Blake Leibel, 37, was convicted of multiple felonies including mayhem and torture in the death of his fiancée Iana Kasian in May 2016.
Kasian was found dead in the couple’s West Hollywood, California, apartment on a bed, drained of her blood. Her scalp had been removed.
Her autopsy results from the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office showed thatshe died of blunt force trauma to the head, according to Fox News. She also had portions of her face torn off.
Three weeks earlier, Kasian hadgiven birth to the couple’s daughter, Diana, according to theLos Angeles Times.
Silverman continued: “What is the ultimate act of power and control? It’s taking somebody’s life, right? Taking away their future. Taking away everything they dreamed they were going to be: A mother, a parent, a daughter, a wife.”
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Leibel, who was a budding filmmaker and graphic artist, is the son of one of Canada’s wealthiest real estate developers and one-time Olympic sailor Lorne Leibel. He was reportedly living on an $18,000 a month allowance, according to theAssociated Press.
Silverman told jurors thatSyndromeserved as a “blueprint” for Leibel in Kasian’s “very slow, excruciating, painful” death, theTimesreports.
Leibel will be sentenced on June 26 and faces the possibility of life in prison, according to theTimes.
source: people.com
