[2] Blake Leibel (born May 8, 1981) is a former Canadian comic book creator and graphic novelist residing in Los Angeles.
His father, Lorne Leibel, is a prominent Toronto real estate mogul and Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame inductee.
[7] Leibel described the novel: "Syndrome is a story about obsession, on a number of levels, as experienced by four characters who all come from different worlds and yet find themselves embroiled in this giant, impeccably simulated environment...
"[8] Iana Kasian (Cyrillic: Яна Касьян; 27 January 1986 – 26 May 2016) was born in Kyiv, where she had studied law and worked as a prosecutor at the Ukrainian tax service.
Law enforcement officers found Iana Kasian's lifeless body on May 26, 2016 in an apartment that the couple had recently shared in West Hollywood, California.
There was no scalp present except for little bits in the back of the neck... portions of the right side of her face were torn away including the right ear and part of the posterior face on the (right) side, all the way down to the jawline... there were quite a number of bruises and abrasions on the face, primarily on the left side, the left cheek, and left jaw area, a number of bruises and abrasion, including one which turned out to be a human bite mark... she had lived for at least eight hours approximately after receiving the scalp injury and the bruise to the collarbone...
So it's extremely rare...During the trial, prosecutors stated that Kasian's murder "stemmed from Leibel's jealousy and anger over the baby as well as his need for power and control over his fiancée.
[2] News media reported the crime as "grisly" and possibly "the most gruesome murder in the history of West Hollywood if not Los Angeles".