Perfect Strangers

Narrator: IT'S LATE AT NIGHT ON JULY 4, 1998. Guerin: WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? Narrator: MANNY GUERIN IS KEEPING WATCH. HE'S REACHED A CROSSROAD. WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO, HUH? Narrator: HE KNOWS THE TIME TO TAKE CONTROL IS NOW. AS HE FEELS HIS TERROR RISING, A SOOTHING VOICE CALLS OUT TO HIM FROM THE DARKNESS. Eva: OH, DARLING. IT'S GONNA BE OKAY, HONEY. -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS Narrator: 23-YEAR-OLD BUSINESSMAN MANNY GUERIN IS TALL, GOOD-LOOKING, AND CHARMING. HE STEPS BACK TO TAKE IN THE LAVISH SIX-STORY MANSION WHERE HE SOON HOPES TO LIVE. IT'S ON ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST BLOCKS OF MANHATTAN'S UPPER EAST SIDE. MANNY, A WEALTHY MAN HIMSELF, IS STUNNED BY THE OPULENCE OF THE PLACE AND CAN EASILY SEE HIMSELF LIVING IN IT. HE ONLY HAS TO CHARM THE LADY OF THE HOUSE, NEW YORK SOCIALITE IRENE SILVERMAN. Silverman: IT'S LOVELY TO HAVE YOU ALL HERE THIS EVENING. [ LAUGHTER ] Narrator: STANDING JUST 5 FEET TALL, IRENE IS A LEGEND AMONG NEW YORK'S ELITE. [ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ] Havill: SHE WAS JUST A SMILING, LOVELY WOMAN. I THINK ANYBODY WOULD HAVE FOUND HER ENCHANTING. Silverman: A TOAST TO ALL OF YOU. Narrator: AN INVITE TO HER DINNER PARTIES WAS A TICKET TO THE HIGH LIFE, AND SHE LIKED TO MIX IT UP. Havill: SHE MAY HAVE A YOUNG ACTOR THERE WHO WAS UNEMPLOYED, OR SHE MIGHT HAVE AN OLD FRIEND THERE WHO WAS A PROFESSOR AT COLUMBIA. IT WOULD RUN THE GAMUT. Silverman: OH, MORE WINE! MORE WINE! Narrator: 82-YEAR-OLD IRENE DOES THINGS HER WAY. SHE DOESN'T GIVE A DAMN WHAT ANYONE ELSE THINKS. AND BECAUSE OF HER ENORMOUS WEALTH, PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS READY TO INDULGE HER, BUT IT HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THIS. [ LAUGHTER ] IRENE SILVERMAN WAS BORN IN NEW ORLEANS DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND, IN HER LATE TEENS, MOVED TO NEW YORK CITY, WHERE SHE LANDED A GIG HOOFING IT ON THE STAGE OF RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL. IN THOSE DAYS, THEY HAD SOMETHING CALLED A BALLET CORPS WHERE THEY USED TO COME OUT BEFORE THE ROCKETTES. Narrator: THE 4-SHOW, 365-DAY-A-YEAR SCHEDULE WAS A REAL GRIND, AND ON $36 A WEEK, IRENE AND HER MOTHER, WHO MADE SMALL CHANGE SEWING COSTUMES FOR THE BALLET CORPS, WERE BARELY SCRAPING BY. BUT, IRENE WAS A STREET-SMART LADY WITH A PLAN. Havill: IN 1941, SHE MARRIED A GUY BY THE NAME OF SAM SILVERMAN WHO WAS NOT QUITE THE DONALD TRUMP OF HIS TIME, BUT RIGHT UP THERE. Narrator: ALTHOUGH HE WAS OVER 10 YEARS HER SENIOR, IRENE'S MARRIAGE TO SAM WAS HER TICKET TO THE BIG TIME. Havill: SHE WAS HIS ARM CANDY, SO TO SPEAK, AND HE WAS HER TROPHY HUSBAND. Narrator: AFTER HER MARRIAGE, IRENE'S NUMBER-ONE GOAL WAS TO LIVE IT UP. [ LAUGHING ] IT'S TRULY A MYSTERY. WHY WE HAD TO LEAVE THE PARTY SO EARLY! I THINK YOU KNOW WHY. SHE AND SAM OWNED HOMES IN PARIS, HONOLULU, AND NEW YORK, WHERE IRENE MADE A BIG SPLASH ON THE SOCIAL SCENE. YOU JUST WANTED TO GET ME HOME, MR. SILVERMAN. [ GIGGLES ] OF COURSE. Havill: THEY WERE QUITE FAMOUS. I MEAN, SHE HAD LITTLE ECCENTRICITIES, LIKE SHE ALWAYS HAD A BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE IN HER PURSE, AND SHE WAS ALWAYS PREPARED TO OPEN IT. THEY BECAME THE FUN COUPLE IN NEW YORK. COME HERE. Narrator: THEN IN 1980, AFTER 39 WHIRLWIND YEARS OF MARRIAGE, IRENE'S HUSBAND DIED. FIVE YEARS LATER, HER BELOVED MOTHER PASSED, TOO, AND SUDDENLY, IRENE WAS ALONE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HER LIFE. SHE WAS ALSO VERY, VERY RICH. THE COUPLE NEVER HAD CHILDREN, AND SAM LEFT HER THE WHOLE SHEBANG, INCLUDING THE $7.5 MILLION NEW YORK TOWN HOME, BUT IRENE DIDN'T WALLOW IN HER GRIEF FOR LONG. Havill: SHE STARTED TAKING COLLEGE COURSES, EDUCATED HERSELF. SHE WAS CONSIDERED A FUN PERSON. YOU'D WANT TO HAVE HER AT YOUR PARTY. SHE WOULD HIRE MUSCLEMEN AND SHE WOULD BRING THEM TO THE PARTIES, AND THEY WERE NUDE FROM THE WAIST UP, AND SHE SAID, "I RENTED THEM FOR THE EVENING." OH, MY. [ CHUCKLES ] THEY DID ME WELL. [ LAUGHTER ] Narrator: AS SHE REACHES HER LATE 70s, IRENE DOESN'T GET OUT MUCH. SHE JUST BRINGS THE PARTIES TO HER. Toi: TWICE THAT I KNOW, WE WENT OUT TOGETHER ALL OVER THE YEARS. MOSTLY EVERYBODY SPENT TIME WITH HER IN HER BEAUTIFUL HOME. OH, I SHALL. I SHALL. Narrator: AND SHE LOVES TO SHOW HER GUESTS THAT SHE STILL HAS IT. [ LAUGHS ] Havill: SHE LIKED TO REMIND PEOPLE, "I, IRENE SILVERMAN, USED TO BE A BALLET DANCER," AND SHE COULD GO UP, EVEN IN HER LATE 70s AND EARLY 80s, RIGHT UP ON TOES. Narrator: BUT AFTER THE PARTY IS OVER AND THE GUESTS HEAD HOME, THE BIG MANSION CAN FEEL OVERWHELMINGLY EMPTY, SO TO MAKE SURE THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEONE AROUND, IRENE DIVIDES THE UPPER FLOORS INTO 10 SUITES FOR RENTAL. SHE LIKED HAVING CELEBRITIES IN THERE. SHE LIKED HAVING WEALTHY PEOPLE IN THERE WHO WERE WILLING TO PAY $5,000 OR $6,000 A MONTH FOR A SMALL APARTMENT. Narrator: SHE DOESN'T NEED THE MONEY, SO SHE CAN BE PICKY ABOUT WHO SHE RENTS TO, AND MANNY GUERIN KNOWS IT. MANNY. [ CHUCKLES ] NICE TO MEET YOU, MANNY. NICE TO MEET YOU, TOO, MRS. SILVERMAN. SIT. Havill: IRENE LIKED TO RENT HER SUITES TO PEOPLE SHE LIKED. IF SHE DIDN'T LIKE THEM AND SHE DIDN'T THINK THEY WERE VERY FRIENDLY TOWARDS HER, THE NEXT TIME THEY CALLED, SHE WOULD SAY SHE'S FULL UP OR USE SOME EXCUSE. SHE WOULDN'T ALLOW THEM IN. MM-HMM. HOW DID YOU HEAR ABOUT ME? YOU KNOW, IT WAS A FUNNY... Narrator: HE TELLS IRENE HE FOUND OUT ABOUT HER FROM AN OLD FAMILY FRIEND OF HERS. ...RAUL. I DID. HE'S BEEN OUR FAMILY BUTCHER FOR, OH, MAYBE 30 YEARS. I'M A LITTLE BIT SHORT-SIGHTED. WOULD YOU MIND SITTING OVER HERE? OF COURSE. SURE. IRENE LIKES MANNY RIGHT OFF THE BAT, AND IS READY TO RENT TO HIM. NOW, DID THEY SEND YOU PAPERWORK TO FILL OUT? THAT'S THE THING. I HAD IT. IT'S ALL FILLED OUT. BUT WHEN I LANDED IN NEW YORK, I THINK MY LUGGAGE WENT MISSING AND THE APPLICATION MUST HAVE BEEN INSIDE OF IT. WELL, I NEVER RENT WITHOUT A SIGNED LEASE. I KNOW. I KNOW. RULES, PROTOCOL. Narrator: BUT WHAT HE LACKS IN PAPERWORK, HE MAKES UP FOR IN CHARM, AND TO SWEETEN THE DEAL, HE HAS THE ENTIRE FIRST MONTH'S RENT... THE BEST I COULD OFFER RIGHT NOW... ...$6,000 ON HIM IN COLD, HARD CASH. A SHREWD BUSINESSWOMAN, IRENE WRESTLES WITH WHAT TO DO. IF THERE'S ANY SORT OF EXCEPTION YOU CAN MAKE, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT. SHE HAS NEVER RENTED TO SOMEONE WITHOUT HAVING ALL THE PAPERWORK IN ORDER FIRST. SHE SIZES UP THE EXPENSIVE SUIT HE'S WEARING, AND THEN TAKES A LAST LOOK AT THE *** OF CASH HE'S HOLDING. WELL, SINCE RAUL RECOMMENDED YOU, I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY MAKE AN EXCEPTION. IN YOUR CASE, YES. YOU'RE WELCOME. Havill: IRENE SILVERMAN TOOK THE $6,000 BECAUSE SHE WAS A CHILD OF THE DEPRESSION, SHE WAS TIGHT WITH A BUCK, SHE LIKED CASH, AND SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO DECLARE IT ON HER INCOME TAX. Narrator: IRENE ONLY DOES SHORT MONTH-TO-MONTH LEASES. YOU'RE PLANNING ON STAYING LONGER THAN A MONTH? BUT MANNY COULDN'T BE HAPPIER. AFTER SEEING THIS HOUSE, I COULD SEE MYSELF STAYING HERE A LOT LONGER. EVEN IF IT'S ONLY FOR A LITTLE WHILE, HE CAN HARDLY BELIEVE THAT HE'S GOING TO BE LIVING IN THIS PALACE. THANK YOU. WELCOME TO MY HOME... ...MANNY. [ CHUCKLES ] BUT SOON, THE YOUNG PRINCE DISCOVERS... I NEED IT TODAY! ...THE DARK SIDE OF HIS NEW QUEEN. YOU ARE A LIAR! Narrator: MANNY GUERIN HAS JUST MOVED INTO IRENE SILVERMAN'S LUXURIOUS UPPER EAST SIDE MANSION, BUT HE STILL HASN'T GIVEN HER THE BACKGROUND FORMS TO MAKE HIS LEASE OFFICIAL. Silverman: HI, MANNY. HI, IRENE. HOW ARE YOU? WHEN IRENE FOLLOWS UP WITH HIM THE NEXT DAY... HAVE YOU FINISHED YOUR PAPERWORK YET? OH, YOU KNOW, I'M SO SORRY ABOUT THAT. ...MANNY APOLOGETICALLY TELLS HER HIS ASSISTANT, EVA, STILL HASN'T TRACKED IT DOWN. I WILL GET THAT TO YOU. DON'T YOU WORRY ABOUT A THING. OF COURSE. IRENE SHRUGS IT OFF. SHE ALREADY HAS THE DOUGH IN HAND, AND MANNY MAKES A VERY HANDSOME ADDITION TO HER HOUSEHOLD. BUT WITHIN DAYS, IRENE DISCOVERS THAT THE GOOD-LOOKING STRANGER IS HIDING SOMETHING -- OR SOMEONE -- FROM HER. HELLO? MAIDS WOULD KNOCK ON THE DOOR TO CLEAN THE ROOMS. YES, HI. HI, I'M HERE TO CLEAN YOUR ROOM. OH, NO, NO, NO, NO. NO, NO. I-IT'S FINE. NO, ARE YOU SURE? AND HE WOULD TELL THEM TO GO AWAY, AND HE WOULDN'T LET THEM CLEAN THE ROOM OR MAKE THE BEDS. TAKE CARE. AND A LOT OF TIMES, THERE WAS THIS WOMAN IN THERE. Eva: SHE IS TO CONTINUE... Narrator: IRENE'S SERVANTS TELL HER THEY THINK THE WOMAN IS STAYING WITH MANNY, WHICH IS AGAINST IRENE'S RULES. SHE DOESN'T ALLOW OVERNIGHT GUESTS. Havill: I THINK IRENE WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED. WAS THIS HIS GIRLFRIEND, OR WHAT? HELLO, IRENE. YES, IRENE? I SAW YOU GOING UPSTAIRS WITH A WOMAN THE OTHER NIGHT. Narrator: WHEN SHE CONFRONTS MANNY ABOUT THE MYSTERIOUS WOMAN... YES, THAT WAS MY ASSISTANT, EVA. ...HE SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT. WE WERE WORKING LATE INTO THE NIGHT TO MAKE SURE YOU GOT THE PAPERWORK. WELL, YOU MAKE SURE YOU GET IT TO ME. THAT'S WHY WE'RE WORKING. TO GET YOU THAT PAPERWORK. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. OKAY. OCCASIONALLY, IRENE CATCHES GLIMPSES OF EVA FROM A DISTANCE. SHE CAN TELL SHE'S AN OLDER WOMAN. THE WHOLE THING IS MAKING IRENE VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. Havill: THE OLDER WOMAN CAME BY AND HE WOULDN'T TELL ANYBODY THAT HE DID HAVE A GUEST, AND HE WOULD JUST LET HER IN, AND SHE THOUGHT THAT WAS HIGHLY UNUSUAL. Narrator: BUT IRENE'S PROBLEMS WITH MANNY ARE ABOUT MORE THAN JUST A FREELOADING RIVAL. 10 DAYS AFTER MOVING INTO HER MANSION, MANNY STILL HASN'T GIVEN OVER HIS PAPERWORK, AND NOW HE SEEMS TO BE AVOIDING HER ALTOGETHER. MANNY? HE MAY BE SIDESTEPPING IRENE, BUT MANNY IS SPENDING LOTS OF TIME COZYING UP TO HER STAFF. MANNY?! MANNY TRIED TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE SERVANTS. THEY DIDN'T LIKE HIM. THEY THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMETHING PHONY ABOUT HIM. YOU, TOO? HARD AT WORK? YEAH. JUST WORKING. YES. Toi: MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT WORKED FOR IRENE HAD BEEN THERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME. EVERYBODY WHO WORKS THERE LOVED HER. MISS IRENE? HOW ARE YOU? DO YOU HAVE A MOMENT? SURE, SURE. PULL UP A CHAIR. SO, WHAT'S UP? UM, YOUR GUEST, MANNY, HE ASKED ME A LOT OF QUESTIONS. Narrator: IRENE'S BEGINNING TO SUSPECT THE APPLE OF HER EYE COULD BE ROTTEN. THAT'S INTERESTING. SHE KEEPS A CLOSE EYE ON HIM. Havill: IRENE SILVERMAN'S MANSION HAS CLOSED-CIRCUIT CAMERAS IN IT, AND HE WAS SORT OF NOTICED SNOOPING AROUND THE HALLWAYS AND LOOKING AROUND, AND SHE BEGAN NOT TO TRUST HIM. Narrator: AND SOMETIMES, WHEN SHE WALKS DOWN THE HALL PAST HIS ROOM, SHE CAN FEEL HE'S LOOKING OUT AT HER THROUGH THE PEEPHOLE IN THE DOOR. BUT IRENE ISN'T SPOOKED. NEW YORK CITY IS A ROUGH TOWN. AND IRENE SILVERMAN IS ONE TOUGH COOKIE. Havill: IRENE SILVERMAN HAD GONE THROUGH 60 YEARS LIVING IN NEW YORK CITY WITHOUT ANYTHING REALLY BAD EVER HAPPENING TO HER. SHE WAS, WHAT THEY WOULD SAY, A SURVIVOR. SHE WAS NO-NONSENSE. SHE COULD SPOT A PHONY. SHE KNOWS SHE'S MADE A MISTAKE LETTING MANNY INTO HER HOME, BUT SHE CAN'T QUITE MAKE OUT WHAT HIS GAME IS. Havill: IRENE SILVERMAN WAS SUSPICIOUS THAT HE COULD NOT ONLY BE ATTEMPTING TO STEAL ITEMS FROM HER, BUT HE ALSO COULD BE MAKING HIS WAY INTO THE APARTMENTS OF OTHER GUESTS WHEN THEY WERE OUT. IF HE MONITORED THE COMINGS AND GOINGS OF ALL THE PEOPLE THERE, THOSE APARTMENTS WERE FAIRLY EASY TO BREAK INTO, AND SHE WAS WORRIED THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL HELL WAS GONNA BREAK LOOSE. Narrator: SHE SENSES THIS SHIFTY CHARMER IS UP TO NO GOOD, AND SHE WANTS HIM OUT OF HER HOUSE NOW. MANNY, I NEED THAT PAPERWORK AND I NEED IT TODAY -- NOW! AND I TOLD YOU I'M TRYING TO GET IT TO YOU, OKAY? NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT PAPERWORK HERE TOMORROW -- I AM A PAYING TENANT! Havill: MANNY WOULD SCOWL AT HER, AND HE WAS DEVELOPING WHAT YOU WOULD CALL "HATE GLANCES" TOWARDS HER. YOU NEED TO HIRE PEOPLE THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE! DO YOU HEAR ME?! TOMORROW! Narrator: IRENE DOESN'T THINK GOING TO THE COPS IS AN OPTION... [ TELEPHONE RINGS ] ...BECAUSE SHE'LL HAVE TO FESS UP TO TAKING MANNY'S CASH. HELLO? SO, IN EARLY JULY 1998... I HAVE A PROBLEM. SHE CALLS SOMEONE WHO CAN FIX THE PROBLEM. I NEED HIM GONE. DO YOU WANT ME TO TAKE CARE OF THAT FOR YOU? TAKE CARE OF THIS FOR ME. YOU HAVE NOT SENT THEM! HOW MANY PEOPLE IN NEW YORK WISH... Narrator: MILLIONAIRESS IRENE SILVERMAN WANTS TO GET RID OF HER FISHY TENANT, MANNY GUERIN. I AM A PAYING TENANT! Havill: SHE DIDN'T KNOW IF HE WAS GONNA ROB HER OR SOMETHING WORSE. SHE WANTED HIM OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Silverman: I HAVE A PROBLEM. Narrator: SO IN EARLY JULY, SHE MAKES A CALL TO HER PROPERTY MANAGER. I NEED HIM EVICTED NOW. WE'LL GET HIM EVICTED FASTER THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE. GOOD. BUT MANNY'S GOTTEN REAL COMFORTABLE LIVING IN THE MANSION, AND HE'S NOT PLANNING ON GOING ANYWHERE. HE KNOWS EVICTING SOMEONE TAKES TIME. HE'S GOT IRENE BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE. IRENE KEEPS LASHING OUT... Silverman: OH, THAT MAN SMELLS LIKE JAIL! YOU GET CLOSE TO HIM, YOU CAN SEE IT ALL OVER HIM. ...HOPING THAT IF SHE'S HOSTILE ENOUGH, HE'LL GIVE UP AND MOVE OUT. HE WILL BE GONE VERY, VERY SOON. FINE BY ME, IRENE. Silverman: YOU SHOULD SEE HOW HE LOOKS AT ME. HE'S BEEN WRONG SINCE THE BEGINNING. IF YOU DON'T TRUST HIM, I WOULDN'T TAKE HIM ON. ON SATURDAY, JULY 4th, 22 DAYS AFTER MANNY MOVED IN... I HAVE TALKED TO THE MANAGER. ...IRENE TELLS HER TWO DINNER GUESTS THAT SHE FINALLY HAS THE EVICTION ORDER TO THROW THE CAD OUT. SHE TOLD A GIRLFRIEND THAT, "I'M GONNA HAVE HIM OUT BY MONDAY." SEND HIM ON HIS WAY. TO EVICTION! YES. Narrator: ON JULY 5th, IRENE SENDS MARTA RIVERA, THE ONLY MAID WORKING AT THE HOUSE THAT HOLIDAY WEEKEND, TO RUN A FEW ERRANDS. MARTA TAKES OFF AROUND 11:45 A.M. AND SEES IRENE PEACEFULLY WORKING AWAY IN HER OFFICE. WHEN MARTA RETURNS THAT AFTERNOON, THE HOUSE IS QUIET -- DEAD QUIET. IRENE? IRENE? [ SIGHS ] IRENE, ARE YOU HERE? IRENE? IRENE? Narrator: MARTA PANICS. 82-YEAR-OLD IRENE NEVER LEAVES THE HOUSE BY HERSELF. IRENE? IRENE? MARTA KNOWS SOMETHING IS WRONG AND DIALS THE POLICE. [ Voice breaking ] HELLO? YES, I'D LIKE TO REPORT A MISSING PERSON. Narrator: SHE THEN CALLS THE OTHER SERVANTS, TELLING THEM TO COME TO THE MANSION. THIS WAS HER OFFICE. Resnick: DID YOU TOUCH ANY OF THIS, HERE? NO. IT WAS LIKE THAT WHEN I CAME BACK. IS THIS WHERE YOU SAW HER LAST? THIS IS WHERE I LEFT HER BEFORE I LEFT THE HOUSE THIS MORNING. NOTHING INVESTIGATORS FIND SUGGESTS THAT IRENE PLANNED TO LEAVE THE HOUSE. THIS IS THE PARLOR. THIS IS HER FAVORITE ROOM. SHE'S ALWAYS IN HERE. Man: WAS MS. SILVERMAN EXPECTING ANY GUESTS THAT SHE NORMALLY WOULDN'T HAVE IN THE HOUSEHOLD? THERE'S A NEW TENANT, MANNY. MANNY? DO YOU HAVE A LAST NAME? GUERIN. Narrator: THE SERVANTS TELL INVESTIGATORS ABOUT IRENE AND MANNY'S FREQUENT ARGUMENTS... SHE WAS -- SHE WAS WORRIED ABOUT HIM. Resnick: MANNY? ...AND LEAD THEM UP TO HIS APARTMENT. SEE IF THE SINK IS WET. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. YEAH. LOOKS LIKE THEY WERE HERE JUST A MOMENT AGO. YEAH. MANNY'S THINGS HAVE ALL BEEN CLEARED OUT. BUT ON THE FLOOR, INVESTIGATORS FIND SOME BLACK GARBAGE BAGS, A ROLL OF DUCT TAPE, AND THE PACKAGING OF A SHOWER CURTAIN WITH THE LINER MISSING. ALL OMINOUS CLUES THAT NOTHING GOOD HAS HAPPENED TO IRENE SILVERMAN. THE POLICE CANVAS THE CITY, LOOKING FOR IRENE AND MANNY. Havill: IT WAS A BIG NEWS STORY. YOU WOULD THINK IF YOU LIVED ON EAST 65th STREET, ON THE UPPER EAST SIDE, THOSE AREN'T THE PEOPLE THAT GENERALLY DISAPPEAR. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR HER, AND WE WILL, YOU KNOW, FOLLOW THIS INVESTIGATION WHEREVER IT GOES. Narrator: THEN, ON JULY 8th, 2 1/2 DAYS AFTER THEY GO MISSING, THE NYPD's LEAD DETECTIVE GETS A SHOCKING CALL. [ TELEPHONE RINGS ] RESNICK. Narrator: WHILE NEW YORK'S FINEST HAVE BEEN TEARING UP THE CITY LOOKING FOR HIM... YEAH, MANNY GUERIN. Narrator: ...IT TURNS OUT MANNY GUERIN HAS BEEN RIGHT UNDER THEIR NOSES THE WHOLE TIME. Narrator: 23-YEAR-OLD MANNY GUERIN AND 82-YEAR-OLD IRENE SILVERMAN HAD BEEN MISSING FROM HER UPPER EAST SIDE MANSION FOR 2 1/2 DAYS WHEN NYPD INVESTIGATORS RECEIVE A CALL FROM THE FBI. RESNICK. Narrator: TWO DAYS EARLIER, THEY'D ARRESTED A GUY THEY'D BEEN TRACKING FOR MONTHS. HIS NAME IS KENNY KIMES. SLEEP TIGHT, KIMES. AND THEY'VE JUST NOTICED HE LOOKS AN AWFUL LOT LIKE THE MAN THE NYPD IS CHASING -- THE YOUNG CHARMER WHO CALLS HIMSELF MANNY GUERIN. AND MANNY'S NOT THE ONLY ONE SITTING IN A JAIL CELL. HIS MYSTERIOUS ASSISTANT, EVA, IDENTIFIED BY IRENE SILVERMAN'S SERVANTS... THAT'S HER. ...HAS ALSO BEEN ARRESTED, EXCEPT IT TURNS OUT SHE'S MUCH CLOSER TO MANNY THAN THAT. SHE'S HIS MOTHER, SANTE KIMES. SO WHO ARE SANTE AND KENNY KIMES? THE REAL STORY THAT LANDED THESE TWO ON IRENE SILVERMAN'S DOORSTEP IS MORE DIABOLICAL THAN THE PLOT OF A HOLLYWOOD MOVIE. IN 1970, SANTE KIMES WAS 36 AND TWICE DIVORCED WITH A 6-YEAR-OLD SON NAMED KENT WHEN SHE MET KENNETH KIMES, SR., A WEALTHY DEVELOPER IN PALM SPRINGS. KEN KIMES IS, HIMSELF, DIVORCED AND A MILLIONAIRE MANY TIMES OVER. IN HIS 54 YEARS, HE'S KNOWN LOTS OF WOMEN, BUT HE'S NEVER MET ANYONE LIKE SANTE. Walker: MOM HAS BIG EVERYTHING -- BIG HAIR, BIG ***, BIG WHITE BLOUSES. YOU KNOW, SHE HAD THE PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS. VERY VOLUPTUOUS. BUT SHE HAD JUST THE PERSONALITY, YOU KNOW, THE CHARISMA, THE CHARM, THE ENERGY. SHE COULD LOOK AT YOU AND CHANGE THE WAY YOU FEEL ABOUT YOURSELF, YOU KNOW? IT'S HARD TO DESCRIBE. IT'S BIGGER THAN LIFE. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT SINCE. Narrator: KEN IS HOOKED. SANTE MAKES LIFE EXCITING. [ NOTES PLAY ] Walker: I THINK KEN KNEW THAT MOM WAS AFTER HIS MONEY, BUT HE WAS JUST SO ENTHRALLED BY WHAT HE FELT LIKE WHEN HE WAS WITH HER, HE DIDN'T CARE. Narrator: TO MAKE SURE HER BOND TO HIM IS UNBREAKABLE, IN 1975... Ken: HE IS HANDSOME. HE IS HANDSOME AS YOU ARE. ...SANTE GIVES BIRTH TO A SON. KENNY KIMES, JR. [ GASPS ] Walker: HE WAS THE YOUNG PRINCE, TAKING PIANO LESSONS, BEING PRIVATELY TUTORED, AND TRAVELING THE WORLD. Narrator: 12 YEARS OLDER THAN HIS HALF-BROTHER, KENT NO LONGER LIVES AT HOME. BUT WHEN HE DOES VISIT, HE CAN SEE THAT HIS DOMINEERING MOTHER IS PUSHING YOUNG KENNY TO THE BREAKING POINT. [ PIANO PLAYS ] FINE. DID YOU GET EVERYTHING DONE? NOT YET. HOW MUCH MORE YOU GOT TO DO? KIND OF A LOT? WELL, YOU BETTER FINISH THAT REAL SOON, YOU KNOW. Walker: I LOVED KENNY FROM DAY ONE. KENNY WAS A GOLD-PLATED PRISON. NO PUBLIC SCHOOL. IT WAS PRIVATE TUTORS, ALWAYS. VERY, VERY CONTROLLED. EVERY FRIEND HE HAD WAS VERY CONTROLLED. HMM. THANK YOU, SWEETS. PEOPLE ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN THOUGHT, "OH, WHAT A LUCKY KID. "HE'S GETTING EDUCATED WELL YOUNG. HE'S GOT ALL THIS GREAT STUFF." BUT IT WAS TOUGH. I DON'T KNOW MANY ADULTS WHO COULD ENDURE THE SCHEDULE THAT HE HAD. Narrator: BUT EVERYTHING CHANGED IN MAY OF 1985, WHEN SANTE AND KEN SR. WERE ARRESTED FOR VIOLATING ANTI-SLAVERY LAWS. FOR YEARS, THEY'D BEEN MAKING TRIPS TO MEXICO... WHAT IS THAT YOU'RE USING? WHAT IS THAT? ...TO RECRUIT YOUNG WOMEN TO WORK FOR THEM. I TOLD YOU NOT -- WHAT -- WHAT ARE YOU DOING USING THIS? HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU?! YOU DON'T USE THIS. ONCE THEY ARRIVED IN THE STATES, SANTE WOULD LOCK THEM IN THE HOUSE, ABUSE THEM, AND REFUSE TO PAY THEM. KEN ENDED UP TAKING A PLEA DEAL, AND IT COST HIM $70,000. Narrator: WHILE KEN GETS OUT OF DOING TIME, SANTE IS SENT TO PRISON FOR THREE YEARS. KENNY? OH, MY HONEY BUNNY! IT'S MOM! HOW ARE YOU? Walker: I'VE HEARD MANY PEOPLE SAYING THAT THE TIME THAT MOM HAD TO SPEND IN FEDERAL CUSTODY WAS LIKE KENNY'S GOLDEN TIME. WHO'S HELPING YOU? WHO'S THAT? WHAT DO YOU MEAN, YOU HAVE TO GO? YOU KNOW, OUT OF HER CONTROL, HE STARTED LIVING A NORMAL LIFE. KENNY?! KENNY, I LOVE YOU! Walker: BUT THE THING THEY DIDN'T REALIZE WAS SOME OF THE NEGATIVE THINGS WERE COMING UP. KEN'S DRINKING HAD ESCALATED, AND SO DID HIS PARANOIA. Narrator: ACCORDING TO KENT, HE TRIES TO BE A GOOD INFLUENCE ON HIS YOUNGER BROTHER WHEN HE CAN, BUT KEN SR. KEEPS HIM FROM GETTING THROUGH. KEN STARTED DEVELOPING THIS MANTRA INTO KENNY... YOUR MOTHER'S BEEN NOTHING BUT TROUBLE SINCE THE DAY I MET HER, KENNY. ...THAT IT'S YOU AND ME AGAINST THE WORLD. HEY, YOU AND ME, HUH, KID? I LOVE YOU. [ SNIFFS ] Narrator: WHEN SANTE GETS OUT OF PRISON IN 1989, SHE FINDS THE OBEDIENT SON SHE LEFT BEHIND IS NOW AN ANGRY, REBELLIOUS TEENAGER. Sante: MAMA IS HOME. TA-DA. BLUEBERRY MUFFINS. THEY'RE YOUR FAVORITE. THAT'S DISGUSTING. Walker: ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE. BECAUSE KENNY WAS TOLD HOW MOM'S THE ENEMY AND HOW SHE CANNOT CONTROL US ANYMORE, HOW WE GOT TO BE AWAY FROM HER, LIKE THAT, WELL, HE SAW IN A 30-MINUTE PERIOD, THAT COMPLETELY TURNED BACK UPSIDE DOWN -- KEN COWERING TO HER. DON'T TALK TO YOUR MOTHER LIKE THAT. NO, WHERE DO YOU GET OFF DEFENDING HER AFTER WHAT YOU TOLD ME FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS? KENNY, I'M YOUR MOTHER, AND I'M HOME, AND IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO HAVE... Walker: WHEN SHE CAME OUT OF JAIL, SHE COMPLETELY DESTROYED KENNY'S LIFE. ...A MUFFIN. SO I SAW HIS LASHING OUT, AND HIS ANGER, AND HIS SPIRIT. DON'T YOU DARE TELL ME WHAT TO DO, OKAY? KENNY, DON'T TALK TO -- KENNY. Narrator: FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, THE FAMILY DYNAMIC IS TOXIC. THEN, IN MAY OF 1994, KEN SR. DIES. AW, DARLING. COME HERE. KENNY IS CRUSHED, AND THE TRAGEDY TRANSFORMS HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS MOTHER. OHH, I KNOW. IT'S YOU AND ME. IT'S YOU AND ME NOW. [ SOBS ] ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THEY DIDN'T HATE EACH OTHER ANYMORE, YOU KNOW? AND VERY, VERY QUICKLY, THE THINGS THAT WOULD COME OUT OF KENNY'S MOUTH WAS LIKE SHE COULD DO NO WRONG. AFTER KEN'S DEATH, THEY WERE A TEAM. [ INDISTINCT CONVERSATION ] Narrator: THE TIE THAT BINDS IS MONEY, BUT THE FORTUNE THAT KENNY AND SANTE EXPECTED TO INHERIT... Sante: THERE IS NOTHING! ...HAS DRIED UP. MAYBE THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THE OFFSHORE ACCOUNTS. THEY'RE DESPERATE TO KEEP THEIR HIGH-ROLLING LIFESTYLE GOING. I ALREADY LOOKED IN THERE. THERE'S NOTHING. LOOK AGAIN! HOW COULD HE DO THIS TO YOU, KENNY?! Havill: AFTER KEN KIMES, SR. DIED, THERE WAS A MAD SCRAMBLE TO TRY AND TURN HIS REAL-ESTATE HOLDINGS INTO CASH. I'M SURE YOU'RE GONNA FIND EVERYTHING YOU NEED THERE. WE'LL JUST WAIT HERE, MY SON, KENNY, AND I, WHILE YOU GET THAT CHECK FOR $280,000. Narrator: IN 1997, KENNY AND SANTE TAKE A LOAN OUT ON A HOUSE WHICH KEN HAD LONG AGO TRANSFERRED TO FAMILY FRIEND DAVID KADZIN. Man: ...PARTY OF MR. KADZIN. OH, MR. KADZIN SIGNED BEFORE WE CAME. HE WANTED ME TO JUST DROP THOSE OFF. HE SAID IT'S NO PROBLEM. HE WANTED ME TO TAKE CARE OF THE PAPERWORK. SHE GOT OVER $200,000 FOR THAT WITHOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE. Kadzin: THIS IS NOT WHAT I AGREED TO, SANTE! YEAH, YEAH. Narrator: WHEN KADZIN GETS WISE TO WHAT SANTE AND KENNY ARE UP TO... THIS IS BULL. THIS IS BULL. I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF YOUR BULL. HE PUTS THE KIBOSH ON THEIR SCHEME. IT'S OVER, SANTE. I'M NOT HAVING ANY OF IT. DAVID, COME BACK. WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS. BYE, DAVID. HE THREATENED TO GO TO THE POLICE. Narrator: BIG MISTAKE. YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THIS, DON'T YOU? SANTE TELLS KENNY THAT SHE CAN'T SURVIVE PRISON AGAIN, THAT IT'S EITHER HER LIFE OR KADZIN'S. PEOPLE ARE EITHER YOUR ENEMY OR YOUR MARK. UNDER PRESSURE FROM HIS MOTHER, KENNY STEPS UP TO TAKE CARE OF THE DIRTY WORK. Kenny: THANKS SO MUCH, DAVID, FOR MEETING WITH ME. I MEAN, I'M REALLY SORRY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED, YOU KNOW? I JUST WANT TO -- [ COUGHING ] YEAH, YEAH. COULD I, UH -- COULD I HAVE A GLASS OF WATER, MAYBE? SURE, SURE, I'LL GET YOU ONE. THANKS SO MUCH, DAVID. SURE, NO PROBLEM. STAY RIGHT HERE. WELL, THANKS SO MUCH. REALLY GLAD WE'RE, UH... THIS IS GONNA WORK OUT. GONNA GET PAST THIS. [ GUNSHOT ] ON MARCH 14, 1998, THREE MONTHS BEFORE KENNY TURNS UP ON IRENE SILVERMAN'S DOORSTEP, DAVID KADZIN'S BODY IS FOUND IN A DUMPSTER. WHOO! HELLO, THERE. LOOK AT THAT. EAGER TO GET OUT OF CALIFORNIA, SANTE AND KENNY ORDER A LINCOLN TOWN CAR DELIVERED FROM A DEALER THEY'VE BOUGHT FROM IN THE PAST. I WAS JUST TOLD I WAS SUPPOSED TO RECEIVE THE CHECK FROM YOU. I'M SURE WHEN YOU GO, YOU'RE GONNA FIND IT IN YOUR BOX. WE ALREADY TOOK CARE OF THAT, SWEETHEART. THANKS SO MUCH. DON'T WORRY. IT'S OKAY. IT'LL BE FINE. THANK YOU. Narrator: BY THE TIME THE DEALER REPORTS THE STOLEN CAR, KENNY AND SANTE ARE CRUISING CROSS-COUNTRY, PULLING SMALL CONS AS THEY GO. THEY'RE MAKING THEIR WAY TO FLORIDA WHEN THEY FIRST HEAR THE NAME IRENE SILVERMAN. ...ALL THE CAMERAS ARE. EVERY CAMERA. THEY HAD HEARD SOMEBODY TALKING ABOUT THIS WOMAN, THIS VERY WEALTHY WOMAN, IN NEW YORK CITY... AGING SOCIALITE, PROBABLY HAS LOTS OF CONTACTS, PROBABLY SHOPS IN THE SAME PLACES. ...THAT YOU COULD RENT SUITES FROM, AND SHE WAS A LITTLE BIT DOTTY. 82? [ LAUGHING ] Narrator: KENNY AND SANTE HAD FOUND THEIR NEXT MARK. HOW LONG CAN IT TAKE TO WEAR HER DOWN? BUT NOW THAT THEY'VE GRADUATED FROM GRIFTERS TO KILLERS, HAVE THEY MADE IRENE THEIR MARK OR THEIR NEXT HIT? Narrator: MOTHER-AND-SON GRIFTER TEAM SANTE AND KENNY KIMES ARE LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE CON OF A LIFETIME. THEIR MARK? A WEALTHY WIDOW NAMED IRENE SILVERMAN, WITH A BIG MANSION THAT SEEMS RIPE FOR THE TAKING. JULY 15th? THAT WOULD BE PERFECT. BUT WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW IS THAT AS THEY'RE WORMING THEIR WAY INTO IRENE'S HOUSE, THEIR PAST IS ABOUT TO CATCH UP WITH THEM. HERE WE COME. [ CHUCKLES ] LAPD INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE SANTE AND KENNY ARE INVOLVED IN THE *** OF THEIR OLD FAMILY FRIEND DAVID KADZIN. THANKS TO AN INFORMANT WHO HAS TEAMED UP WITH THE KIMES ON SMALL CON JOBS IN THE PAST, THEY KNOW THE MOTHER-SON PAIR ARE IN NEW YORK CITY. THE INFORMANT HAS AGREED TO RAT THEM OUT IN EXCHANGE FOR IMMUNITY ON UNRELATED CHARGES. THE LAPD THEN ASKS THE FBI FUGITIVE TASK FORCE FOR HELP IN ARRESTING SANTE AND KENNY. IN AN ASTONISHING COINCIDENCE, THE FBI BEGINS THEIR SURVEILLANCE OF THE MOTHER-SON GRIFTING TEAM ON JULY 5, 1998, THE SAME DAY IRENE SILVERMAN AND MANNY GUERIN GO MISSING. NEITHER THE FBI NOR THE NYPD INVESTIGATORS KNOW THEY'RE HUNTING THE SAME MAN. I'M HERE. WHEN ARE YOU GUYS GONNA GET HERE? Havill: SANTE TOLD THE SOURCE THAT ON JULY 5th, TO COME TO NEW YORK AND TO GO TO THE HILTON HOTEL, AND THEN TO PLACE A CALL TO HER, AND SHE WOULD MEET WITH HIM AND EXPLAIN EVERYTHING THAT HE NEEDED TO DO. Narrator: BUT WHEN HE MAKES THE CALL, SANTE SOUNDS FRAZZLED. I KNOW. I KNOW. WE'RE HAVING CAR TROUBLE! CAR TROUBLE? AND SHE SAID THAT SHE WOULD MEET UP WITH HIM WITHIN TWO HOURS. YEAH? GOOD. OKAY, BYE. YES, YES. I'M SURE. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHEN SHE'LL BE HERE. Narrator: AS THE HOURS PASS AND THERE'S NO SIGN OF SANTE, THE FBI START TO WONDER IF THE WHOLE OPERATION IS A BUST. CAN'T WE JUST CALL IT A DAY YET? NO. NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. DON'T DO THAT. Stone: ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE HEARD THIS VOICE YELL OUT THE SOURCE'S NAME, AND HE SAID, "THAT'S HER." OH, HONEY! FINALLY, THERE SHE IS. SHE'S LATE. HONEY, I'M SO SORRY! W-WHERE'S KEN? Narrator: BUT KENNY IS NOT WITH SANTE, AND THE FBI AGENTS HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED NOT TO ARREST THEM UNLESS THEY'RE TOGETHER. THEY TRAIL SANTE AND THE INFORMANT INTO THE HOTEL BAR. YOU'RE THE MAN TO RUN THIS. I NEED A PROPERTY MANAGER. WE'RE TALKING A LOT OF MONEY HERE. OH, MAN. [ CHUCKLES ] YOU'RE THE ONE THAT'S GONNA DO IT. AFTER A DRINK, SANTE SUGGESTS THEY GO OUT ON THE TOWN, WHERE KENNY WILL MEET UP WITH THEM FOR DINNER. DONE. THAT'S WHEN THE FBI CATCHES THEIR FIRST GLIMPSE OF KENNY KIMES. HE FINALLY HOOKED UP WITH SANTE AND THE SOURCE. HI! Stone: GAVE THE SOURCE A HUG AND WE EXECUTED THE ARREST RIGHT THERE. WAIT! WHAT? PUT YOUR HANDS ON THE FENCE. WHAT'S GOING ON? ALL RIGHT, GUY. HANDS AGAINST THE FENCE. COME ON. Narrator: BY 11:00 P.M., ON JULY 5th, SANTE AND KENNY KIMES ARE IN FBI CUSTODY, BUT THE AGENTS HAVE NO IDEA THE TWO ARE CONNECTED TO A MISSING MILLIONAIRESS NAMED IRENE SILVERMAN. WE DIDN'T KNOW WHO IRENE SILVERMAN WAS. WE'D NEVER HEARD OF HER. Narrator: THE FBI TRACKS DOWN THE LINCOLN AND HITS ON A JACKPOT OF SUSPICIOUS GOODIES INSIDE. YEAH, MORE. LOOK AT ALL THIS. THERE'S A 9mm GLOCK, THERE WAS DATE-*** DRUGS, AND THERE WAS A NOTEBOOK THAT SANTE HAD LEFT BEHIND LIKE, SAYING, "GET HER SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER." YOU KNOW, "GET SOME ROPE. DO THIS." IT WAS LIKE A TREASURE TROVE. Narrator: THE TRUNK, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS EMPTY EXCEPT FOR A BLACK CANVAS BAG NEARLY SIX FEET LONG. RESNICK. Narrator: BUT IT ISN'T UNTIL THE MORNING OF JULY 8th WHEN A MEMBER OF THE NYPD WORKING WITH THE FBI ON THE KADZIN CASE HAPPENS TO WATCH THE NEWS ABOUT IRENE SILVERMAN'S DISAPPEARANCE AND MAKES THE CONNECTION THAT MANNY GUERIN IS, IN FACT, KENNY KIMES. Stone: NYPD TOLD US ABOUT IRENE SILVERMAN, THAT SHE WAS DISAPPEARED ABOUT THE TIME THAT WE HAD ALREADY PLACED OUR FIRST CALL TO THE KIMES. AND FROM THAT POINT ON, THE INVESTIGATION TOOK ON A WHOLE NEW LOOK TO IT. [ INDISTINCT CONVERSATION ] WHAT DID YOU DO WITH IRENE SILVERMAN? N-NOTHING. I-I-I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO THAT IS. I DIDN'T GET RID OF ANYBODY. NOW, THIS IS GETTING ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. I-I-I MEAN, WHEN THEY ARRESTED US... Narrator: THE KIMES INSIST THEY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IRENE'S DISAPPEARANCE. I DID NOT KILL IRENE SILVERMAN. YOU ARE MAKING... Walker: MOM AND KENNY PROCLAIMED THEIR INNOCENCE, SAYING THAT THEY WERE THE VICTIMS OF A HUGE, HUGE CORRUPTION AGAINST THEM, AND MOM WAS SAYING HOW HER AND IRENE WERE REALLY GOOD FRIENDS. IRENE AND I GO BACK A LONG WAY. I KNEW FOR A FACT THAT SHE NEVER HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH IRENE SILVERMAN. NOT FOR ONE INSTANT. NOT A MICRO-MOMENT. Narrator: A YEAR AND A HALF AFTER THEIR ARRESTS, THERE'S NO FORENSIC EVIDENCE TYING THE KIMES TO IRENE'S DISAPPEARANCE, AND HER BODY HAS STILL NOT BEEN FOUND. SANTE AND KENNY THOUGHT THEY WOULD ACTUALLY GET OFF BECAUSE THEY KEPT PARROTING THIS LITTLE SLOGAN THEY HAD -- "NO BODY, NO CRIME. NO BODY, NO CRIME." Narrator: BUT NEW YORK PROSECUTORS FEEL THEY HAVE A STRONG CIRCUMSTANTIAL CASE AGAINST THE KIMES, INCLUDING IRENE'S PASSPORT AND PAY STUBS THAT THEY RECOVERED FROM THE KIMES' TOWN CAR, AND FORGED DOCUMENTS SIGNING THE NEW YORK MANSION OVER TO THE KIMES. A TRIAL 19 MONTHS LATER PROVES THEM RIGHT. ON JUNE 27, 2000, SANTE AND KENNY ARE CONVICTED OF *** IN THE SECOND DEGREE OF IRENE SILVERMAN, ALONG WITH MULTIPLE COUNTS OF ROBBERY, BURGLARY, FORGERY, AND CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A WEAPON. SANTE IS SENTENCED TO 120 YEARS IN PRISON, AND KENNY IS SENTENCED TO 125 YEARS. THE KIMES ARE THEN EXTRADITED TO CALIFORNIA TO STAND TRIAL FOR THE *** OF DAVID KADZIN. Walker: EVEN WHEN THEY WERE CONVICTED, KENNY WAS STILL REBELLIOUS, STILL WANTED TO FIGHT IT -- "WE'RE GONNA WIN." BUT CALIFORNIA, THAT'S A DEATH-PENALTY STATE. YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT SITUATION. Narrator: IN 2002... Man: WHOSE IDEA WAS IT TO KILL IRENE SILVERMAN? MY MOM. ...KENNY STRIKES A DEAL TO KEEP THE DEATH PENALTY OFF THE TABLE FOR HIM AND SANTE IN THE KADZIN CASE, IN EXCHANGE FOR TELLING THEM WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO IRENE SILVERMAN. MRS. SILVERMAN? RIGHT OVER HERE. PLEASE. IT'S THE PAPERWORK. I HAVE IT IN THE ROOM. IF YOU JUST COME WITH ME, WE CAN CLEAR UP ALL THE -- UGH! Kenny: MOM CAME UP FROM BEHIND, AND THEN SHE TASED HER... IN THE NECK. SHE HAD ME DRAG IRENE TO THE BEDROOM. I KNOW. TAKE CARE OF THIS FOR ME. [ SNIFFS ] I KNEW THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THAT... ACT FELL TO ME. Sante: THERE YOU GO. GOOD BOY. [ CRYING ] I CHOKED HER TILL SHE WAS DEAD. YOU DID A GOOD JOB. OH, WHAT A GOOD BOY. WE PUT HER IN SOME BAGS. PUT THE BODY INTO A DUFFEL BAG. ACCORDING TO KENNY, THEY DUMPED HER BODY IN A LANDFILL OFF THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE. TO THIS DAY, IT'S NEVER BEEN FOUND. IN 2004, KENNY AND SANTE GET NAILED WITH THE *** OF DAVID KADZIN, TOO, WINNING EACH OF THEM AN ADDITIONAL LIFE SENTENCE WITHOUT PAROLE. THE OBEDIENT SON WORSHIPPED HIS MOTHER AND DID ANYTHING SHE ASKED OF HIM, EVEN PUTTING HIS OWN LIFE ON THE LINE TO SAVE HERS. Walker: IT WAS A FIGHT FOR KENNY BETWEEN ME AND MY MOTHER. MOM REPRESENTED GLITZ AND GLAMOUR. I REPRESENTED HARD WORK AND A NORMAL LIFE. UNFORTUNATELY, I LOST, AND I JUST THANK GOD THEY CAUGHT THEM WHEN THEY DID.