Charles Ng | |
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Born | Ng Chi-tat 24 December 1960 |
Nationality | British Dependent Territories citizen (1983–1997) British National (Overseas) (1997–present) |
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Criminal penalty | Death by lethal injection (de jure) |
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Victims | 11 convictions, 25 total suspected[1] |
Span of crimes | 1983–1985 |
State(s) | Calaveras County, California |
Date apprehended | July 6, 1985[2] |
Imprisoned at | California Medical Facility |
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Traditional Chinese | 吳志達 | ||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 吴志达 | ||||||||||||||
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Charles Chi-tat Ng (born Ng Chi-tat) (Chinese: 吳志達; Jyutping: ng4 zi3 daat6; born 24 December 1960) is a convicted Hong Kong-born 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.[3] After his arrest and imprisonment in Canada on robbery and weapons charges, followed by a lengthy dispute between Canada and the U.S.,[4] Ng was extradited to California, tried, and convicted of eleven murders.[1] He is currently on death row at California Medical Facility.
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