That's an incredibly 90s haircut for 2008. Li was institutionalized sometime before gaining his citizenship after being found by officers "following the sun", something he claimed God told him to do. Now, Im an international best-selling crime writer, deadly blogger & film content producer. Once upon a time, Vince Li posed no significant threat to the public, and then he went off his meds with no one knowing. This column is part of CBC'sOpinion section. READ MORE: Vince Li approved to live at group home in Winnipeg He was found not criminally responsible for beheading Tim McLean on a Greyhound bus back in 2008. Tim McLean was an innocent young man. Comments are welcome while open. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. DEFUND (ELEMENTS) OF THE POLICE BUT LET COPS BE COPS, BESIDE THE ROAD NEW BASED-ON-TRUE-CRIME SERIES BOOK #4, THE TRUE STORY ABOUT WHO REALLY STOLE JFKS BRAIN, WHY IT TAKES SO LONG TO MAKE A CORONAVIRUS VACCINE, WHY CASEY ANTHONY GOT AWAY WITH MURDERING HER DAUGHTER, FROM THE SHADOWS NEW CRIME BOOK RELEASE FROM GARRY RODGERS. Li claimed he was not criminally responsible due to mental illness and the court bought it without calling traumatized witnesses and family members. 2012 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. I dont think it matters if youre mentally ill or not. Box 500 Station A Toronto, ON Canada, M5W 1E6. The innocent and unsuspecting victim was Tim McLean, 22, a carnival worker heading home for a break. Li was fired in Edmonton after a strange interpersonal altercation. Published in Volume 71, Number 21 of The Uniter (February 22, 2017). Li was controlled and they adjusted his medication. And what can potentially occur. By submitting a comment, you accept that CBC has the right to reproduce and publish that comment in whole or in part, in any manner CBC chooses. Tim let a blood-curdling scream. WHAT REALLY BECAME OF CAPTAIN KIDDS BURIED TREASURE? When someone is afflicted by schizophrenia, one of the main, and most dangerous, symptoms they suffer from is psychosis, a serious but treatable medical condition that affects the mind. The flaws disrespect protection of society. "(Li feels) remorse, a degree of humility I know a lot of people won't believe that regret and a sense of torment," Summerville said Tuesday. Li was undiagnosed before he killed McLean, meaning he has never had to voluntarily stick to a treatment plan. The killing of Tim McLean occurred on the evening of July 30, 2008. She previously worked as a columnist and editorial board member at the National Post. Hes not accountable for his crime in any way. Li then moved to Edmonton without his wife (who later joined him) and he acquired several other jobs. There has to be some permanent restraint put on potentially dangerous people who prove theyre capable of violent acts. The public discourse around the trial has been disheartening, although I do recognize that it largely stems from ignorance rather than malice. Pierre Bruno ha vinto il Guinness Sei Nazioni meta del turno per il terzo turno del Torneo 2023 per la sua meta d'intercetto contro l'Irlanda a Roma. But you simply cant kill a deranged man in this situation. He moved to Canada in 2001 and obtained legal Canadian citizenship in 2006. Editorial: With no conditions, Vince Li is a threat. I don't think that should ever be an option.". Vince Li was born and raised in China. Li has an incurable disease that makes him do terrible things, Carol says. Parents can often miss the first signs of schizophrenia because their adult children are living outside the home, but experts say treatment is usually more successful if started early. THE CIRCUS TRIAL OF THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY THE HALL-MILLS MURDERS, KILL DOZER MARV HEEMEYERS ATTACK ON A SMALL COLORADO TOWN. In 2009, Vince Li was found not criminally responsible due to mental illness for the death of Tim McLean, a 22-year-old carnival worker who was sitting next to him on a bus traveling near Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. Famous killers like Gacy and Bianchi were masterful manipulators. God controls all things and God made me do it.. WAS AMANDA KNOX REALLY INNOCENT OF KILLING MEREDITH KERCHER? Now, a passenger across the aisle saw Lis behavior change. Li slowly sat down. I don't think Vince Li can be trusted to take his medication.". Arm-chair Swat members later crucified police for not shooting Li to stop his butchering rampage but the police held at bay. 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Tldr: rehabilitation is a wonderful thing, but if you, without provocation, stab a sleeping person in the throat, saw their head off, eat their eyeballs and put their ears in your pockets as trophies while dangling their . Im going to tell you the nearly unspeakable story of The Guy on the Greyhound Bus. Vince Li was a ticking bomb. Part Jeffrey Dahmer. He knows that the medication works to keep the voices away.". TRUE STORY HOW A GHOST CONVICTED A MURDERER, THIRTEEN TERRIBLY CLOSE CALLS WITH NUCLEAR WEAPON ACCIDENTS. (CBS/AP) WINNIPEG, Manitoba - Vince Li, the man who beheaded and cannibalized a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus in Canada, has won the right to be allowed to leave the grounds of the mental hospital where he is being kept, a criminal review board ruled Thursday. He removed Tims heart, lungs and liver then ripped out entrails. When the criminal court system washed their hands of Vince Li, the mental health system took over. Police and emergency responders arrived in mass. 365 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 3L4. His own brain chemistry was failing him. 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We encountered an issue signing you up. Li at some point married a woman named Anna and became a menial worker at Grant Memorial Church, working there for six months despite the language barrier between him and others. He wasnt in a normal, functioning state of mind when he killed Tim McLean. The defense. Vincent Weiguang "Vince" Li is a Chinese-Canadian man who, on July 30, 2008, brutally killed and cannibalized a 22-year old Canadian man Timothy Richard "Tim" McLean, Jr.. After being apprehended following a 1-day stand-off, Li was found not guilty by reason of insanity and spent six years in a mental hospital before being released in 2015. Li paraded Tims lifeless headback and forthup and downalong the parked Greyhounds aisle. HOW TO WRITE A BOOK: JERRY B. 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Vince Li and the Greyhound Bus Murder (Bus 1170) - Eye Witness describes beheading (Interview) Serial Killer Minds 36.7K subscribers Subscribe 148 13K views 2 years ago On Greyhound 1170,. In 1999, however, the Supreme of Canada ruled that people found not criminally responsible for their crimes must be given an absolute discharge without restrictions or conditions if they no longer pose a significant threat to the public. These guys can get crazier than The Guy on the Greyhound Bus. INTERCONNECT FINDING YOUR PLACE, PURPOSE AND MEANING IN THE UNIVERSE. A lack of mental clarity runs from psychiatric assessments to criminal verdicts to appellate decisions to legislative changes. There are extensive videos and transcripts available on hours and hours of a forensic psychiatrist interviewing Li and trying to get inside his head. By all accounts, Li was described as normal. A schizophrenic man who beheaded and cannibalized a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus could know later this week whether he will be granted his freedom. From 1994-1998, Li worked in Beijing as a computer software engineer. He is seems to be still in shock after what he has witnessed. They got him to function in an apparently normal state and began testing his response to freedom by slowly integrating him back into society. Then waking up to someone stabbing you repeatedly, for no reason. The driver braked the Greyhound to an emergency halt. Right in full view of the audience, Li digested Tims eyes and part of his heart. Its not to shock you with gory details, though theres enough to go around. Li listened to what he had to say before; the system should make it harder for thatto happen again. As long as the individual "does not pose a significant threat to the safety of the public," he or she must be discharged absolutely. With blood smeared across his face and three of . (ONE OF THOSE QUESTIONS MAKING YOU WANT TO PUNCH SOMEONE IN THE FACE). The week following the attack, Greyhound Canada announced it was pulling a series of nationwide advertisements which included the slogan, "There's a reason you've never heard of bus rage.". There were plenty. Vincent Weiguang "Vince" Li is a Chinese-Canadian man who, on July 30, 2008, brutally killed and cannibalized a 22-year old Canadian man Timothy Richard "Tim" McLean, Jr.. After being apprehended following a 1-day stand-off, Li was found not guilty by reason of insanity and spent six years in a mental hospital before being released in 2015. But Li came prepared for this slaughter. A judge was was told at Li's trial four years ago that Li was an untreated schizophrenic. It was senseless. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. (2013). The police. Vince Li, who now goes by the name Will Baker, beheaded and cannibalized a fellow passenger, Tim McLean, on a bus just outside Portage la Prairie on July 30, 2008. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. The public is supposed to believe that forensic psychiatrists can walk on water, and are infallible in their diagnoses, even though the human brain is stuffed with the complexities of a 100-billion neurons, each with upwards of 100,000 synaptic connections that must line up precisely in order to avoid the prospect of short-circuiting. Pseudonyms will no longer be permitted. That caused him to board the Greyhound for Winnipeg. This video answers the question: Can I discuss the mental health and personality factors that may be at work in the Tim McLean murder case? It was left to the system to deal with Vince Li. "But what would be unforgivable for me would be to not do anything to try to prevent this from happening again by the same perpetrator. In an interview granted to . The Guy On The Greyhound Bus was Vince Weiguang Li, a 40-year-old Chinese immigrant to Canada who left Edmonton, Alberta eastbound for Winnipeg in the Province of Manitoba. Judgment passed that Li was not criminally responsible for Tims murder due to psychosis caused by untreated schizophrenia. Understandably so. Tim McLean, 22. Helunged it to sleeping Tims neck. Li was ultimately deemed not guilty by reason of insanity and sent to the Selkirk Mental Health Centre. Warehouse Li, they agreed. DID VINCENT VAN GOGH REALLY COMMIT SUICIDE? Where critics of the case have a point is in the decision to grant Li an absolute discharge, meaning he is essentially free of the justice system, rather than a conditional discharge, whereby Li would be required to stick to a treatment plan or report regularly to a psychiatrist. And they're right: it isn't fair, but few things about mental illness are. In Canada, two elements are necessary to convict someone of murder: actus rea (the guilty act), and mens rea (the guilty mind). They tried to negotiate with the crazy man holding a knife. Family and friends of victim Tim McLean, wearing t-shirts remember him, enter the Law Courts in Winnipeg, Canada, March 3, 2009 prior to the trial of Vince Li. 12 TRUTHS LEARNED FROM LIFE AND WRITING WITH ANNE LAMOTT, HOW TO CONDUCT A COMPETENT HANGING EXECUTION, HAPPY NEW YEAR AND WHATS UP WITH GARRY RODGERS WRITING FOR 2020. After the incident, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) attempted to run an ad in the Portage Daily Graphic comparing the killing of McLean to the consumption of animals. Two years later, he began unsupervised leave from the hospital but only for short periods. I am glad to take it. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT PERSONAL DNA TESTING. Li is a ticking time bomb. Feb 10, 2017 Its really about victim and family rights as opposed to the killers. Bus passengers were severely traumatized. WAS ALBERT DESALVO REALLY THE BOSTON STRANGLER? (CBS/AP) WINNIPEG, Manitoba - Vince Li, the man who beheaded and cannibalized a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus in Canada, has won the right to be allowed to leave the grounds of the mental. I can't come up with any. I don't hear voices," Summerville quoted Li as saying. Vince Li spared Tim McLeans family a lengthy trial. Please enter valid email address to continue. Seems he was an undiagnosed schizophrenic not prescribed the right meds. Vince Li, who now goes by Will Baker, was granted full discharge Friday afternoon. First, Li has already stated he is open to voluntarily having his medication monitored. A welcome email is on its way. By June of 201015 months after Li was absolved by the criminal justice systemhe started supervised release. JUST HOW DEADLY IS NOVEL CORONAVIRUS AND COVID-19? The 2008 murder of 22-year-old Tim McLean, attacked as he slept in his seat on a bus about an hour outside of his home town of Winnipeg, was one of the most ultra-violent killings imaginable. And its about proper public protection. Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Over time, Lis marriage declined and they separated. This isn't a call to have every person who suffers from mental illness monitored forever by law enforcement; but after someone has committed such a violent, traumatic act, he or she shouldn't ever be completely "free.". The decision was blasted by critics nationwide, as Canadians asked how a man who decapitated a Greyhound passenger less than 10 years earlier could possibly be set free. Baker sat next to 22-year-old. Vince Li, or whatever the fuck he's changed his name to, deserves at the very least, a lifetime of professional supervision. Vince Li knew exactly what he was doing and he remembered it. Now ask yourself if this individual would really ever consider going off his medication? Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. McLean had his eyes closed and was listening to music on his headphones when Li, a stranger who was sitting beside him, suddenly stood up and started stabbing him. Its exactly like it never happened. She told me of how she was left to her nightmares and, while Li was being treated with kid gloves, she was abandoned to seek therapy on her own to deal with her emotional trauma. Two of them and the driver attempted to save McLean, but Li chased them away with the knife. I'm looking forward to putting more of my content into audio and developing new, original podcasts on mental health topics. Wouldnt it be funny if we started a restaurant. Once upon a time, Vince Li posed no significant threat to the public, and then he went off his meds with no one knowing. When he realized the true magnitude of the horrible and grotesque things he had done, because his brain had lied to him. In the early stages, everyone in authority agreed Vince Li wasnt operating in a normal mindset. I also served as a marksman (sniper) on SAS-trained Emergency Response Teams, so Ive got a bit of experience around life and death. Imagine you're standing in a crowded public place a playground, a movie theatre, a grocery store when all of a sudden, you feel someone press something into your ribs. Then Tim leaned back against the window with his headphones on and drifted off to sleep. Cpl. ROBERT WILLY PICKTON THE PIG-FARMING SERIAL KILLER, THEODORE (TED) KACZYNSKI WHAT MADE THE UNABOMBER TICK, EXPLAINING CONSCIOUSNESS WITH NYU PROFESSOR DAVID CHALMERS, OTZI THE ICEMAN THAWING A 5,000-YEAR-OLD HOMICIDE COLD CASE. Vince Li jumped from the bus window likely thinking he would be greeted as a hero. The Schizophrenia Society of Canada released an interview with Vince Li on Tuesday, saying Li's story needs to be told to "add a human touch to a horrible tragedy." The interview was. 5 KILLER TIPS FOR WRITING DEADLY CRIME FICTION, ELEVEN THINGS YOU CANT DO WHEN YOURE DEAD, NO WITNESSES TO NOTHING AMAZON BESTSELLER, STEMI 5 KNOWN REALITIES OF THE UNIVERSE, WRITING DEATH SCENES / PODCAST WITH THE CREATIVE PENN. Thats when hellish horror happened. Women shrieked. There is no actual man in a mask, of course (if there was, there might be grounds for a duress defence a separate issue); rather "the man in a mask" is a euphemism for a mental illness that has you convinced you must hurt others, usually to stay alive. Li wanted a victim and Tim McLean was it. If you kill someone, you should lose your freedom. Untold time and money were spent in rehabilitating Vince Li. It's so terrifying to me, that he was just sleeping against the window, something literally anyone in that spot would do. Mounties look into the bus in which Vince Li was holed up along with the decapitated body of Tim McLean. Vince was granted supervised walks within his mental facility as voted by the provincial review board on the 3rd of June, 2010. Enter your email address below and get your FREE eBook IN THE ATTIC A Psychological Thriller Based on a True Crime Story. In 2009, Vince Li was found not criminally responsible due to mental illness for the death of Tim McLean, a 22-year-old carnival worker who was sitting next to him on a bus traveling near. IS MISSING MALAYSIA AIRLINES FLIGHT 370 A MASS MURDER? [Will] Baker is free. But what about when someone commits a heinous, violent act while in the midst of a paranoid delusion? Men puked. After a day-long stand-off, Li finally attempted to escape the bus through a window, but was tasered and arrested. He had no family, no friends, no support and no supervision. You can argue lack of intent due to mental incapacity all day long. A man in a mask is now standing inches from your face, holding one gun against your body and pressing another into your hand. The prosecutor. Every piece of Tims body was defiled and strewn about the bus. But the biggest sufferers were Tim McLeans family. The Guy on the Greyhound Bus got international attention. Vince Li, a personal trainer and mixed-martial artist, never imagined he'd get COVID-19. Maybe he moonlights as an actuary. The Guy On The Greyhound Bus was Vince Weiguang Li, a 40-year-old Chinese immigrant to Canada who left Edmonton, Alberta eastbound for Winnipeg in the Province of Manitoba. McLean had his eyes closed and was listening to music on his headphones when Li suddenly stood up and started stabbing him. After he was deemed NCR, he was sent to the Selkirk Mental Health Centre for treatment. He could have never expected the reality that awaited him outside that Greyhound bus; he probably expected to be met as a hero. Now that Vince Li was out of the courts and jails, he was in the care of mental health care workers. Manitoba's Criminal Code Review Board. HELPFUL OR HOMICIDAL HOW DANGEROUS IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)? July 30, 2018 marks 10 years since the infamous Greyhound bus attack in Manitoba, where one passenger was killed. It causes one to lose contact with reality, and will often cause one to experience hallucinations and delusions that the individual will believe with absolute certainty are real and true. The paper's publisher refused to run the ad. Its the lunatics running the asylum. The victim's eyes and a part of his heart were never recovered and are presumed to have been eaten by Li. God chose me as the killer and God chose Tim as the victim. An Ontario father has become an advocate for people designated "not criminally responsible" after his daughter was nearly stabbed to death in 1999. Carol de Delley is Tim McLeans mother. 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