On May 26, 2016, Iana Kasian was found dead in the apartment that she had shared with her fiancé in West Hollywood. Blake Leibel, her fiancé, was convicted of first-degree murder, torture and aggravated mayhem on June 20, 2018. On June 26, 2018, he was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Background
Blake Leibel (born May 8, 1981) is a former Canadian
comic book creator and
graphic novelist residing in Los Angeles.
Leibel was born to two notable Canadian families. His father,
Lorne Leibel
Lorne Leibel (born 14 January 1951) is a Canadian sailor and one of Canada’s wealthiest real estate developers. He competed in the Tempest event at the 1976 Summer Olympics. In 2006, he was inducted into the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame. ...
, is of
Jewish descent and is a prominent
Toronto real estate mogul and
Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame
The Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame (CMHF) is a hall of fame run by the Canadian Motorsport Heritage Foundation as a not-for-profit charitable institution that "honours and recognizes the achievements of individuals and institutions that have ma ...