Li's passes can be issued starting May 24. And what can potentially occur. Er um what Rona said. And last week, after years of earning back small freedoms such as supervised day trips and unescorted outings, Li was granted an absolute discharge. He wasnt in a normal, functioning state of mind when he killed Tim McLean. McLean was murdered by Vince Li in 2008.Support Dr. Grande on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/drgrandeAmerican Psychiatric Association. Wouldnt it be funny if we started a restaurant. I think she deleted her Facebook because of the publicity and questions. 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. He blocked the door but police were miles away. After six years, Li was released in 2015. 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. July 30, 2018 marks 10 years since the infamous Greyhound bus attack in Manitoba, where one passenger was killed. Vince Li, the accused in the Greyhound bus beheading of Tim McLean, appears in a Portage La Prairie court Aug. 5, 2008. WHO REALLY KIDNAPPED AND KILLED CHARLES LINDBERGHS CHILD? I don't think Vince Li can be trusted to take his medication.". ELVIS PRESLEY WHAT REALLY KILLED THE KING OF ROCK N ROLL? 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. Aghast, they stared as Li sawed and hacked. Mounties look into the bus in which Vince Li was holed up along with the decapitated body of Tim McLean. Thats a noble goal for psychiatry but a dangerous gamble for society. The public discourse around the trial has been disheartening, although I do recognize that it largely stems from ignorance rather than malice. They were quick to form a conclusion without exploring the entire circumstances in a full and open trial. 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. Now that Vince Li was out of the courts and jails, he was in the care of mental health care workers. 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?. One of the officers who responded to the attack suffered from PTSD and later committed suicide. 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 quit his job in 2006 and became a forklift operator. Public protection is low on their scale. I can't come up with any. 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. By all accounts, Li was described as normal. (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. Li continued to dissect Tims body and present parts for four hours. Tim McLean, who was returning home from work, boarded a Greyhound bus. Over and over and over. Closed Captioning and Described Video is available for many CBC shows offered on CBC Gem. We reserve the right to close comments at any time. But the biggest sufferers were Tim McLeans family. None of them ever got justice. Furthermore, its important to remember that Li has been under observation by psychiatrists since 2008, and no psychiatrist would likely ever go before a government board and recommend Lis freedom unless that psychiatrist is willing to bet their professional reputation, and the publics safety, on that individuals future. COULD YOU WITHSTAND CIA ENHANCED INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES? Police and emergency responders arrived in mass. As I see it, the two main sources of outrage over Vince Lis trial is the publics lack of understanding in regards to mental illness and a general ignorance of how Canadian law operates. Subscribe to it anywhere you listen to podcasts. By 2015, Li was in a half-way house and only monitored for medication. Get the Uniters top stories in your inbox every week. When the criminal court system washed their hands of Vince Li, the mental health system took over. Then he went back to work. 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. The review board said the passes will start at 30 minutes and increase incrementally to a maximum of full days. SIMPSON GOT OFF MURDER, STEPHEN KINGS SURPRISINGLY SIMPLE SECRET TO SUCCESS, BEYOND THE LIMITS NEW BASED-ON-TRUE-CRIME SERIES BOOK RELEASE, HYBRISTOPHILIA THE BONNIE & CLYDE SYNDROME. Without warningLi pulled a Bowie knife from his pack. This column is part of CBC'sOpinion section. Li also told Summerville he would like to be forgiven. Two years later, he began unsupervised leave from the hospital but only for short periods. These guys can get crazier than The Guy on the Greyhound Bus. In Canada we have legislation in place that would acquit someone, or label them as not criminally responsible (NCR) for their actions, if mens rea was not present in an illegal act. Since then I have been unable to think of July 30, 2008 with hatred in my heart only an unquantifiable sadness. "Kill them, or I'll kill you.". Tim let a blood-curdling scream. Seems he was an undiagnosed schizophrenic not prescribed the right meds. In his mind, he and his trusty buck knife had just slain a demon. Weeks before the attack, he was fired from his job at Walmart. Li is a ticking time bomb. 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. "He understands now that schizophrenia is a mental illness which plays tricks on the brain. The Guy on the Greyhound Bus got international attention. Since that time, Li has undergone nearly nine years of psychiatric . Feb 10, 2017 YOURE ON DEATH ROW WHATS YOUR LAST MEAL? JASON HALSTEAD/WINNIPEG SUN, Photo by Jason Halstead/Winnipeg Sun/QMI Agency. He had gone off his meds. Please try again. Shell never get over this. A lack of mental clarity runs from psychiatric assessments to criminal verdicts to appellate decisions to legislative changes. LINDY CHAMBERLAIN DID A DINGO REALLY GET HER BABY? 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Keep us safe from guys on the bus like him. Now Li moved toward the back. Its exactly like it never happened. But Li came prepared for this slaughter. WAS NATALIE WOOD MURDERED BY HER HUSBAND, ROBERT WAGNER? We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Li might be a small player in the world of murders but hes not unusual. WAS MARILYN MONROES DEATH ACTUALLY A HOMICIDE? Usually this channel is about serial killer interviews but I stumbled upon this one and thought it would fit in well as it showns an outside perspective while killers usually just bask and glorify their deeds. he is open to voluntarily having his medication monitored, lower than your chance of being struck by lightning. 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. Records are sketchy about his mental assessments. 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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. "I understand people are scared because of my behavior on the Greyhound bus. 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They put him on medication and under various therapies. I don't have any weird voices any more.". Other passengers described Li as unremarkableup to this point. Part Jeffrey Dahmer. But there are few who did what Vince Li did to Tim McLean. WHAT MAKES CRAZY CONSPIRACY THEORISTS TICK? WAS AMANDA KNOX REALLY INNOCENT OF KILLING MEREDITH KERCHER? The innocent and unsuspecting victim was Tim McLean, 22, a carnival worker heading home for a break. But could it be prevented? Now that Vince Li understands what hes capable of when he goes off his medication, why on earth would he want to do that? Everyone bailed off except for Li. 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