Sante Kimes (born July 24, 1934) is an American con artist and murderer infamous for committing three murders — with her son Kenny's help — in California in early 1998.
Born Sante Louise Singhrs in Oklahoma City, possibly to a Dutch mother and East Indian father, Kimes spent the better part of her life fleecing people of money, expensive merchandise, and real estate, either through elaborate con games, arson, forgery, or outright theft. She commi...
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Sante Kimes (born July 24, 1934) is an American con artist and murderer infamous for committing three murders — with her son Kenny's help — in California in early 1998.
Born Sante Louise Singhrs in Oklahoma City, possibly to a Dutch mother and East Indian father, Kimes spent the better part of her life fleecing people of money, expensive merchandise, and real estate, either through elaborate con games, arson, forgery, or outright theft. She committed insurance fraud on numerous occasions, frequently by committing arson and then collecting for property damage. She delighted in introducing her husband as an ambassador - a ploy that even gained the couple access to a White House reception during the Ford administration - and impersonating Elizabeth Taylor, whom she resembled slightly. She frequently offered young, homeless illegal immigrants housing and employment, then kept them virtual prisoners by threatening to report them to the authorities if they didn't follow her orders. As a...
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