In 1985, Charles Ng and Leonard Lake were spotted shoplifting. Ng escaped, but Lake's capture led police to a concrete bunker in the Sierra Nevada foothills, where they discovered the grisly evidence of an orgy of sex crimes, torture and murder that claimed at least sixteen victims. Lake committed suicide: Ng fled to Canada, where he was tracked down and extradited to California. This 14-year, $10 million legal case was the costliest and longest criminal prosecution in California history. Ng is currently on Death Row.
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Terror in California,
By mjohnson (Gainesville, GA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Die for Me: The Terrifying True Story of the Charles Ng & Leonard Lake Torture Murders (Paperback)
This has to be one of the most disturbing true-crime books I have read! It is the story of Charles Ng and Leonard Lake's extensive killing career that began in 1985. The narrative is well written and intriguing, the photos gripping. I honestly lay awake contemplating the inhumanity wrought by these two men. GREAT READ!
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Extraordinary true crime book,
By Richard Cangey (California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Die for Me: The Terrifying True Story of the Charles Ng & Leonard Lake Torture Murders (Paperback)
Author Lasseter has presented an admirable view of a cruel and violent pair of killers. Other reviews seem to express disappointment because he didn't include graphic, bloody descriptions of killing women and babies. I, for one, am grateful he didn't. I was looking for a work that exams in excellent detail the factors that molded these two men into degenerate murderers. Lasseter has gone the extra mile to provide that. I couldn't put the book down during the trial segment, waiting in suspense to see if Charles Ng would be found guilty despite very scarce evidence regarding his involvement in the crimes. From my admiration of this book, I will become a regular reader and fan of this author.
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Die For Me.....True Crime at its best!,
By Laurie Reeves (Cypress, California United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Die for Me: The Terrifying True Story of the Charles Ng & Leonard Lake Torture Murders (Paperback)
I have been reading True Crime for 30 years and this one is truly a winner.Not since Norman Mailer's "The Executioners Song" has an author so totally captured the essence of "the evil next door". Leonard Lake was the real "mind" behind these heinous murders...it is always amazing when two such psyches collaberate as Lake's and Ng's do in this case. Although this is the story of Charles Ng....it is the saga of Lake's pathetic life that really captured my interest. Mr. Lasseter ( as he did previously in "Property of the Folsom Wolf" ) mesmerizes the reader with his descriptions of the minutiae of this madman's every day life leading up to the murders....you hear the sounds...smell the smells....and taste the tastes....heartwrenchingly so.Everyone has known a Leonard Lake, the wierd guy you went to highschool with...the creep down the street...your "quiet" cousin...after this read, Lake and the pokerfaced and dark spirited Ng will live on in the back of your mind for a discomforting long while.Fascinating!!!
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Don Lasseter, Leonard Lake, San Francisco, Kathi Allen, Maurice Laberge, Charles Gunnar, Judge Ryan, Orange County, The Ranch, Superior Court, Paul Cosner, Bill Kelley, Calaveras County, Marine Corps, Mike Carroll, Brenda O'Connor, Lonnie Bond, Cliff Peranteau, Lewis Clapp, San Diego, Scott Stapley, Peter Smith, Kathleen Allen, Sharlene Honnaka, Hong Kong Browse Sample Pages:
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