He was in the wrong place at the wrong time and a victim of circumstances much like the pedestrian creamed in a crosswalk by a drunk. To many, it won't seem "right" that someone has to check in with the legal system forever just because he or she suffers from an illness and committed a crime, but at the same time, it's arguably worse to assume that everything is fine, to shrug off whatever act landed the individual in the justicesystem in the first place, and to blindly trust that he or she won't decide one day that medication is no longer needed. THE PSYCHO-BATES MOTEL ON VANCOUVER ISLAND, THE MOOSE HIDE CAMPAIGNENDING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN & CHILDREN. The Guy on the Greyhound Bus got international attention. But today Li is closer to being a free man, with no conditions. A lack of mental clarity runs from psychiatric assessments to criminal verdicts to appellate decisions to legislative changes. Its really about victim and family rights as opposed to the killers. All Rights Reserved. The paper's publisher refused to run the ad. 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. August 5, 2008. 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Arm-chair Swat members later crucified police for not shooting Li to stop his butchering rampage but the police held at bay. On March 5, 2009, a Manitoba court found Vince Li not criminally responsible for the horrific death of Tim McLean on a Greyhound bus seven months earlier. He earned a degree in computer science then immigrated to Canada in 2001. "(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. I wanted to reach out and give her my condolences because she essentially lost her brother that day as well when he crossed a line that can never be taken back. This means that someone must literally commit the act of the crime, and they must also be in a state of mind to consciously and willfully intend to do so, in order to be found guilty. 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. Two years later, he began unsupervised leave from the hospital but only for short periods. Its the overall picture thats never been put to rest. ", Justin Trudeau must put the rights of victims ahead of criminals. Enter your email address below and get your FREE eBook IN THE ATTIC A Psychological Thriller Based on a True Crime Story. YOURE ON DEATH ROW WHATS YOUR LAST MEAL? Tim was clearly dead but Li wasnt even close to finished. Li had one brush with police for peculiar behavior. We live in a society in which people are taught CPR in high school, yet next to nothing is taught about anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or many other serious mental illnesses as if this information were not as life-saving as CPR. ", Li'sschizophrenia was undiagnosedat the time of the killing. The mother of a man who was beheaded and cannibalized on a Greyhound bus is criticizing a decision to grant complete freedom to the man who committed the violent crime. ELISA LAMS GHASTLY DEATH AT THE NOTORIOUS CECIL HOTEL IN L.A. No matter what his mental state was, that showed planning and premeditation. It could not have ended any uglier. They put him on medication and under various therapies. And they're right: it isn't fair, but few things about mental illness are. Over and over and over. By June of 201015 months after Li was absolved by the criminal justice systemhe started supervised release. He also cut off his ear, nose, and tongue. Li claimed he was not criminally responsible due to mental illness and the court bought it without calling traumatized witnesses and family members. They told investigators and profilers exactly what they wanted to hear. The main thrust of most peoples concern, in regards to Lis absolute discharge, seems to be the question what if he decides to stop taking his meds?. Visit us online, and feel free to reach out with your questions or ideas by going to arslonga.media. 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. In 1992, Li graduated from University of Wuhan Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computers. Judgment passed that Li was not criminally responsible for Tims murder due to psychosis caused by untreated schizophrenia. Not even God would pretend to be that precise. Women shrieked. 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Li turned and made eye contact. Coronavirus: What one of the youngest patients in a B.C. 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. Baker was found not criminally responsible of the 2008 gruesome killing of a fellow passenger on a Greyhound Bus. He legally changed his name to Will Baker and currently lives free. The next issue of Your Midday Sun will soon be in your inbox. Petrified passengers stood outside as traffic whizzed by. Time does not erase or sanitize those facts. It was at this time I interviewed Carol de Delley, McLeans mother, at her home on the outskirts of Winnipeg. Convicting someone for only thinking about committing an illegal act, without them actually taking any action to do so, would be an example of thoughtcrime, something straight out of the famous dystopian novel 1984, by George Orwell. By 2015, Li was in a half-way house and only monitored for medication. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Trevor Hagan ORG XMIT: WPGT104, Will Baker, formerly known as Vince Li, leaves the Law Courts building in Winnipeg, after his annual criminal code review board hearing, on Monday, February 6, 2017. I don't have any weird voices any more.". And what can potentially occur. TELEPATHIC COMMUNICATION + UNNATURAL MAYHEM. 365 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 3L4. Fugitive in $18 million COVID fraud scheme extradited to U.S. Ex-Georgia star Jalen Carter was racing in deadly crash, arrest warrants allege, Hunter who killed, skinned pet dogs says he thought they were coyotes. That caused him to board the Greyhound for Winnipeg. The psychiatrists. As long as the individual "does not pose a significant threat to the safety of the public," he or she must be discharged absolutely. Six years after Vince Li beheaded a Greyhound passenger, another death: Mountie at the scene commits suicide. He wasnt in a normal, functioning state of mind when he killed Tim McLean. A passing trucker gave men in the group tools as weapons in case the psycho got out. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. He now moves amongst us. 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. When a court deems an offender "not criminally responsible" (NCR), it accepts that a crime was committed under these sorts of conditions. The flaw in the criminal legal (not justice) system is theres no respect for victims like Tim McLean and his family. But the biggest sufferers were Tim McLeans family. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Trevor Hagan ORG XMIT: WPGT112, Will Baker, formerly known as Vince Li, leaves the Law Courts building in Winnipeg, after his annual criminal code review board hearing, on Monday, February 6, 2017. He had gone off his meds. Li was born on April 30, 1968 in Dandong, China . 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This gruesome murder happened on a bus loaded with 38 passengers. 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. (John Woods/Canadian Press). 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. Since Li only killed one victim, the term "M.O" is somewhat misused. Vince Li, the man who was found not criminally responsible for beheading a man on a Greyhound bus in 2008, has been granted an absolute discharge. McLean barely noticed, continuing to sleep with his head against the window, and his headphones on. JASON HALSTEAD/WINNIPEG SUN, Photo by Jason Halstead/Winnipeg Sun/QMI Agency. 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. Unauthorized distribution, transmission or republication strictly prohibited. No one argued that. According to Summerville's transcript, Li recognizes that people fear him. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. 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. 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. Now Li had Tim on the aisle floor, still plunging and plunging. I actually knew his sister when living in Banff. Li paraded Tims lifeless headback and forthup and downalong the parked Greyhounds aisle. Presence of mind from the driver prevented Lis escape into the crowd. Records are sketchy about his mental assessments. His brain was lying to him and convincing him of a reality that was not true. Wouldnt it be funny if we started a restaurant. Press J to jump to the feed. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it. I would ask forgiveness, but I know it would be hard to accept," Summerville quoted Li as saying. Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. WAS AMANDA KNOX REALLY INNOCENT OF KILLING MEREDITH KERCHER? Its the lunatics running the asylum. "He was on the lookout for aliens as such, and the voice of God told him that Tim McLean was an alien and he needed to destroy him lest Tim destroy other people," Summerville said. 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. 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. Its a travesty. Its too high a risk. But Tims family had no input. Once they got Vince Li in the system, the experts went to work. On March 5, 2009, a Manitoba court found Vince Li not criminally responsible for the horrific death of Tim McLean on a Greyhound bus seven months earlier. Im going to tell you the nearly unspeakable story of The Guy on the Greyhound Bus. 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. Hes crazy. On Greyhound 1170, Vincent Li, a diagnosed schizophrenic, sat beside young 22 year old McLean and then, obeying voices inside his head, repeatedly stabbed and decapitated him. He blocked the door but police were miles away. Men puked. Also got to legally change his name after being released as well. INTERCONNECT FINDING YOUR PLACE, PURPOSE AND MEANING IN THE UNIVERSE. 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 . McLean, a 22-year-old Canadian man, was stabbed, beheaded, and cannibalized while riding a Greyhound Canada bus along the Trans-Canada Highway, about 30 km (19 mi) west of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. It does remain existentially true that Vince Li could go off his medication. 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. Vince Li is free on the street. The victim's eyes and a part of his heart were never recovered and are presumed to have been eaten by Li. But the aftermath was awful. This not criminally responsible due to a mental disability loophole goes too far. It took a bit to get Vince Lis medication right and stabilize him. Seems he was an undiagnosed schizophrenic not prescribed the right meds. 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. 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. I think she deleted her Facebook because of the publicity and questions. He removed Tims heart, lungs and liver then ripped out entrails. And indeed, it's easy when the scenarios are rather straightforward: don't fire someone because he or she suffers from depression;be patient with friends and family members who experience anxiety. Get the Uniters top stories in your inbox every week. Then Li stood. It wasnt only the dramatics. Vince Li spared Tim McLeans family a lengthy trial. I'm trying to come up with any reasonable argument that justifies any blame to go to Greyhound. God controls all things and God made me do it.. The innocent and unsuspecting victim was Tim McLean, 22, a carnival worker heading home for a break. Friends lost a guy whod give them the shirt off his back never mind a laugh from their innards. With blood smeared across his face and three of . Vince Li was born and raised in China. Finally, on February 10, 2017 Vince Lee was declared completely stable and reliable to function on his own, including regulating his own medseven though all psychiatrists agree schizophrenia is an incurable mental disease. He will be escorted at all times by a staff member and a security officer. He had no family, no friends, no support and no supervision. Understandably so. Tim McLean sat on the passenger side by the window. Bit by bit, Vince Li was put back on the street. Vince Li, the accused in the Greyhound bus beheading of Tim McLean, appears in a Portage La Prairie court Aug. 5, 2008. The killer was released from the high-security mental health facility in 2017. Vince Li knew exactly what he was doing and he remembered it. On March 5, 2009, McLean's killer, a 40-year-old Chinese-Canadian named Vince Li, was found not criminally responsible (NCR) for the murder, and was remanded to a high-security mental health facility in Selkirk, Manitoba, where he was detained until his release on May 8, 2015. Its also about whats wrong with a broken criminal justice (legal) system and the strange world of forensic psychiatry. He has still been described as psychotic, but is on medication. Li, who suffers from a severe form of schizophrenia, was found not criminally responsible for his macabre actions, and sent off to a maximum-security mental health facility presumably for life, but has since gained incremental freedom and started living alone last year, although he's still being monitored. Manitoba's Criminal Code Review Board. "Kill them," he whispers into your ear. He was shipped to a secure treatment facility. WHAT REALLY BECAME OF CAPTAIN KIDDS BURIED TREASURE? When he realized the true magnitude of the horrible and grotesque things he had done, because his brain had lied to him. 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. Subscribe to it anywhere you listen to podcasts. Part Jeffrey Dahmer. The treatment team for Vince Li, the man found not criminally responsible for killing and butchering Tim McLean aboard a Greyhound bus nearly eight years ago, is recommending he be formally. End of story. He fidgeted,starting a low Chinese chant. But the justice system is treating him like he's cured: Robyn Urback | CBC News Loaded. They neglect victim and family rights. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Trevor Hagan ORG XMIT: WPGT101, Will Baker, formerly known as Vince Li, leaves the Law Courts building in Winnipeg, after his annual criminal code review board hearing, on Monday, February 6, 2017. Vince Li, a personal trainer and mixed-martial artist, never imagined he'd get COVID-19. As the bus stopped and horrified passengers fled, Li carved up McLean's body, ate portions of it, and displayed the victim's head to some passengers outside the bus. 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. 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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. THE CIRCUS TRIAL OF THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY THE HALL-MILLS MURDERS, KILL DOZER MARV HEEMEYERS ATTACK ON A SMALL COLORADO TOWN. [Will] Baker is free. Some mental health advocates (and perhaps, their libertarian friends) would call it unjust to subject NCR offenders who have completed treatment and rehabilitation to any conditions. Then Li, expressionless behind sunglasses, came for the doorpresenting Tims decapitated head. 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. Over time, Lis marriage declined and they separated. He smashed out a window and leaped to the ground meeting jolts from a Taser and teeth from a dog. DID LIZZIE BORDEN REALLY AX-MURDER HER PARENTS? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/vince-li-discharge-1.3977278. She's not entirely alone. Try to imagine what Li went through when he woke up from his psychotic episode, when he realized that the reality he was operating under wasnt true. When he killed Tim McLean, he stabbed him in the neck and chest with a large hunting knife. May 18, 2012 / 11:48 AM When the criminal court system washed their hands of Vince Li, the mental health system took over. It doesnt make any sense to presume that he would willingly do so. Part Norman Bates. After the judge's ruling, Li was placed in a locked wing of the Selkirk Mental Health Centre. 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. Li was institutionalized sometime before gaining his citizenship after being found by officers "following the sun", something he claimed God told him to do. On February 16, 2011, two of the passengers present during the attack filed a lawsuit against Vince Li, Greyhound, the RCMP, and the Government of Canada for being exposed to the horrific beheading. Li wanted a victim and Tim McLean was it. The Greyhound made a rest stop about a half hour earlier. Public protection is low on their scale. 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 advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. (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. 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. Vince Li is a member of Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. First published on May 18, 2012 / 11:48 AM. Everyone bailed off except for Li. WAS MARILYN MONROES DEATH ACTUALLY A HOMICIDE? Then he went back to work. Li's passes can be issued starting May 24. The Manitoba Criminal Code Review Board. WHO REALLY KIDNAPPED AND KILLED CHARLES LINDBERGHS CHILD? As the bus pulled out of the stop, he moved to the back, to the vacant seat next to McLean. "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. WAS ALBERT DESALVO REALLY THE BOSTON STRANGLER? HOW TO WRITE A BOOK: JERRY B. 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