December 24, 1960 - Charles Ng
Ng operated alongside Leonard Lake in a calculated, prolonged campaign of abduction and captivity that lasted roughly two years before discovery. The crimes committed at the Calaveras County cabin were distinguished by their systematic nature — victims were held, recorded, and subjected to prolonged abuse before being killed. The wide range in the estimated victim count reflects how thoroughly evidence was destroyed, a deliberate effort that complicated prosecution for decades and ultimately made his case one of the most expensive criminal trials in California history.
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Charles Chi-tat Ng (born Ng Chi-tat) (Chinese: 吳志達; born 24 December 1960) is a Hong Kong-born convicted serial killer who committed numerous crimes in the United States. He is believed to have raped, tortured, and murdered between eleven and twenty-five victims with his accomplice Leonard Lake at Lake's cabin in Calaveras County, California, 60 miles (96 km) from Sacramento, between 1983 and 1985. After his arrest and imprisonment in Canada on robbery and weapons charges, followed by a lengthy dispute between Canada and the U.S., Ng was extradited to California, tried, and convicted of eleven murders. He is currently on death row at California Medical Facility.
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