irene Silverman, whose body was never found, in an effort to fraudulently acquire her $7 million townhouse.
		In her appeal, which was argued May 10, Kimes argued that Superior Court Judge Kathleen Kennedy-Powell erred by not instructing the jury that several witnesses were accomplices and co-conspirators and thus potentially liable for the murder.
		Kimes claimed that when the trial judge instructed the jury on accomplices, she should have listed the names of these witnesses as being accomplices.
	www.metnews.com /articles/2006/kime051806.htm (457 words)

	Modern Day Grifters : The Sante and Kenneth Kimes Story - LegalZoom.com
		In fact, Sante and her son Kenny are now serving life sentences without parole after being sentenced on March 21, 2005 in connection with the 1998 shooting death of California businessman David Kazdin.
		Unbeknownst to Sante and Kenny, the FBI was already hot on their trail for a number of crimes, including the Kazdin murder in California.
		Sante Kimes was in fact extradited to California in 2002, and the pair was charged with Kazdin's murder.
	www.legalzoom.com /articles/article_content/article13718.html (1409 words)

	Kimes drops extradition fight
		White Plains — Sante Kimes, who is serving a 120-year prison sentence for killing a wealthy Manhattan widow, gave up her extradition battle yesterday and will be sent to California to stand trial with her son in a potential death penalty case.
		Kimes, 65, came to court from her Westchester prison cell in handcuffs and ankle shackles, and a dozen courthouse and prison guards took up positions in the courtroom.
		Kimes, in dark slacks, an oversize green shirt, eyeglasses and close-cropped gray hair, stared intently at acting state Supreme Court Justice Mary Smith throughout the brief proceeding.
	www.recordonline.com /archive/2001/06/14/kimes.htm (309 words)

	CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Convicted Murderers Sante and Kenneth Kimes Profess Their Innocence - July 19, 2000
		On that same day, Sante Kimes and her son, Kenneth, were arrested on a warrant for using a bad check to buy a car.
		SANTE KIMES, CONVICTED MURDERER: I don't think there are words where I could really tell you, but I know justice is coming, and I know that the world is going to help us bring out justice and this will not happen.
		Kimes likes to exercise power over other people, likes to be in control, and the fact is I think that's what this is about.
	transcripts.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0007/19/lkl.00.html (7319 words)

	Kimes: Now, It Can Be Told - CBS News
		Kimes - now serving a prison sentence of 125 years - had been renting an apartment in the wealthy widow's Manhattan townhouse, and prosecutors say he and his mother were scheming to steal her East 65th Street mansion and money by forging documents and her signature.
		Kimes and his mother, 66, were both convicted of the Silverman murder as well as conspiracy, forgery, robbery and other charges.
		Sante Kimes was sentenced to 120 and two-thirds years to life in prison.
	uttm.com /stories/2000/11/16/national/main249965.shtml (614 words)

	Ex-Island woman guilty in L.A. murder - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
		Sante Kimes lived in Hawai'i with her husband, Kenneth Kimes Sr., for 12 years beginning in the early 1970s.
		Sante and Kenneth Kimes were also reported to be suspects in the 1996 disappearance of banker Syed Bilal Ahmed, who vanished soon after meeting with them in the Bahamas.
		Sante Kimes claimed her son was forced to testify against her to spare himself from the death penalty.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2004/Jul/08/ln/ln14a.html (653 words)

	Modern Day Grifters: The Sante and Kenneth Kimes Story
		Eventually, Sante enlisted her son to pick up where she and the elder Kenneth had left off, pulling cons together, swindling people and using bad checks to purchase cars and other things.
		Sante Kimes was initially convicted of 58 crimes and was sentenced to 120 years in prison.
		Sante did not show any remorse, nor did she go down without a fight--at her sentencing, she continued ranting and raving about the unfairness of it all from a wheelchair.
	www.legalzoom.com /articles/article_content/printer-article13357.html (1276 words)

	RGJ.com - Son's book, TV movie depict a bewildering life
		Sante Kimes and Kenneth Kimes were convicted last year and sentenced to 120 and 125 years respectively for killing Irene Silverman, an 82-year-old Manhattan socialite, and trying to steal her $7.5 million mansion.
		Sante Kimes, pronounced “Shan-tay,” is also suspected by police in at least three other killings in the latter part of the 1990s, and she and Kenneth Kimes are charged in Los Angeles for the slaying of a former business associate, 63-year-old David Kazdin.
		Books and news reports about Sante Kimes reveal a swirl of crime surrounding her life, starting when she was a young woman with alleged thievery, fraud and arson.
	www.rgj.com /news2/stories/news/990413791.php (1881 words)

	RITRO.com - Formerly World Affairs - Story - Sante and Kenny Kimes: A Questionable Conspiracy
		Sante and Kenny Kimes were wanted in Nevada and California as well for murder, theft and a long list of related crimes.
		Sante Kimes had a police record that spanned 30 years and her son had amassed a few crimes of his own when they were arrested for the murder of Irene Silverman.
		There is much to read and understand about the Kimes and their crimes, but I wonder if all the reading in the world would ever make the author of the papers on Deja.com understandable.
	www.ritro.com /printable.bv?contentid=380 (961 words)

	COURTTV.COM INDEPTH
		Mel Sachs, Kenneth Kimes' lawyer, discusses the relationship between Kenneth and Sante Kimes.
		Jose Muniz, Sante Kimes lawyer, speaks about his client and why the mother and son were tried together.
		Sante and Kenneth Kimes are convicted of murdering millionaire widow (May 18, 2000)
	www.courttv.com /archive/onair/shows/mugshots/indepth/kimes (294 words)

	Amazon.ca: Son of a Grifter: The Twisted Tale of Sante and Kenny Kimes, the Most Notorious Con Artists in America: ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Sante Kimes was a finagler, con artist, manipulator, and thief from practically the first day she drew breath; soon enough, murderer would be added to her list of labels.
		Written by the other son of Sante Kimes, it is a true tale of surviving against the fierce burden of a severely dysfunctional family.
		Sante Kimes and her youngest son, Kenny Kimes, committed various crimes, starting with shoplifting and fraud, and working their way up to murder.
	www.amazon.ca /Son-Grifter-Twisted-Notorious-America/dp/0061031690 (2203 words)

	CNN.com - Kimes complains of chest pains, spurs delay in her murder trial - Jun 17, 2004
		Sante and her 29-year-old son are charged with the 1998 malice murder of David Kazdin, 63, who was a former friend of the Kimeses.
		Yesterday, Judge Kennedy-Powell admonished Kimes for trying to "manipulate the courtroom" with continual delaying tactics, the latest of which was a request on Monday to fire her counsel and be allowed to defend herself.
		Sante was sentenced to 120 years in prison, and Kenneth received 125 years.
	edition.cnn.com /2004/LAW/06/17/kimes (696 words)

	New York extradites Sante Kimes to California; with son, faces murder charge and death penalty
		In accordance with an executive agreement between Governor George E. Pataki and Governor Gray Davis, New York inmate Sante Kimes - already serving a life sentence here for murder - is now in Los Angeles to face murder charges that could subject her to the California death penalty.
		Sante was sentenced on June 27, 2000, in New York County to a term of 120 years to life for the July 5, 1998, murder of, and other crimes against, a Manhattan socialite whose body has not yet been found.
		Sante entered Bedford Hills on July 12, 2000, and is eligible for parole on March 3, 2119.
	www.docs.state.ny.us /pressrel/santekimes.html (430 words)

	Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community - The Sante Kimes trial
		Kimes loathed, and treated with derision, all of that which you and I "deeply" respect and find to be of value.
		Kimes chose to write the laws of that which is right per her Godhood, what serves "me" is that which I will live, teach and force others to live.
		In the post-conviction of Sante, the same judge said that just because she is behind bars, it will not stop her manipulative attempts: to her son (dis-allowed correspndence), fellow prisoners, guards and those already released.
	www.websleuths.com /forums/archive/index.php/t-8887 (2924 words)

	Amazon.com: Son of a Grifter: Growing Up with Sante and Kenny Kimes: The Twisted Tale of the Most Notorious Con Artists ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Sante invented an air of mystery about herself to alter her true identity and be acceptable in the eyes of peers, but she couldn't escape her mother eyes, and was finally disowned and lived in a adopted home in her teen.
		Kimes Sante showed classic sign of a troubled person at very early age, friends were uncomfortable at her presence.
		Years later, a reunion with Sante's sister, Retha, Kent observed his aunt was a duplication of Sante and they were alike in thought (aunt wanted to slid and slide in her mother blood,) they all wanted to marry millionaires.
	www.amazon.com /Son-Grifter-Growing-Twisted-Notorious/dp/0694525367 (3077 words)

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