RACHEL AMPHLETTA CRIME THRILLER/INDIE AUTHOR GOLDEN GEM. No one argued that. As the bus pulled out of the stop, he moved to the back, to the vacant seat next to McLean. On March 5, 2009, Vince Li was found not criminally responsible for the murder and decapitation of 22-year-old Tim McLean on a Greyhound bus near Portage la Prairie, Man. INTERCONNECT FINDING YOUR PLACE, PURPOSE AND MEANING IN THE UNIVERSE. IS A SERIAL KILLER LOOSE ON THE HIGHWAY OF TEARS? Li paraded Tims lifeless headback and forthup and downalong the parked Greyhounds aisle. Li's trial began on March 3, 2009. They took Li to a secure hospital. COULD YOU WITHSTAND CIA ENHANCED INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES? Without warningLi pulled a Bowie knife from his pack. Last week, a Criminal Code review board decided that Li can start having escorted trips off the hospital grounds and into the nearby city of Selkirk. Its like theyve never ridden a bus filled with the common folks theyre supposed to serve. From 1994-1998, Li worked in Beijing as a computer software engineer. Since that time, Li has undergone nearly nine years of psychiatric . After six years, Li was released in 2015. They put him on medication and under various therapies. 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Since then I have been unable to think of July 30, 2008 with hatred in my heart only an unquantifiable sadness. One of the officers who responded to the attack suffered from PTSD and later committed suicide. Its as simple as that. HOW TO WRITE A BOOK: JERRY B. JENKINS TELLS EVERYTHING IN 20 STEPS, MOUNT EVEREST WORLDS HIGHEST AND MOST DEADLY OPEN GRAVEYARD, OUR TOP 20 SPIRITUAL INFLUENCERS ALIVE TODAY, HOW WEB CONTENT WRITING WILL MAKE YOU A FAR BETTER WRITER, SUN DANCE FATAL LAST WORDS FROM FAMOUS FOLKS, HOW TO SCAM NIGERIAN FUNDS FOR YOUR TIME MACHINE, FATAL FLAW WHAT REALLY CAUSED THE TITANIC TRAGEDY, THE TIPPING POINT FOR BEST SELLING AUTHORS, COURTROOM COMEDY GREAT LINES FROM GOOFY LAWYERS, GILBERT PAUL JORDANTHE BOOZING BARBER SERIAL KILLER, HOW TO AVOID BEING MURDERED BY A SERIAL KILLER, THE NGI REALITY IN CRIMINAL IDENTIFICATIONS NEXT GENERATION SYSTEM, ARE YOU A PSYCHOPATH? 2012 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. 7 god damn years for beheading and eating a man. When he realized the true magnitude of the horrible and grotesque things he had done, because his brain had lied to him. I too used to think of Vince Li in an extremely negative light. If you kill someone, you should lose your freedom. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. The ruling sparked renewed outrage from some members of the public, prompting Chris Summerville, head of the Manitoba Schizophrenia Society, to conduct a 45-minute interview with Li last weekend with the hope of shedding light on his progress. Im a retired Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Serious Crimes detective and investigator with the British Columbia Coroners Service. Ratheras shocked, gasping witnesses describedLi robotically plunged the blade into Tims shoulders, neck and chest. 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. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. Women shrieked. WHATS YOUR MYERS-BRIGGS PERSONALITY TYPE? The board said the passes should only be granted if Li's treatment team believes his condition is stable and that it would be "appropriate and safe for him to leave the locked ward." Vince was granted supervised walks within his mental facility as voted by the provincial review board on the 3rd of June, 2010. In the early stages, everyone in authority agreed Vince Li wasnt operating in a normal mindset. And people are flawed. His own brain chemistry was failing him. Its the lunatics running the asylum. (AP) WINNIPEG, Manitoba - A Chinese immigrant who beheaded and cannibalized a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus in western Canada four years ago thought he was attacking an alien, according to a mental health advocate who interviewed him. That's an incredibly 90s haircut for 2008. A welcome email is on its way. Li was born on April 30, 1968 in Dandong, China . Its also about whats wrong with a broken criminal justice (legal) system and the strange world of forensic psychiatry. The innocent and unsuspecting victim was Tim McLean, 22, a carnival worker heading home for a break. Two of them and the driver attempted to save McLean, but Li chased them away with the knife. Tim McLean Murder (Vince Li) | Mental Health & Personality Dr. Todd Grande 1.17M subscribers Dislike Share 65,410 views Nov 20, 2020 This video answers the question: Can I discuss the mental. Li was born on April 30, 1968 in Dandong, China. Since Li only killed one victim, the term "M.O" is somewhat misused. THE CIRCUS TRIAL OF THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY THE HALL-MILLS MURDERS, KILL DOZER MARV HEEMEYERS ATTACK ON A SMALL COLORADO TOWN. They lost their loving son, brother, cousin and nephew. Deemed not responsible. Now that he has received an absolute discharge, the legal checks and balances that once kept his demons at bay have disappeared, and that poses risks for society, writes Robyn Urback. by Six Nations Rugby. Then Tim leaned back against the window with his headphones on and drifted off to sleep. With my partners at Ars Longa Media, we released True Crime Psychology and Personality: Narcissism, Psychopathy and the Minds of Dangerous Criminals. The Manitoba Criminal Code Review Board. First published on May 23, 2012 / 9:51 AM. After he was deemed NCR, he was sent to the Selkirk Mental Health Centre for treatment. markbonokoski@gmail.com Your Midday. Baker was found not criminally responsible (NCR) for killing Tim McLean on a Greyhound bus in 2008. 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. May 18, 2012 / 11:48 AM It was July 30, 2008. She's not entirely alone. But the justice system is treating him like he's cured: Robyn Urback | CBC News Loaded. Once upon a time, Vince Li posed no significant threat to the public, and then he went off his meds with no one knowing. He described Tims gruesome murder detail-by-detail to his forensic psychiatric team just as a serial killer confesses to detectives. We encountered an issue signing you up. Tim McLean sat on the passenger side by the window. The prosecutor. A man in a mask is now standing inches from your face, holding one gun against your body and pressing another into your hand. Li was cuffed and it was over. Blood-dripping knife in one hand. Li also boarded the bus a short time later. He then decapitated him and proceeded to mutilate and cannibalize his body, eating his eyes and part of his heart. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Li continued to dissect Tims body and present parts for four hours. 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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. The shrinks saw it different. Then waking up to someone stabbing you repeatedly, for no reason. Vince Li is free on the street. Its exactly like it never happened. Social media lit up with calls to send Li to prison, and interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose moved to score a few political points by tweeting "Justin Trudeau must put the rights of victims ahead of criminals. Public protection is low on their scale. He motioned an invite to the seat. That system is made of people. On July 30, 2008, when Vince Li killed and dismembered Tim McLean on a Greyhound bus, he truly believed that he had just saved the world; that he had been sent by God to kill a demon that threatened not only his own life but also the lives of others. Li's passes can be issued starting May 24. THE BIZARRE DEATH OF THE TOXIC LADY GLORIA RAMIREZ, WHY FIFTY SHADES IS PHENOMENALLY POPULAR WITH (some) WOMEN. "I think for the advancement of my own being my own soul, I will have to come to a place of accepting," Carol DeDelley, McLean's mother, said Tuesday. He says he remembers what happened on a Greyhound bus bound for Winnipeg during that midsummer's nightmare in 2008. At the same time, he is being treated, not cured, which means there is always the potential of his masked man coming back. Part Jeffrey Dahmer. He settled in Winnipeg and worked in Edmonton. 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. It's so terrifying to me, that he was just sleeping against the window, something literally anyone in that spot would do. "If he's not responsible for his own behavior, then the state, the government, must step in and be responsible for him for the rest of (his) natural life.". He fidgeted,starting a low Chinese chant. "I understand people are scared because of my behavior on the Greyhound bus. They even helped Li change his name to Will Baker. Will Baker, formerly known as Vince Weiguang Li, killed 22-year-old Tim McLean after hearing what he thought was "the voice of God". 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. 365 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 3L4. 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. The paper's publisher refused to run the ad. Like, how could someone kill and dismember a stranger on a bus be in their right mind? Vince Li knew exactly what he was doing and he remembered it. But what about when someone commits a heinous, violent act while in the midst of a paranoid delusion? Li, who has since changed his name to Will Baker, said he heard the voice of God telling him to decapitate and cannibalizeMcLean, a fellow passenger who Libelieved was an alien. DID MARILYN MONROE REALLY COMMIT SUICIDE? The Vince LiTim McLean case is no exception. "I take my medication everyday. "I'm not stigmatizing mental issues. Li does not pose a risk to the public now that he is on his medication, according to the medical professionals who have treated him for the last near-decade. The Guy on the Greyhound Bus got international attention. WERE YOUA HUMAN BEINGDESIGNED BY A HIGHER INTELLIGENCE? The killing of Tim McLean occurred on the evening of July 30, 2008. But when I realized just how deeply my brother was suffering from schizophrenia, I was forced to confront and learn about the illness. Vince Weiguang Li, was born in Dandong, China, on April 30, 1968. By all accounts, Li was described as normal. 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. People are truly naive and sheltered to the evils of the world. 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. Vince Li was undiagnosed before he beheaded Tim McLean on a Greyhound bus eight and a half years ago, meaning he has never had to voluntarily stick to a treatment plan. The absolute discharge does make sense from a legal perspective: the review board is required to choose the "disposition that is the least onerous and least restrictive to the accused." 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.". On March 5, 2009seven months after Li took Tims lifeVince Li was found not criminally responsible due to a mental illness. "I would do anything for (McLean's) family. The victim's eyes and a part of his heart were never recovered and are presumed to have been eaten by Li. Also got to legally change his name after being released as well. As de Delley told CTV Monday, He has an incurable illness that makes him do terrible things, and I believe he needs to be in an institution that addresses those needs.. He also cut off his ear, nose, and tongue. Just never let him out. A lack of mental clarity runs from psychiatric assessments to criminal verdicts to appellate decisions to legislative changes. Robyn Urback was an opinion columnist with CBC News and a producer with the CBC's Opinion section. 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. Box 500 Station A Toronto, ON Canada, M5W 1E6. Then he went back to work. Enter your email address below and get your FREE eBook IN THE ATTIC A Psychological Thriller Based on a True Crime Story. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Around 8:30 pm, Greyhound 1170 was an hour west of Winnipeg on the TransCanada Highway. 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When Vince Li committed the act that he did he had been suffering from undiagnosed schizophrenia, and was in the throes of a psychosis-induced episode. (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. The standoff, that is. Other passengers described Li as unremarkableup to this point. Follow her on Twitter at: To encourage thoughtful and respectful conversations, first and last names will appear with each submission to CBC/Radio-Canada's online communities (except in children and youth-oriented communities). 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There was an error, please provide a valid email address. There were plenty. It is all well and good, of course, to destigmatize mental illness but quite another to believe that Li is a miracle of forensic psychiatry, and has an almost zero chance of reoffending. HAS MADELEINE MCCANNS MURDERER FINALLY BEEN CAUGHT? The police recovered most of McLean's remains, some of which were later found in Li's pockets. Summerville released an edited transcript of the interview to the media Tuesday, in which he and Li discuss the night of July 30, 2008, when Li sat on a bus next to McLean that was traveling on a desolate stretch of the TransCanada Highway bound for Winnipeg. He moved to Canada in 2001 and obtained legal Canadian citizenship in 2006. Vince Li, the man who beheaded Tim McLean on a Greyhound bus in 2008, was given an unconditional discharge resulting in a call for more education on mental health issues. The next issue of Your Midday Sun will soon be in your inbox. After sitting next to McLean (who fell asleep and barely acknowledged him), Li suddenly withdrew a knife and stabbed McLean to death while numerous passengers looked on in horror. I am not free': Witness to killing of Tim McLean, CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices. Vince Li, or whatever the fuck he's changed his name to, deserves at the very least, a lifetime of professional supervision. He blocked the door but police were miles away. Will Baker, centre, formerly known as Vince Li, leaves the Law Courts building in Winnipeg, after his annual criminal code review board hearing with his lawyer, Alan Libman, right, Monday, February 6, 2017. With blood smeared across his face and three of . The Criminal Code Review Board said Vince Li's treatment team may grant him short escorted trips into the central Canadian city of Selkirk, Manitoba. "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. IS SCIENTOLOGY A CRAZY CULT AND BIG FAT GLOBAL SCAM? Since that time, Li has undergone nearly nine years of psychiatric treatment, and his team of doctors and mental health workers have stated that he is a model patient. They put far too much weight in academic opinions and not enough on what actually occurred. Criminal Minds Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. Please try again. On top of that, the chances of being killed by someone who has been deemed not criminally responsible are lower than your chance of being struck by lightning. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Trevor Hagan ORG XMIT: WPGT105, tap here to see other videos from our team. 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. Vince Li spared Tim McLeans family a lengthy trial. Presence of mind from the driver prevented Lis escape into the crowd. Li was undiagnosed before he killed McLean, meaning he has never had to voluntarily stick to a treatment plan. Press J to jump to the feed. He had no family, no friends, no support and no supervision. 2023 Six Nations Championship Round 3, Stadio Olimpico, Roma, Italy 25/2/2023 Italy vs Ireland Italy's Pierre Bruno scores a try Mandatory Credit INPHO/Giuseppe Fama. Tim McLean was an innocent young man. But Tims family had no input. Published in Volume 71, Number 21 of The Uniter (February 22, 2017). Now, Im an international best-selling crime writer, deadly blogger & film content producer. Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. This not criminally responsible due to a mental disability loophole goes too far. BRINGING LIFE TO THE DEAD WITH CGI TECHNOLOGY, SCHMEGELSKY & MCLEOD: THE SENSELESS STORY OF TWO KILLER KIDS, THIRTEEN TERRIBLY CLOSE CALLS WITH NUCLEAR BOMB ACCIDENTS, IS THE MEANING OF LIFE A HAM SANDWICH? 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He reclused like so many mentally-ill people do. They were quick to form a conclusion without exploring the entire circumstances in a full and open trial. YOURE ON DEATH ROW WHATS YOUR LAST MEAL? I don't hear voices," Summerville quoted Li as saying. Throughout the trial, Li only asked to be killed several times. Tim smiled. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account and fewer ads, Get exclusive access to the National Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on, Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists, Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists, Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword, Access articles from across Canada with one account, Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments, Get email updates from your favourite authors. Little is known about his early life, but he did graduate from the Wuhan Institute of Technology and acquired a job as a computer software engineer. The flaws disrespect protection of society. Now that Vince Li was out of the courts and jails, he was in the care of mental health care workers. Li'sschizophrenia was undiagnosedat the time of the killing. University of Winnipeg and downtown community newspaper. I don't have any weird voices any more.". Six years after Vince Li beheaded a Greyhound passenger, another death: Mountie at the scene commits suicide. NP. On 5 March 2009, his killer, the 40-year-old Vincent Weiguang Li ( Chinese: ; pinyin: L Wigung ), [1] was found not criminally responsible for murder and remanded to a high-security mental health facility in Selkirk, Manitoba, where he was detained until his release on 8 May 2015. He is seems to be still in shock after what he has witnessed. But he wasnt truly out of it. 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. 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. There are many dangerous offenders warehoused in mental institutions. Vince Weiguang Li stabbed Tim McLean 50 or 60 times before cutting off his head A man who beheaded a fellow bus passenger in Canada in 2008 has spoken out for the first time, saying he believed he . First published on May 18, 2012 / 11:48 AM. 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