Tycoon’s son who wrote gory novel guilty in bloody slaying
LOS ANGELES — A Canadian real estate tycoon’s son who wrote a graphic novel that features gruesome killings was convicted in Southern California Wednesday of the torture and mutilation of a live-in girlfriend who had given birth to their child weeks before.
A Los Angeles jury found Blake Leibel, 37, guilty of first-degree murder, torture and aggravated mayhem in the slaying of Iana Kasian.
Deputies discovered the 30-year-old’s naked body in the blood-spattered master bedroom of couple’s West Hollywood apartment in May 2016.
Leibel faces life in prison when he’s sentenced June 26.