Charles Ng (serial killer)

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Charles Ng

Charles Chi-Tat Ng ( Chinese  吳志 達 , Pinyin Wú Zhì Dá , IPA ( standard Chinese) [ ˧˥ wu ˥˩ ʈʂi ˧˥ tɑ ], IPA (Cantonese) [˩ ŋ ˧ tsi ˨ tat] ; *  December 24, 1960 in Hong Kong ) is a chinese - American serial killer who his crimes with his accomplice Leonard Lake committed in the United States.

Life

Ng grew up temporarily in England . As a child, he is said to have been severely punished by his father again and again. Ng eventually moved to the United States and served briefly in the Marine Corps before being dishonorably discharged for stealing at the Kaneohe Bay Naval Base in Hawaii and spending some time in jail.

Charles Ng (1982)

In the early 1980s he met Leonard Lake ; on his ranch in Calaveras County , California , the two are said to have murdered up to 25 people. Ng and Lake filmed themselves raping and torturing their victims. The crimes were exposed in 1985 after Lake committed suicide for an alleged gun law violation (unlawful possession of a gun with a silencer ). As a result, police searched his ranch and found human remains.

Charles Ng has been identified as Lake's partner in the crimes. He fled to Calgary , Canada , where he was arrested by police on July 6, 1985 for shoplifting . Ng drew a gun and threatened two security guards, who overpowered him, even though he had shot one of them in the hand after a brief argument. Ng was charged with theft, illegal possession of firearms and attacking the guards and sentenced to four and a half years in a Canadian prison.

After a lengthy extradition process , Ng was handed over to the US authorities. He was charged with twelve murder counts in 1998; eleven cases - the deaths of six men, three women and two babies - could be proven. He was sentenced to death and is currently on death row in San Quentin State Prison .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ BBC : "World: Americas Serial killer sentenced to die." July 1, 1999 ( Engl. )
  2. ↑ CyberSleuths.com: "Charles Ng and Leonard Lake: The Motherlode Murders." ( Memento of January 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive )

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personal data
SURNAME Ng, Charles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ng, Charles Chi-Tat (full name); 吳志 達 (Chinese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Sino-American serial killer
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Hong Kong