Keith Morrison

Shoplifting.

Investigators, too, were quite sure that Kenny and Sante Kimes were behind Irene's sudden disappearance.

They were certain they had a murder case on their hands, but they just had one big problem.

They could not find Irene's body, and proving murder could be quite difficult.

But then they recovered that stolen Lincoln.

And it was a gold mine.

And perhaps most damaging of all, a stack of Sante's notebooks.

From the notebooks, it was obvious Sante and Kenny targeted Irene for her wealth and plotted to steal her identity and drain her fortune.

The big prize was that incredibly valuable townhouse, not to mention the apartments inside that rented for $6,000 a month.

That's why they asked Stan to come and join them in New York.

unaware he was now an informant.

On December 16th, Sante and Kenny Kimes were charged with murdering Irene Silverman.

They would remain behind bars to await trial.

But Sante was by no means ready to admit defeat, locked up or no.

Back in 1998, Cece McNair was a private investigator in New York City.

Sante had assembled a legal team to fight every one of the charges against her, and Cece was brought in to help.

In their first meeting, Cece saw that jail had not dimmed Sante one bit.

Sante insisted through her lawyers that she and her Kenny were as innocent as newborn babes.

And the story just kept getting bigger.

Tips and leads popping up from all the places Sante had left an impression.