Blake Leibel is an author and screenwriter, from Hollywood who gained notoriety due to an incident that deeply affected Los Angeles residents in 2016. He is recognized for his work on novels such as Syndrome and his involvement in animated projects. However his life took a turn when he was found guilty of the murder of his partner, Iana Kasian. The brutal nature of the crime captured media coverage, with similarities drawn between his actions and the dark themes portrayed in his own artistic creations. In this piece we delve into the identity of Blake Leibel. Exploring his origins and the heartbreaking incidents that ultimately resulted in his incarceration and lifelong sentence.
Before May 2016, Blake Leibel was just a Canadian man living in Los Angeles with lots of money and lots of ideas in his head. Things changed in May 2016 when Leibel killed the lady who was his finance and had just given birth to his daughter.
Leibel did not only kill Iana Kasian but did it in such a horrible manner that everybody who had something to do with the case, from the prosecutor to the medical examiner, could not find the words to describe the horrible thing that had gone down. Blake Leibel was sentenced to LWOP, that is to stay in jail for life and he cannot ask for parole. This was in July 2018.
Who is Blake Leibel?
It was in 1981 that Blake was born and when he was still young, his parents went their separate ways. Blake went to live with his mom while his elder brother Cody lived with his dad.
Blake living apart from his dad did not help their relationship. Even with his mom that he lived with, things were not so wonderful. However, none of his parents cut him off so he got lots of money from both of them.
With this money, Blake Leibel went to live in Los Angeles. There, he tried to bring many ideas to life.
He tried to make films and publish books. He also wrote comics and graphic novels which he hawked from book store to book store. His most known work is Syndrome. He came up with the concept but is not the author. It is a book about a serial killer whose M.O. includes draining blood from victims.
Is Blake Leibel Married?
The year Blake Lebel turned 23, i.e. 2004, he got married to Amanda Braun. Divorce came a decade and a year later. At the time (in 2015), Amanda was eight months gone in her pregnancy and she later gave birth to a male child.
Not long after the divorce from Amanda, Blake Leibel began seeing another woman, Iana Kasian. Iana had a Ukraine background and studied law in school.
Iana Kasian’s Murder Case
After Blake Leibel began seeing Iana Kasian, she got pregnant without much delay. She later gave birth to their daughter and they packed into a single home. Blake then asked Iana to marry him and she said yes. With a new baby and a wedding on the horizon, happiness should have been the theme for the couple but it was not so.
Cheating and even rape on the part of Leibel came into play. All these made him and Iana fight multiple times. Things got so bad that Iana packed all her bags, took the baby with her, and went to live in an apartment with her mom.
While living with her mom, Iana went out one day to buy a stroller. She did not come back and her mom, Olga became worried. Olga called Iana’s phone several times but she did not pick. She therefore went to the cops to help her.
It was on 26 May 2016 that cops were able to get into Blake’s house and they saw Iana’s lifeless body there.
It wasn’t just that she was dead. It was that she was killed in such a horrible manner and went through so much pain and suffering before she now took her last breath. Depraved was how the doctor, Dr. James Riber, who examined Iana’s body described what happened to her.
Given all the horrible things that Blake Leibel had done, he was taken to court on June 20, 2018. The judge who heard the case said that the kind of cruelty that Leibel had done was one that the mind could not come up with. Jail forever and no parole was his final decision for Leibel.
The Latest on Blake Leibel
The little daughter of Iana and Blake is in Ukraine; she is taken care of by her grandma and aunt. In February 2019, a court announced Leibel should pay $41.6 million to Iana’s family.
Blake Leibel’s crimes were featured as a news documentary on CBS 48-Hours. It seems to be that he had managed to drain the blood of Iana’s body, just like in the book Syndrome.
FAQs
Who was Blake Leibel’s Wife
Blake Leibel had been engaged to Iana Kasian before he murdered her. His wife was Amanda Braun from 2004-2015.
What is Bake Leibel’s Net Worth?
Bake Leibel’s net worth is estimated at between $1 million and $5 million even though he was ordered to pay $41.6 million in award to the family of the lady he murdered but might not be able to pay the full amount.
Where is Blake Leibel Today?
He has to spend all of his remaining days in prison, so that is where he is now. Now, Blake Leibel is in jail in California.
