Leonard Lake and Charles Ng looked harmless enough when they were caught shoplifting at a lumber store in San Francisco. Ng fled the scene, but when police questioned Lake at the precinct, he identified Charles Ng as his accomplice - and then swallowed two cyanide capsules he had taped to his lapel. The police were stunned by Lake's abrupt suicide.
Leonard Lake and Charles Ng looked harmless enough when they were caught shoplifting at a lumber store in San Francisco. Ng fled the scene, but when police questioned Lake at the precinct, he identified Charles Ng as his accomplice - and then swallowed two cyanide capsules he had taped to his lapel. The police were stunned by Lake's abrupt suicide.