Murdered model was scalped, drained of all blood

Sept 25, 2017

Sounds like a ritual murder...

• The model had been severely mutilated and was lying next to her baby [/*:m:3kk7m6h6]
• A newly released autopsy report found she'd had her ear torn off and had bite marks on her jaw [/*:m:3kk7m6h6]
• Blake Leibel, 35, her millionaire boyfriend and father of the baby, was inside the home when she was found[/*:m:3kk7m6h6]
• He tried to stop police from coming inside by barricading the doorway[/*:m:3kk7m6h6][/list:u:3kk7m6h6]

An autopsy shows that a model — who Los Angeles cops say was tortured and killed by her graphic-novelist millionaire real estate heir boyfriend — was scalped, had portions of her face torn off and had been drained of all her blood.

Iana Kasian, 30, was found dead in a West Hollywood apartment in May 2016.



Her boyfriend, Blake Leibel, 36, the son of wealthy Canadian real estate tycoon and Olympic sailor Lorne Leibel, has been charged with her murder and could face the death penalty if convicted. He has pleaded not guilty.

At least one of his novels has drawn unsettling parallels to the murder case. The book, “Syndrome,” starts with flashbacks of a serial killer slashing throats and draining blood, the New York Daily News reported.

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