Charles Ng
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-->Charles Chitat Ng (Chinese: 吳志達; Cantonese IPA: [ŋ̩21 ʣ̥i33 d̥ɑt̚22], born December 24, 1961) is an American serial killer who committed his crimes with Leonard Lake.He was born to wealthy parents in Hong Kong and partly educated in England. As a child he was harshly disciplined by his father at every opportunity. Ng eventually moved to the United States and briefly served in the Marine Corps before he was dishonorably discharged for theft, for which he served time in prison. In the early 1980s he hooked up with Leonard Lake. The pair are suspected of murdering up to 25 people at Lake's ranch in California. They filmed themselves raping and torturing their victims, most of which were women. [World: Americas Serial killer sentenced to die], BBC, Thursday, July 1, 1999 Published at 01:01 GMT 02:01 UK [Charles Ng and Leonard Lake, The Motherlode Murders], CyberSleuths True Crime, by Bill Kelly
The crimes came to light in 1985 when Lake committed suicide after being arrested for a firearms offense, and police searched his ranch and found human remains. When Ng was identified as Lake's partner in the crimes, the FBI named him on June 15, 1984 as the 387th Fugitive added to the Ten Most Wanted list. Ng fled to Calgary, Alberta, Canada where he was arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on October 4, 1984 and convicted of shoplifting. After a long extradition battle (see Reference re Ng Extradition), Ng was finally handed over to the U.S. authorities. Ng stood trial on 12 counts of murder in 1998. He was convicted of 11 of the murders, those of six men, three women and two baby boys, and was sentenced to death. He is currently on death row at San Quentin State Prison.
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