Keith Morrison

That is when, you may recall, police presented that sketch of Silverman's missing tenant, Manny Guerin.

And soon after, Murray recognized that man as the car thief he had just arrested, Kenny Kimes.

And by then, Murray had made another incriminating discovery, one that tied the Kimes directly to the missing widow.

Inside Sante's purse, along with the big wad of cash, was Irene's passport.

And just like that, two completely separate investigations suddenly merged into one very big and very strange case.

It turned out the investigation was headed to New Jersey because the informant, Stan Patterson, told police that when Sante and Kenny were late for that meeting at the Hilton Hotel, it was because they were stuck in traffic in New Jersey.

Did any part of you think that she might still be alive?

Hovigin was convinced they'd been busy dumping Irene Silverman's body that morning, returning to New York just in time to be arrested on that unrelated car theft charge.

Impossible not to wonder.

If that out-of-state warrant had arrived just a few hours earlier, would Irene Silverman's life have been spared?

But Sante Kimes, now caged with son Kenny in a downtown jail, was as confident as ever.

And her charm offensive was just getting started.

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Such an ordinary thing to walk home from high school.

Her name was Mickey Costanzo, just 16.

She didn't have far to go, seemed perfectly safe, until it wasn't.

What happened to Mickey?

I'm Keith Morrison, and this is Five Miles From Home, an all-new podcast from Dateline.