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get into today's story. Today's story. Let me tell you, it has been described
as one of Los Angeles' most gruesome crime scenes in history, his-story. It's often compared to
the Black Dahlia murder in terms of level of gore. That's what we're getting into today. Blake Leibel, yeah. He was born on May 8th, 1981 in Canada. And he was just a normal guy. Right? Always friendly people liked him, but I think it's safe to say that he had a very privileged upbringing. Yeah. His dad, his name was Lauren. He's a prominent Toronto
real estate mogul. So he, Blake's father, had
developed thousands of homes with his father and brother. So grandfather and
uncle to Blake, anyways. So it made the family pretty well off. You could say they were doing pretty damn well for themselves. Anyhow. So his mother Blake's mother, she was, she was not a, nobody, you could say. Blake's mother, her name was Eleanor. She was an heiress of a major
plastics production company in Canada. Yeah. This company, they made all kinds of different plastic products and her dad, Blake's grandfather, he owned a bunch of patents. So we're talking about like
rich, rich, rich, super rich. Remember, we did that
other story about the lady whose father owned
plastics, the incest one. Remember? LOL. Wow. Now here we are, again, more plastic. I think it does something to you. Blake, he also had an older
brother who his name was Cody. So with parents like that, you know, very successful parents. They, this is an assumption here, but they probably felt like
they had to do something big and important with their lives. I don't know. I don't know though, so don't quote me. So unfortunately Blake's
parents, mom and dad, they couldn't make the marriage work. So they ended up splitting up, right? But they also decided to split
up the boys, which is weird, I guess, like, not only are you not living
with both of your parents anymore, but now your
brother is gone or your dad, because you're just never
going to see them again because they didn't like switch it around. So the two boys, they
were only a year apart. So it's like, they had a
pretty close relationship, but one went with the dad
and one, one with mom. And that was that. So the boys ended up
growing up completely apart. Once their parents had split, Cody went and lived with his
dad and Blake went to go live with his mom. And it was pretty safe to say
that they did well, you know, it wasn't like hard times. They were both still growing
up in their life of privilege and luxury and all that stuff. You know? I guess it was said that Blake
was feeling some sort of way. ''Cause he was jealous that his
brother got to hang out more with the father and his father seemed to favor him a lot more. I mean, how could you not think that when you're a kid and you don't get to see you dad? I mean, it's probably true. No offense. I don't know. So it just seemed that he had
some like very deep jealousy issues, but we'll circle back to that. So the boys grow up and then
they both ended up moving to Los Angeles, California. Cody decided to follow
in his father's footsteps and he became a real estate developer and he would be working on multimillion dollar projects. He was also a founder of a
record company that didn't last long, but he, he tried, you know, he tried and Cody was also
in business with a major restaurant and nightclub owner. So I mean he always kind of
like seemed to find something to do. They all did. Cody also had some more
interesting claims to fame. He kind of was like a big man on campus in the Hollywood scene. He definitely liked to be out
in the public eye and like rub elbows with the famous people. Cody was also known for
the super secret poker ring that he was in, which is not so much a
secret if it's like part of your identity, but you know, did you ever read the book "Molly's Game," or watch the movie? It was really good. You should watch it or read it, whatever you prefer, "Molly's Game." Okay? Cody was supposedly part of
that poker ring and played with big celebrities like Tobey
Maguire, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. So I guess Cody was in on
that and he was also known for honestly being really bad. Like not winning any games, I guess rumor has it. Who knows, but rumor has hit and there
was one time where he lost over a million dollars in just one game. I know, fuck us. We get at, oh my God, I looks so old. Okay, cool. So Blake, he was like
stereotypical trust fund kid. Okay. He joined in with his older
brother in the high stakes celebrity poker games. But in terms of his career goals, Blake pursued more of the creative arts. He was an artist. After attending the university
of Western Ontario in 2004, Blake joined a bunch of his
college buddies who had moved out to Los Angeles. So Blake really wanted to
direct movies and he definitely had the money to help
pave the way for him. You know, nothing's stopping him. Right. Blake was also known amongst
his friends to be like, he had really cool ideas, but he never was able
to execute these ideas. You know? Like he was just full of ideas, but never went anywhere with it. It didn't matter how much
money you threw at it. He just, I don't know. He wasn't reliable, I guess we could say. A lot of people thought Blake was like this genius, but others felt like he was maybe just a really smooth talker. And he was just trying
to suck you in to like some grand scheme that
just never paid off. Finally Blake was able to
use his money to get like in the door a little bit. Okay. Blake ended up directing a
low budget film called "Bald." Yeah, "Bald." It got 2.6 stars on IMBD. So that's better than no stars. That's better than no stars. So he directs that movie. And after he directed that movie, he went on to work on an
animated series with Mel Brooks. Now I had no idea that
they turned "Spaceballs" into an animated TV show. Did you? I didn't. When did they do that? I forgot. I forgot to look that up,
but I didn't know that. And they did and Blake worked it on it. Well, he directed and consulted on it. And Blake also did some screenwriting, but one thing that he
was kind of successful at was writing graphic novels. That's where he was pretty good. He was pretty good. So he was pretty successful
at writing graphic novels. So if you don't know
what a graphic novel is, 'cause I really didn't know
what a graphic novel was. A graphic novel is kind of
like a more intense comic book. You know? So the story is told through, through art, like a comic book, but it's usually longer
with more complicated and in-depth storylines, I guess. Blake's most successful
project was a graphic novel titled "Syndrome." Yes. "Syndrome" was originally
published in 2010 and it's about a neuro pathologist
who was hell bent on figuring out what is the root of all evil. So he experiments on serial
killers and hopes to try and find a cure for the
evilness that is inside of them, no matter what it costs him. And the scientist, he never seems to find the cure. And Blake ends the book by
saying quote, "In the end, we all become monsters," end quote, which is so freaking creepy when you know where this goes. Now the story in the graphic novel is also pretty fricking violent. Okay? And the images that help tell
the story are very disturbing. I mean, for example, like the cover of the book
is a photo-shopped picture of a baby doll head with most
of the brain skull removed. No skull's removed and the brain
is exposed, big difference. So right off the bat, that's a little warning of
the type of stuff you may be seeing inside the book
and the book itself, it included some incredibly
gory illustrations of two people hanging by their feet,
completely drained of blood, which again is creepy
knowing what's coming up. There are also illustrations
of women's body laying on a blood-soaked mattress. And she's missing her head too. Yeah. Maybe just store this information
in the back of your noggin because it's going to come up
and you're going to be like, what the fuck? I'm sorry. You're gonna be like, what the hell? What the heck? What does Sam hell? One of those? What the chicken scratch salad? What the Bob Barker? I like the chicken scratch sandwich. What the chicken scratch sandwich? So if he put that disturbing
graphic novel aside, I guess blank would be considered a catch. I mean, he had money. He came from a well-off family. He had celebrity friends
or at least hung out with celebrities. So it's like oh my God, muh. He's somebody. And bitches love that. So with that being said in 2006 Blakey, he meets a woman named Amanda. Now Amanda was, or is she's a former model. Okay? Now just like everybody
else, she's got some baggage. Okay. So she meets Blake. She's like, oh my God. Yes, you're so great. And she tells him like my
last relationship was such a disaster and this guy, Blake, like he is just the opposite
of my last boyfriend. He's not dead or in prison. I guess Blake was more shy and
introverted and some consider him a bit nerdy and whatever
the hell that means. Many of us say that when it
came to Blake and Amanda, it was like an opposites
attract type of deal. You know, like Amanda was this outgoing
party girl and Blake was introverted, nerdy, whatever
the hell that means. But you know, maybe she was trying something new because her last boyfriend
didn't work out for her. Not blaming her, not blaming her, just saying to me, she's trying something new. Amanda and Blake date for a few years before marrying in 2011. But at that time, Amanda was already pregnant
with their first son and they seem to like, genuinely
just love each other. Some speculated, I don't know, that they were
getting married because they're having a son. And it was for like legal purposes. I feel like that's a rich people thing. So it kind of makes sense, but maybe they just
loved each other maybe. Okay, so Blake wasn't
really making a lot of money from his graphic novels. He was actually getting a monthly
allowance from his parents and then using that to pay for everything. Blake was getting $18,000
a month from his parents for just being born. And he got just over $1.7
million over eight years until 2011. And that's when his mom, Blake's mom, had died of brain cancer. That's sad. And that's when the
payments ended up stopping. So Blake is kind of panicking
because he has no other source of income at all. How is he going to support his wife, Amanda, and their newborn son? What's he going to do? Get a job? Of course not. Blake is like, I know what I'll do. I'll sue my dad for the
money from mom's estate. You know, since they split up and I live with her, it's only fair that I get everything. It kind of makes sense
because like, no it doesn't, but it kind of makes sense
because a lot of stuff went to his dad and they were
like divorced for so long. Maybe they think they still
liked each other though. Well, obviously, she left
him a bunch of stuff. What I'm getting at is
his mom's estate was worth about $12 million, but the court only ends up
awarding Blakey about half, so $6 million. Great math. I'm sure you and I could be like, wow, jack fuckin' pot, great. I'm retiring. You'll never see me again. But, but, but, but, but,
and there was a big but, Blake was not happy. He was very disappointed with this amount, but he wanted the full 12 million. I was just about to say 12,000. Okay, so Blake's not happy. Now, he's trying to fight this, right? ''Cause he thinks he deserves it all. Now the two main reasons why the courts only awarded him half. The first reason was
because Blake didn't go to his mom's funeral. Yup. Blake's friends said that
Blake couldn't handle it because he was super close with his mom. And like, it was just too much for him, you know? And his friends also said that
his mom was his whole world and her death was like
really hard for him. And that's why he didn't go. But the courts didn't see it that way. They were like, Hm, they see it as like you not wanting to go. And now you just want money. Yeah. Why didn't you go to the funeral? That's the last time
you need to say goodbye. So he didn't go to the
funeral and the courts, they saw it as cold. And as if he only cared about her money, the second reason was because in the will, his mom left Blake her condo in Florida and her
really nice house in Toronto and Blake already got this. And guess what he did with it, he instantly turned around and
sold both properties and made several million dollars
from the two sales. So it's like, bud, where's your money going? ''Cause you seem to be doing pretty well. Oh, gambling, duh, maybe that's where it's all going. In the court's eyes, this kid had already made
so much off of his mother, and all he was doing was turning around, demanding more money, you know? And to them like the courts,
it's not a good look. You seem real greedy. So they only gave him 6 million. They only gave him 6 million, only 6 million. Blake keeps going back to the courts. Like, can I have some more please? Like you're good Blake, you're good. Some believe that maybe Blake
was doing this because he was angry at his dad that his
dad got so much money. And like, they weren't even together. And he felt like, well, I deserve it more because I loved mom. Yeah. So that's what some
people were speculating, but it's just an observation. We really don't know. It just sounds like he's greedy. Honestly. He doesn't want to work. So it's around this time that
Blake's friends are starting to drift away from him
because they notice a change in his attitude, a shift in his character. It kind of started when
his mother was sick. He became more aggressive. Like he started acting out. He would throw really awful tantrums. Like if like a fricking three-year-old. And if he didn't get his way, he would just explode at his friends. He wasn't physically violent, but he was definitely
verbally abusive to them. So he like yelled a lot and
he would verbally harass his friends and then call them up and apologize the next day. Like, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean when I said. So his friends, they weren't going to put
up with his abuse anymore. No, they were not. They were like, we don't need this. We don't need a friend like you, okay. We don't need anybody
like this in our lives. So his friends are dropping
them and nobody needs friends like that in their lives. If
you have a friend like that, you get rid of them. You do not entertain
that kind of behavior. No, you do not. Just ghost them. You can be an adult and
like tell them, I guess, but ghosting is easier, but either way, get far away from those people. One of the issues that
Blake seemed to have was that he didn't like to be alone and he was getting
more and more lonely. So it was kind of like, I hate you. Don't leave me kind of deal, you know, on with his bad behavior. And no one wants to be around him, but he's like, please don't leave me
just toxic and never ends. And it's gross. Well, I shouldn't be sh, yeah. Yeah, I should. He's gross. He does terrible things. With all that money, you think he would like got a therapist? I don't know why people
are so anti-therapist, they are just the best. So over the next four years, Blake became super
erratic and very paranoid. And then one day during
the summer of 2015, just out of nowhere, poof, Blake just picks up and he
leaves his wife, Amanda, who might I add was eight months pregnant with their second child. He just upped and left, okay? It was like a light switch
went off and like he just, bye. Okay. Midlife crisis, maybe. Huh? Maybe poor thing though. She's like pregnant. It's the middle of summer. She's eight months pregnant. Middle of summer. Okay? I hear that's like the
worst time to be pregnant. And he just up and leaves her. Goodbye. So Blake going through some
kind of midlife crisis, he had met a new woman and
she was just his new world. Who is this mysterious woman?
Well, her name is Iana Kasian. Iana? I'm just gonna call her Iana. That's her name. Great. Anyways, she was born January 27th, 1986 in Kiev. In Kiev? Ukraine? ♪ Don't come for me ♪ Iana is apparently this beautiful
tall brunette, dark eyes and a very warm and inviting smile. Her friends and family would
describe Iana as like a very happy person with a strong
character and a fighting spirit. Most, she was just smart as hell too. Okay? Because she was studying law
in college and later she would work as a tax office
prosecutor in the Ukraine. So she's got brains. Okay? She was fluent in English and
Russian and she had really big dreams of traveling the world
and working as an interpreter. In 2014, while she was
in her late twenties, she decided to follow her dreams. And that's when she came to the
United States and hopes for, I don't know, like a
better future, you know? So she settled down in
California of course, like Los Angeles. And that's where a lot of people, you know, not that I'm not
hating, I'm just saying like... (Bailey laughs) So she settled down in California
and she was able to land modeling jobs. Okay? And she started to make
like a career out of it. Now it's not clear how or
where Blake and Iana met. Amanda's friends, they spread rumors that Iana, remember Amanda is the ex-wife. So one night they find out that Blake is dating this Iana girl, right? So they're all over. You know, typical girls are all over and they start researching
her like looking into her background and
they believe that she was working for an escort service. And that's probably where they
met because they found racy and nude photos of her
on a certain website. Escort service or not, Blake was smitten. And he was like taking
her out on lavish trips, expensive dinners, and just spoiling her. Blake also bought her a condo for the two of them to
move into, and a Mercedes. She's believing that this guy is magical. Okay? He bought her a car in a condo. Great. Now Blake did tell Iana
about Amanda, the ex-wife. He didn't hide his past from
her and he didn't want like any double life vibes going on. But he did tell her that
his marriage was over. When in reality, he was
still very much married. I'm sorry. I already
called her the ex-wife. But at this point they weren't
exes yet because he did file for divorce later that year. But by no means, were they anywhere near it
being finalized and being exes officially, so technically
he was still married. You get it, you get it, you
get it, you get it, you get it. You get it, good. So after a few months of dating
Blake, he proposed to Iana. He's like, I just love you so much. Oh my God. And he proposes to her. And then not long after that, he was now expecting not one kid, but two, because his ex-wife was pregnant. Iana was pregnant. She got pregnant in August of 2015. Yeah. Just being very, it's being very messy and
Iana was really excited because she always knew
she wanted to be a mother. She just knew it was
something she wanted to do. And on May 3rd, 2016 Iana
gave birth to their daughter. She was thrilled. So after giving birth to her daughter, it seemed to Iana that her
life was pretty perfect. She had a new baby girl, right? She was totally in love
with this guy, Blakey. And she was with like a pretty wealthy man who loved her. Can't be mad at that. But Blake was definitely
not on the same page. Okay, he was a little
stress-aholic over here. He based off some text
messages that he had sent to his friends, he was worried that some of
his brother's gambling debts might 'cause him to lose everything. I guess his brother Cody had developed a bit of a gambling problem, which we knew about this
from the celebrity ring that was going on. But he now also owed quite a lot of money to some Russian mobsters. And Blake now was afraid
that they or other people associated with his brother's
gambling game would come after him and threatened his family. It was just going to get messy. And he knew it was going to
get messy and he didn't know what to do. So it was kind of panicking. Okay? So gambling debt, that sucks. But that wasn't the only thing
that was stressing Blake out. You see this little bozo
over here, bozo Blake. Yeah. He seemed to have gotten
himself into a little bit of a pickle when it came to his love life. You see, he had a wife, right? That he was in the process of
divorcing, a fiance that had just given birth to their
child, and a mistress. So he's juggling three women. Like how do you have the time? How do you, how do you do that? I don't know. What's why would you even want that? That sounds like you're
going to have a heart attack or an ulcer in like two minutes,
three women in your life? Okay. So Blake's third girlfriend, the mistress. She actually worked with him. She was like a storyboard artist. Her name was Constance and Blake also, he ended up buying her a condo to live in. And it wasn't even that far
from the home that he shared with Iana. Yeah. It was like down the street
and I guess it just made it super easy for him. Like just very convenient. He could just pop on, pop
on out, go down the street, pop on into his mistress. This guy is so stupid. I know, this guy's such a dumbass. Okay? So he's got all these
girlfriends he's doing the most. We don't know why. It just sounds so stressful. But what Blake didn't
know was that Constance, the new mistress girl, she
contacted his ex-wife, Amanda. Okay? She found her somehow. 'Cause you know how we are investigators. So she tells Amanda who she was. And her reasoning behind the
introduction was to tell Amanda about Iana because this
Constance girl was like, I found this other girl named Iana. And I believe like she's girl number two. Constance just seemed to be very jealous and wanted to make sure that Amanda knew what was going on too. You know, if I'm going
down, we're all going down. But they kind of formed a weird friendship over their hatred, their
mutual hatred for Iana. Yeah, Iana. Not the guy Blakey, not him. They hate the girl. So they would text each
other saying shit like we should get Iana deported. They would just being evil little rodents. Okay? Just nasty. And they were, they're
mad at the wrong person. That's not who you should be mad at. You should be mad at Blake. The douche bag over here. What's he doing with three girlfriends? Nobody's worth that. I'm like foaming at the mouth. Um, mm-hmm, so they are just
being evil little rodents. Okay? And either way, the friendship
between Amanda and Constance, it was just weird. And they should have been more
focused on taking Blake down. But why do girls do that? So Iana she's having problems of her own. It seems like Blake is
extra stressed lately. And it just seems like things are really bubbling up inside of him. He's just like becoming
more controlling over her. For example, while Iana
was still recovering from her C-section, Blake
threatened to leave her if she didn't have sex with
him when he demanded it. Yeah. Gross-ass pig. But I mean, this is the
freaking kind of person this guy was, gross. And like, if that's not bad enough, Blake would apparently also
ask her if he could leave her to go out with another woman. I mean, I was about to say,
at least he's telling her, but doesn't make it better
because he's demanding sex from someone who just
gave him a baby, right? And she's healing from surgery. And then he's asking or telling
her that he's going to go sleep with another woman. It's just like, I don't know. He just had this poor
girl under his thumb. Like she was caught up
in it all, poor thing. If you've ever been in one
of these relationships, look, a lot of you are thinking,
why doesn't she just leave? And let me tell you right now, if you've ever been in one
of these relationships, they're really difficult to get out. Okay? You can become brainwashed. You become stuck. You feel like you can't go
anywhere, that without them, you're nothing. They're going to destroy you. And they threaten you. They just consume your whole life. And you become like very
addicted to this person's love. It's very strange. And you truly feel like
you can't get out of it. So before you comment,
why didn't she just leave? Unless you've been in it, it's really hard to explain. You just, you can't. It's weird. It sucks. So Iana's mom was coming out. Her name is Olga. Olga. So she's coming out and she, you know, she's going to help her daughter
just had a newborn baby, you know? So mom wants to help and
be there for her daughter in this moment. And you, you know, you know, great. So her mom comes out and then
some help Blake convinces Iana's mom to keep the
newborn baby at the apartment she was renting. So Iana could take like, take better care of him. The baby was distracting. That baby? No, distracting.
You need to take care of me. I'm the baby. That's what Blake is saying. I'm the baby. He asked, "Can your mom take it?" Like (sighs) anyways, Olga ends up telling her daughter like, this is not okay. Okay? He's controlling you like a hawk. He wants you to do everything he wants. And Iana is like, well, I love him. So it's fine. But her mom is trying to like
warn her and help work it out or at least see what's really going on. So super late on the night of May 20th, like it's after midnight, okay. Iana gets a call and it's
Blake, you know, bring bling, bling, bling, bling? Yeah. Bling bling. And she's like, where are you? And like, why aren't you home
helping me with our baby? Great questions. And Blake is like, I need you to come bail me out of jail. And he and Iana was like, what
do you mean you're in jail? You know, surprise he's in jail. While she agrees to go out
there and post his bail, which was a hundred thousand dollars. She's like, why the hell are you in jail? Well, let me tell you, Blake was arrested on
suspicion of sexual assault, Constance, girl number three, she accused Blake of raping her. And now prior to this Iana, she didn't know about this of girl, but boy did she know now. She knew. She knew now. And she was very upset to say the least. Iana didn't just find
out about him cheating. Everything was uncovered. She found out about the
condo he bought for her. Yeah. That it was just down the street. She could look out the
window and be like, oh, okay. He was there. It all came to the surface. Like all of his lies, how
long it's been going on. I mean, I'm just, that's sad. That sucks. So Iana finally stood up for
herself 'cause she told Blake that she was done, right? She was done. And she's gonna move in with her mother and she can't take it anymore. Good for her. So Iana and the baby move in
with her mom at the apartment that mom was renting. And a couple of days later, Iana and mom are out
shopping for a stroller. And Blake is like texting Iana
saying like, I'm so sorry. I love you. Like I can't live without you. Don't fall for it. And mom saw Iana's attitude
just completely change. She was like happy again. And she tells her mom like, I'm going to go see him. Will you keep the baby for a bit? And her mom's not excited about that. She is not thrilled, but she cannot convince Iana to stay home. But she takes her granddaughter, the baby, and Iana goes back over to Blake's house or their old condo, you know? So yes, the next day on May 24th, Iana had not returned
to her mom's apartment. So Olga is sending her daughter
a bunch of text messages. Like where are you? You know? Yes. And she's getting no response. So then she tries to call
the Iana and she's getting no response. So she keeps calling. She keeps texting like a
dozen times, no answer. She leaves voicemails and Iana
just never calls her back. So Olga resorts to, I'm
laughing because she resorts to sending emails, which means like, she's really non-responding. So she's emailing her daughter. Like what the hell? Where are you? Nothing. At this point, Olga knows that something is not right. Something is very wrong. So mom decides, you know what? I'm just going to go down
to the apartment, not far. And I'm just going to see what's going on. Yeah. She has a three-week-old baby with her and her daughter's missing, right? So she calls the police. Okay, She calls him up and they just kind of blow her off saying that Iana hasn't been
missing for long enough. And they're sure that
she's going to come back. And she, I mean, what are you
supposed to do in that case? One of the police officers
told you that, you know, it's frustrating. Mom decides to take
matters into her own hands. So Olga, she goes down to Blake and Iana's West Hollywood apartment. And then she sees that
there's an open window, right? So she's like standing
outside and she's screaming. She's like Blake opened the door, it's me. So she's yelling Blake, Blake, you know, and Blake ends up coming over
to the window and he doesn't even acknowledge her. He just closes the window, and
then he just disappears back into the apartment. So Olga's like, oh, fuck no. She ends up going around to
the backside of the building. And then she finds that
another tenant is like leaving the complex. So the doors
open and she's able to get in because it's locked, you know? She ends up getting into the
complex and then she goes to Blake's apartment and she's
knocking and she's ringing the doorbell and she's getting no answer. And she's like, I know you're in there. I just literally saw you. Stop being dumb. So Olga the calls the police again, and she's finally able to
convince two officers to do a wellness check on Iana. So they come out there
knocking on Blake store, but Blake refuses to answer. So Blake ends up opening the
door and he kind of like starts talking through the door, being like, what do you want to the police. Yeah. And they're like, we're
looking for a Iana. And Blake's like, Iana is fine. You could go. But the cops are waiting because they want to see her, right? And so they're standing around
and they're not leaving. And Blake is telling the police
officers and those outside, like Iana is fine. She doesn't want to come out. I don't know why, because this
to me doesn't sound right. But whatever. 'Cause they didn't have any
proof that there was a problem. So the police ended up leaving. But I feel like the fact
that they didn't see Iana that should have been proof
enough that there was a problem. 'Cause they never saw her. Blake was just like, yeah, she's fine. What's that sweetie? Yeah. She told me that she's fine. No, you should leave. So Olga, her mom ends up going home. 'Cause like there's she
feels like there's nothing she could do, poor thing. So she has of going home. And then the next day on May
26, Olga, she's had enough. Okay? She's had enough. And she's going to take
matters into her own hands. She calls 911 saying that
she needs their help. And this time the police come
to the apartment and she tells them that she fears Iana
might be in medical distress because she had just given birth. So the police arrive at the
complex at 11:50 AM on May 26. They get a key from the realtor. But when they try to
open the door, they find that the apartment had been
locked from the inside. They had like one of those
bar locks in the hotel rooms, you know? So this leaves the cops with
the only option to break the door down. So once they get the door down, they walked down the hallway
and they see that the door leading to the bedrooms,
it was not just locked, but it was also like
barricaded with furniture. And it's like, oh, that's weird, right? Whatever's going on, it's
going on in that room. So after cops gets through the barricade, they take the door off its
hinges and that's when police get their real first understanding of what they might be in for. As they make their way
into the master bedroom, they look in the guest bedroom
and see blood everywhere. There is blood all over the
headboard and on the walls. So when they got into the master bedroom, they discovered that it was
also locked and barricaded and Blake, he got the mattress from the
guest bedroom and he put it up against the door. So the police were like, Hey, come out. If there's anyone inside,
like you should come out. We're here. And Blake calls out from inside
the bedroom and he's like, I'm not coming out because you
guys are going to beat me up. And they're the cops are like,
well, yeah, of course we are. We're not going to be you
up. We're looking for Iana, but we might beat you up, you know, they're trying to reassure
him that they're not going to beat him up. So they're asking like, where's Iana? We're just looking for Iana, and Blake's yelling at them like she's not here. And the cops are thinking like, yeah, frickin' right, right? So at some point prior
to the police showing up, Blake, from inside the house,
he had called his accountant. I thought it was, I would
think it was his attorney, but I guess it was an
accountant for some reason, the accountant went to the house. Okay? And they showed up with the
police and the accountant is trying to talk to Blake
to come out of the bedroom with the police. 'Cause this is a man that like he trust. So it was going to work. Finally, Blake is like,
okay, I'll come out. But can you pass me some clothes that are in the living room? And the accountant is like,
sure, let me go get them. And the cops are no dummies. So they searched the clothes. And first they find Blake's
passport in the pockets and also $4,000 in cash. So clearly the guy was trying
to make an escape, right? He was probably going to jump
out the window or something and run for it. The accountant calls out like, Hey man, I've got your clothes. And then finally Blake opens
up the door and he walks out and only a pair of his boxer shorts. And behind him, the police see a naked body
of 30 year old Iana laying on the bed, covered by a
red Mickey mouse blanket. So they go on and Iana is
pronounced dead at 1:02 PM. So police asked Blake, how did Iana die? You know? And Blake was like, oh, I
didn't even know she was dead. I thought she's still alive. Yeah. He's like, I didn't know she was dead. I hate this guy. It's just a waste of our time. And the cops were like, yeah, she's dead in that bad right behind you. And then Blake looks
at them and goes, well, I guess you'll have to
find out who did it then. Science is going to tell you who did this. Yeah. Science is going to tell us, Blakey. So I don't know. I don't know. I want to say this guy has
gone completely mental, but I mean, I don't know. The crime scene is reported
as the most gruesome murder in the history of Los
Angeles or West Hollywood, or I should say, it's not Los Angeles. And then when the cops
are finally able to get into the master bedroom, they
find Iana laying on the bed. Her head was on her pillow
and she's covered again by that red Mickey mouse like blanket, it looks like it might've been taken from the daughter's room and
she's covered all the way up to her chin with the blanket. There's a pillow next to her. And it has like a fresh indent
in it as if someone had been lying next to her. Yeah. Cops describe her as
almost looking peaceful, but there was a large blood
stain on the wall that looked like someone had tried to clean it up. When the police first inspect the body, they discovered that she, okay, this is going to be
gruesome, kind of gruesome. It's a lot gruesome actually FYI. Okay? When the cops first
inspection Iana's body, they discovered that she had been scalped. Yeah. Scalped, please find pieces
of her flesh in the bed, behind the mattress and on the floor, they find one of her eyebrows. One of her eyebrows cut off, removed, thrown, thrown on
the floor, near the bed. And they noticed she's missing an ear. Hmm. That's a little, what was going on here? It's a little much. The cops also noticed something
weird about Iana's body, aside from the mutilation. She was extremely pale and
that's not all that's weird. What's super weird was that
there was like a lack of blood at the crime scene. There wasn't a lot of blood. Like where was the blood? She was brutally attacked. She was scalped. And wouldn't, you know,
she was brutally murdered. There should have been more blood. It should've been blood everywhere. And there were only some spots
on the floor next to the bed. But the bed sheet that Iana was laying on was completely clean. So police begin to inspect
the crime scene more closely. And that's when they begin
to understand what really, really happened. Blood spatter evidence suggested
that Iana was on the bed when the attack first started. And then in the bedroom they
find a knife and a razor that were probably used on her to do some shit that's messed up. And after removing the bedsheets, cops find that the mattress
has stained with blood, but the sheet was clean and the mattress at the time was dry. So they're like, well, she must've been moved
somewhere else in the apartment. So the police come out and
they use that Bluestar. It's that, like, what
do you call that stuff? It lights up all the blood that
you sprayed onto a surface. And if there's been blood on
the surface, it lights up blue. You've seen it in all
the crime stuff, right? Okay? It's actually fascinating, right? Because you just spray this
stuff and it finds blood. They spray it. Okay? They spray it in like
the bathroom and stuff in the living room, whatnot. And the Bluestar, it reveals
where the blood had once been. And like where cleaning
substances had been used to remove it because it wasn't visible to the eye, but it was visible to the blue light. So cops spray the room
and it just lights up. Okay? It was bright. It actually lit up the hallway. There was evidence that
blood had been on the floors and the walls, same thing
with the guest bedroom. It just looked like a super up
like nightclub because it was so blue. It said it was very, very bright. Also investigators go
and check the bathroom. And in there they find a
razor with clumps of dark hair stuck to it. And there are some bloodstains
and hair in the tub, but otherwise it looks super clean. But of course, when they sprayed that
blue star stuff, it, the whole bathroom just
shined bright, like a diamond. It just like was everything
was covered in blood and he cleaned it up. Yeah. Just again, oh. Mm-mm, mm-mm. Police think that maybe
after Blake dragged her around the apartment, he then got her into the
bathroom and gave her a bath. And when they first arrived, they had noticed that the
water was running in the tub and someone went and turned off the water when the cops first arrived
like yesterday or you know, the yesterday and the story. I mean, clearly there's concrete evidence that the bathtub was heavily used. Clearly Blake had used a lot
of cleaning supplies to clean up that much blood, but there was no evidence of
those cleaning supplies inside of the apartment. That's when the police noticed
that there's a trash chute like right near the
door to their apartment. So they hurry on
downstairs to the basement. And that's where they get
11 trash bags that are full of evidence. That's where they find the bloody sheets, bloody clothes. And then in the trash bags, they also find a couple
of Iana's body parts. They found like her ear and stuff. It was just not ideal, but I mean, they found it,
but that's still whatever, you know, Blake sucks ass. Cops then find a bed skirt. And on this bed skirt, it
had a bloody hand print, but not just anybody
hand print, oh nay nay. It was a hand print that was an exact match to Blake's. They're like, yes, jackpot. Hello. We did it. Mystery solved. So cops know for sure that
this guy he's involved because Blake at the time was missing the top part of his
pinkie on his right hand. And so was the hand print. Mystery solved. Unfortunately, just another one that could have been prevented. So obviously Blake arrested, okay. Taken down to the station
and they take his mugshot. Super-weird mugshot. 'Cause he's like, has all these scratches and
bruises all over his face and he's like, smiling. It's just creepy, ugh. So on May 31st Blake
makes a court appearance and he's wearing his padded, he's wearing a padded suicide jacket. He has chains wrapped around
his wrist and they cuffed, they cuffed in the front of his body. He was being formally charged
with murder, torture, mayhem, and aggravated mayhem,
mayhem, mayhem, mayhem. Mayhem, great. It's just funny, 'cause it's like, there are so many cases
where people plead not guilty and you're like, dude, I
don't think they are guilty. You know, like they might
actually not be guilty, but then there's like dumb
little rowboats like this guy. And it's obvious that he's guilty. He's like, mm, not guilty. Like what's he think is going to happen? They're going to agree with that? Why don't you just be honest,
save us all some damn time. So they gave him a test to
the psychiatrist to see if he could stand trial. He passes with flying colors. He can definitely stand trial. The prosecution gets to work
building their case, right? So the biggest question for them was like, what was the motive? Why did Blake kill Iana? So during interrogation, Blake
told cops at one point quote, "Women don't like me. If it wasn't for money, women wouldn't like me." End quote. We also know that Blake
tried to control Iana after she gave birth, forcing
her to have sex with him. So maybe he felt like he
was losing control over her. During the investigation, police had a lot of roadblocks, no one who knew Blake
wanted to talk to them. Like nobody, no family, no friends, no one
wanted to speak on camera. No one wanted to go into court. They didn't even want to
like show their face in court at all in the pews. Is it, are they called pews? I always forget to look
that up, but no one. So they're a hundred
percent relying on evidence for this whole case will and the autopsy, which good thing they have,
like hardcore evidence. So some of the biggest pieces
of evidence for this case was the autopsy report, which was finally released to the public on September 20th, 2017. It said that Iana, she was killed between
May 23rd and may 26. On her autopsy report, it said that she had a lot of head trauma, but most of all, she had
no blood in her system. Like she, okay, look, the average human contains
about five liters of blood. Correct? Yes. Which is about one and a half gallons. That way it doesn't seem like that much. Huh? Okay? Well, she was found with less
than a teaspoon left in her. So ultimately this poor
girl bled to death, but it's just like not a super
common way to kill somebody. The autopsy report also
clearly spells out exactly what the police saw when they
entered the bedroom. Iana scalp was removed from the body. Her skull had been stripped
down to the surface of her bone. Actually there was no scalp
present except for like little bits and pieces on the back of her neck. Portions of the right side of
her face were torn all the way down to her jawline. How? What the fuck was this guy doing? I don't, what was it? Her right ear was missing. Okay? There weren't a ton of
bruises and cuts on her face. Primarily on the left side of her face, she had a human bite mark on
the left side of her face. She had lived for at least eight hours, approximately, after
receiving the scalp injury and the bruise on her collarbone, which is awful because
that means she was alive during the scalpage,
which is, this poor Iana. She just, poor thing. And you know, what's sad is like Iana's mother, Olga. She was there at the court
listening to all of this. Like I cannot imagine
listening about your child being brutally... (sighs) I say with Blake, it's just kind of like, some people just deserve to
go like off with his head. That's one of these moments. Remember his book? Just saying, just saying he
might've used it as a blueprint. So when the trial first gets going, the prosecution starts
with Olga's testimony. She spoke, she didn't speak English. So she had several court
appointed interpreters for the trial, which made
it a little bit challenging. But the prosecution showed a lot of photos from the crime scene, just describing how Blake
probably used the knife. And the razor found in the bedroom and the bathroom scalper. And then also just went
into really graphic details about what he did to her. And the prosecution also had
access to newer technology that was able to show like a
3D model of the crime scene that allowed them to turn on
and off the light that showed the Bluestar. So the jury essentially got
to see exactly what the police saw at the crime scene
when they were there, which is fascinating. Prosecutors also provided text messages, showing that Blake had
ordered food from Postmates on several occasions
during the time when Iana was most likely dying. He's getting Postmates. Oh God, right? He's still hungry? Oh God. He like left specific instructions
to the Postmates person. Like do not knock on door,
just leave it outside. When he ordered the food
he was using Iana's phone, maybe he wanted to make it
look like she was still alive, ordering Postmates, you know? So then the prosecutors, they also brought up
Blake's graphic novel, remember, "Syndrome." And remember, remember it had those
guys hanging by their feet and the woman lying in the bloody bed. The prosecution felt that
like the book pretty much was a blueprint that Blake might've followed from murdering Iana. When Blake was questioned as
to why those graphic scenes were in his book, like did he, did he get the ideas from the book? He pretty much told them that
he had done a lot of research on serial killers. And that's what inspired his book, not what his, what he did
to Iana, was his defense. So the trial ended up lasting only a week. Hmm. I think I like it. So their trial only lasted a week. One week. It was an easy trial, it seems like. In June of 2018, after a
90 minute deliberation, the jury, 38-year-old Blake was convicted of first degree murder
and supplemental charges of torture and mayhem on his fiance, Iana. Oh yeah. As he deserves. He was sentenced to life in
prison with no chance of parole. And he is still serving his sentence at California Correctional Institution. He should have got the death penalty. Let's be honest. Sorry. But he should. Cody, he was the only family member to show support for Blake, but he refused to make
any comments to the press, come out and say anything. He was like, nope, not touching that. Remember Amanda, Blake's ex-wife? She only showed up after
the verdict had been read. And despite her initial
hatred towards Iana, because Iana stole her husband. Amanda was shocked when she
learned about Iana's death. And she also cut ties with
Constance thinking she was a threat to her and her kids. And she eventually even
got a restraining order against Constance. At no point during the
trial or after the verdict had been read, did Blake or anyone from
his family reach out to Olga to offer child support for the baby. Remember, there's a baby, there's a baby. She, the no one reached out to help. They didn't even ask for like for custody. Not that they should
have, but it was like, do they not care? So Olga, she went ahead and
filed a $65 million lawsuit, a civil lawsuit and a Los Angeles
judge ordered Blake to pay her $41.6 million to Iana's family. Will he pay it? I don't know how that stuff
works because it seems like they never pay it, right? I don't know. I should look into that. So that my friends is the awful story about Blake Leibel and
how he's completely, what would you call this guy?
I want to call him a psycho, but I feel like that we're
just doesn't do it justice anymore because it's so overused, overused for everything like, oh my God, that's psycho. It's like, so what do you call this guy? Like Satan? He's fuckin' Satan. Okay? He is a clown. Not even a clown. He's worse than a clown. He's, ugh. He, ugh. A spoiled little brat who wanted money. Didn't get his way. And then just got really angry
and then did some sick shit. That's who he is. Just a little brat. This one, actually a lot of
you guys ask me what stories, give me nightmares and stuff. This story actually gave me a nightmare. I did have a nightmare. I did. I thought about
the eyebrow on the floor. And I was like, holy. What would possess him to do that? Just an eyebrow on the floor. I mean the whole scalp yeah, but the... What was up? What was he doing? Why was he skinning her? Like I did have a nightmare, so I'm really sorry if
you have a nightmare. Anyways, I would love to know
your thoughts down below. I hope you have a
wonderful rest of your day. Make good choices. Please be safe out there. Okay? Let me know down below
who you want me to talk about next week, but other than that, I hope you have a wonderful day and I'll be seeing you guys later. Bye. (eerie music)
Idk if it’s just me but at some points in the beginning of the episode Bailey’s voice sounded like she was sad/wanted to cry? Did anyone else pick that up?
I was half listening to this and she’s like “he went to western” and I’m like well eff. But then he didn’t do anything here
Oh hell yeah, Bailey has a sub? I'm listening and went to search his name to see if anyone else was talking about him haha
best one in months