Charles Ng
| Charles Ng | |
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Mug shot, 1982
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| Born |
Charles Chi-Tat Ng December 24, 1960 British Hong Kong |
| Nationality | Hong Kong (British National Overseas) |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
| Conviction(s) | Burglary Kidnapping Conspiracy to commit murder Attempted murder Murder |
| Killings | |
| Victims | 11–25 |
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Span of killings
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1983–1985 |
| State(s) | Calaveras County, California |
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Date apprehended
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July 6, 1985 |
Charles Chi-Tat Ng (traditional Chinese: 吳志達; simplified Chinese: 吴志达; Jyutping: ng4 zi3 daat6; born December 24, 1960 in Hong Kong) is a serial killer. He is believed to have raped, tortured and murdered between 11 and 25 victims with his accomplice Leonard Lake at Lake's cabin in Calaveras County, California, in the Sierra Nevada foothills 150 miles east of San Francisco.
After his 1985 arrest and imprisonment in Canada on robbery and weapons charges, followed by a lengthy dispute between Canada and the United States, Ng was extradited to California, tried, and convicted of 11 murders. He is currently on death row at San Quentin State Prison.
Ng was born in Hong Kong, the son of a wealthy Chinese executive and his wife. As a child, Ng was harshly disciplined and abused by his father. As a teenager, Ng was described as a troubled loner and was expelled from several schools. After his arrest for shoplifting at age 15, he went, at his father's insistence, to Bentham Grammar School, a boarding school in North Yorkshire, England. Not long after arriving, Ng was expelled for stealing from other students and returned to Hong Kong.
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