Leonard Lake
American serial killer (1945–1985) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Leonard Thomas Lake (October 29, 1945 – June 6, 1985), also known as Leonard Hill and a variety of other aliases, was an American serial killer. During the mid-1980s, he and his accomplice, British Hong Kong-born Charles Ng, raped, tortured and murdered an estimated eleven to twenty-five victims at a remote cabin near Wilseyville, California, in the Sierra Nevada foothills, located 150 miles east of San Francisco.[2] After his 1985 arrest on unrelated charges, Lake swallowed cyanide pills that he had sewn into his clothing and died four days later. Human remains, videotapes, and journals found at Lake's cabin later confirmed Ng's involvement, and were used to convict Ng on eleven counts of capital murder.[3][1]
Leonard Lake | |
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Born | Leonard Thomas Lake (1945-10-29)October 29, 1945 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
Died | June 6, 1985(1985-06-06) (aged 39) |
Cause of death | Suicide by cyanide poisoning |
Other names | Leonard J. Hill Leonard Blake Alan Drey Tom Meyers Jim Bright Ted White Steve Charles Gunnar Donald Lake Randy Jacobsen Robin Stapley Paul Cosner |
Spouse | 2nd wife: Claralyn Balazs (divorced) |
Conviction(s) | Previously convicted of vehicle theft to one year of probation; never convicted for the murders |
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Victims | 11 confirmed, 25 suspected[1] |
Span of crimes | 1983–1985 |
Country | United States |
State(s) | California |
Date apprehended | June 2, 1985 |