Murders
Ng met Leonard Lake in 1983. The two are believed to have murdered between 11 and 25 victims at Lake's ranch in Calaveras County, California. They filmed themselves raping and torturing their victims.
The crimes became known in 1985 when Lake committed suicide after being arrested and Ng was caught shoplifting at a hardware store. Police searched Lake's ranch and found human remains. Ng was identified as Lake's partner in crime.
Ng fled to Calgary, Alberta, where he was arrested by the Calgary Police Service on June 6, 1985, after resisting arrest for shoplifting at The Bay department store. Ng pointed a pistol at two security guards and, after a brief struggle, shot one of them in the hand. The guards managed to overpower him and held him in custody. Ng was charged and subsequently convicted of shoplifting, felonious assault and possession of a concealed firearm. He was sentenced to four and half years in a Canadian prison.
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