The Grîsly Mur*der of Iana Kasian
On May 26, 2016, the lifeless body of 30-year-old Iana Kasian was discovered in the West Hollywood apartment she shared with her fiancé, Blake Leibel. Kasian's body was found lying on the bed, with Leibel at her side. She had been subjected to horrific torture, mutilation, and exsanguination. Authorities described the crime scene as unlike anything they had ever encountered before. The Victim and Perpetrator Iana Kasian was a Ukrainian immigrant who had worked as a tax lawyer in her home country before moving to the United States in 2014 to pursue a career as a model. She had recently given birth to a daughter with her fiancé, Blake Leibel, just three weeks before her murder. Leibel, Kasian's killer, was a former Canadian comic book creator and graphic novelist who came from a wealthy family. His father, Lorne Leibel, was a prominent Toronto real estate mogul and Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame inductee, while his mother was an heiress to the Alros Pr...
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