30-year-old Iana Kasian, a stunning model from Ukraine, seemed to have her life all made. She lived with her fiancé, Blake Leibel,
a graphic novelist, in a luxurious apartment in a nice part of West
Hollywood. On May 3rd, 2016, Iana gave birth to a baby girl. Three weeks
after the birth of her daughter, everything seemed to be going well
until Iana’s mother, Olga Kasian, was having trouble getting in contact
with Iana, so she called the police and asked them to perform a wellness
check on her daughter. The authorities stopped by the couple’s
apartment, but Blake refused to open the door and assured them that
everything was fine, prompting them to leave. Olga pleaded for them to
try again, so the officers returned to their apartment the following day
and were once again met with Blake’s denial of access. This time, they
busted the door down and discovered large amounts of blood throughout
the apartment. The police made their way to the master bedroom, where
Blake had barricaded himself with furniture. Once they managed to gain
entry, they walked into one of the most macabre scenes throughout the
history of LA. In the couple’s bed was none other than the mutilated
corpse of Iana, covered with her daughter’s baby blanket. Blake was
immediately arrested and charged with first-degree murder.
Perhaps even more appalling than the police’s discovery were the disturbing details from the autopsy report. Iana’s entire scalp was ‘’tragically absent’’ and her skull had been stripped to the bone. She suffered numerous bruises and abrasions to the face, including a bite mark. Even more scarily, at the time of her autopsy, Iana only had about a teaspoon of blood remaining in her body, whereas the average human has about 1.5 gallons of blood in their body. She was still alive for another 8 hours after the scalp injury. Her death was caused by exsanguination and head trauma.
Six years before, Blake published a graphic novel called ‘’Syndrome’’ about a neuropathologist’s quest to cure a serial killer. The cover depicts a baby doll with part of its skull missing, revealing the brain. Within the graphic book contains a gory illustration of a headless woman lying nude on a blood-soaked mattress, eerily similar to Iana’s murder. Prosecutors described the graphic novel as ‘’a blueprint for his crimes’’. Blake was sentenced to life in prison without parole, and Iana’s scalp was never recovered.
Perhaps even more appalling than the police’s discovery were the disturbing details from the autopsy report. Iana’s entire scalp was ‘’tragically absent’’ and her skull had been stripped to the bone. She suffered numerous bruises and abrasions to the face, including a bite mark. Even more scarily, at the time of her autopsy, Iana only had about a teaspoon of blood remaining in her body, whereas the average human has about 1.5 gallons of blood in their body. She was still alive for another 8 hours after the scalp injury. Her death was caused by exsanguination and head trauma.
Six years before, Blake published a graphic novel called ‘’Syndrome’’ about a neuropathologist’s quest to cure a serial killer. The cover depicts a baby doll with part of its skull missing, revealing the brain. Within the graphic book contains a gory illustration of a headless woman lying nude on a blood-soaked mattress, eerily similar to Iana’s murder. Prosecutors described the graphic novel as ‘’a blueprint for his crimes’’. Blake was sentenced to life in prison without parole, and Iana’s scalp was never recovered.
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