When a socialite disappeared in New York, it revealed a shocking mother-son crime spree that spanned decades in a case so unique that Dateline correspondent Keith Morrison dubbed it “one of the most remarkable stories ever.” 

The sensational case of Sante Kimes and her son Kenny Kimes is the focus of a new Dateline airing Friday, January 31 at 9/8c p.m. on . “It remains so even today. People are still talking about it. Also, the fact that [Kenny] was prepared to talk gave us the chance to once again tell one of the most remarkable stories ever.”

Kenny Kimes “didn’t have a chance,” half-brother says 

Morrison also talked with Kenny’s older half-brother, Kent Walker, Sante’s other son, who spoke of the irresistible pull his mother had on others.

“There’s probably not another son on this planet who loved his mother as much as I loved mine,” Walker told Dateline. 

But while Walker said he was his “mother’s biggest disappointment,” her other son Kenny became her perfect partner in crime. 

“He didn’t have a chance,” Walker said of his doomed sibling.

Private investigator Cici McNair told Dateline of Sante: “This is someone who gets what she wants.”

Sante Kimes “most evil woman that I’ve ever met”

As the criminal escapades continued, Sante pulled the strings, drawing her son Kenny deeper and deeper into her devilish plans.

Detective Bill Cox told Dateline that Sante was “the most evil woman that I’ve ever met.”