Post #663550 by bigbrotiki on Wed, Jan 9, 2013 10:00 AM

Aaahhh, completing the "Locating Tiki" thread on the Tropics! :)

Something I did not see here yet and belongs here is the weird story of the builder and owner of the Tropics Motel chain, Ken Kimes (here his logo on a tile still in each shower of each Motel room):

...and his pathological criminal wife and son, Sante and Kenneth:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sante_Kimes

This relationship was Ken Kimes' downfall:

"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.[4] As a result, she and her second husband, alcoholic motel tycoon Kenneth Kimes, spent years squandering his fortune on lawyers' fees, defending themselves against charges of slavery."

...but he wasn't exactly an innocent either:

http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/women/kimes/7.html