At age 16, however, searching for bigger fame, Roberts and her mother Martha moved to New York City.
Diamond helped Roberts get introduced to New York City choreographers in order to improve her dancing skills.
"Kiki" Roberts and Diamond's wife Alice were both questioned in connection with the murder's investigation, but they were not suspected of wrongdoing.
[1] Roberts did an interview for the Boston American newspaper, recorded in film in 1931, where she expressed a desire to return to the stage.
[6] In 1935, Roberts made front page news when she was rescued from drowning by comedian Jackie Gleason at Budd Lake, New Jersey.