Canadian Man, Tim McLean, Beheaded on a Greyhound Bus

Tim McLean, 22, from his Facebook page.


Late in the evening on Wednesday, July 30th, approximately three dozen passengers watched, screaming in horror as Vince Weiguang Li, 40, suddenly started stabbing a sleeping man beside him 40 to 60 times, decapitating him then waiving the head at fellow bus travelers. After the driver pulled over, the bus driver, a passenger and the driver of a truck trapped Li inside the bus as passengers fled the bloody scene. At this time LE does not believe the victim, Tim McLean, 22 and his assailant knew each other. The random attack appeared to be unprovoked according to several witnesses.

The Greyhound bus had made it's last stop in Brandon, Manitoba on a long journey that originated in Edmonton, Alberta and headed for Winnipeg. The attack occurred approximately 12 miles west of Portage La Prairie, on a desolate plains stretch of the Trans Canada Highway. Men, women and children who witnessed the attack were in shock, crying, some becoming physically ill as they waited by the roadside for several hours while police tried to get Li to exit the bus. He was finally apprehended at 1:28 am after Li tried to break out of a bus window.

From Canada.com:
"He didn't do anything to provoke the guy. The guy just took a knife out and stabbed him, started stabbing him like crazy and cut his head off," said Garnet Caton, 26, a passenger on the Edmonton-to- Winnipeg bus.
From BBC:
"He calmly walks up to the front [of the bus] with the head in his hand and the knife and just calmly stares at us and drops the head right in front of us," Mr Caton said.

"There was no rage in him... It was just like he was a robot or something," he added.

The attack appeared to be unprovoked and it is thought the killer did not know his victim.

The passengers, many of whom were badly shaken by what they witnessed, were taken to a hotel in Brandon, Manitoba, and were given crisis counselling.

Canton also indicated that right before the attack, Li had just changed seats to sit next to his victim. Tim McLean, who had boarded the bus in Edmonton, was a summer carnival worker for the past three years at Vancouver's Pacific National Exhibition.

On Friday, a bruised and bandaged Li appeared in court in Portage La Prairie, where he was charged with second degree murder. Li said few words and nodded his head when Judge Rocky Pollack asked him if he was exercising his right not to speak. Pollack ordered a psychological evaluation of Li pending Li having the opportunity to speak to an attorney. Li worked for a MacDonald's in Edmonton as well as delivering newspapers for a distribution firm. His delivery employer, Vincent Augert said,

"I believe he was having some marital problems." When he met with Li to hire him back as a newspaper distributor, he said, "you could almost read between the lines" from the way Li was talking "that there was something not right there."

Just as the bus was leaving Brandon, McLean sent a text message to his father, asking if he could come home for a night, Tim McLean, Sr., told CBS news. That was his last communication with his son. Friends of McLean bonded together to grieve for a man described as a "sweet man," a "ladies man," a "bright and bubbly guy who who was always out for fun." One friend, who traveled with him had nicknamed McLean "Tiny Tim."

I can't imagine the terror that these passengers went through, having to witness this horrific event. Please leave a condolence message for the family of Tim McLean, here, who's bright life ended so tragically.

Canada.com

Other Greyhound Bus Incidents

Casey Anthony, We’re Still Waiting – Where is Caylee?

~Casey Anthony




Musings by Ritanita


The person who really needs to be more forthcoming here is Caylee's mother. She is sitting in jail, spending her time pulling the strings of her lawyers and family. She is on a major power trip and it seems to me she is rather enjoying all the attention.

She surely isn't worried about her child. In all the phone calls that have been made public, there's not a single time where she has shown one bit of concern for the welfare of her daughter. Instead, she's sending cryptic messages to her family and telling them to figure it out for themselves. It's the same message she's sent to the investigators. She's given them "puzzle pieces" to put together and see the picture to "keep her family safe" from whomever she says has the child.

My question is, why would everybody be "safer" if they draw the "proper" conclusion and go in and rescue the child when she has it in her power to give them a straight answer and have the police go find the child?

The answer is so obvious. She knows where her child is, and there is no way for her to be rescued.

I listened to her brother Lee in his latest phone call. He sounded depressed and hopeless. He can't do any more for his sister until she gives him more information. And Casey? She's not gotten around to writing it all down yet. Why? Simple. If she writes anything down, she will be making her lies a permanent record. That permanent record may not go to the police, but it will put fact to her lies. She knows that there is nothing in written form that she can provide that will bring Caylee back.

Instead, Casey continues to weave her web of stories to protect herself. Casey is Casey's one-and-only concern here. I don't expect her brother will ever see that letter.

Haut de la Garenne – Jersey Abuse - Can Justice Be Served?

~Haut de la Garenne



In an attempt to counter claims that Jersey is unable to cope with the scale and intricacy of the child abuse investigation at the Haut de la Garenne care home, William Bailhache said he is confident the island's legal forces are able to deliver justice.

Those of you who believe that – press your true buzzer now!

The Guardian reports: In a rare interview with the BBC, Bailhache said that although the inquiry could be difficult and slow, it was "more important that justice be done".

His comments came as the outgoing head of the child abuse inquiry, Lenny Harper, alleged he faced "political hostility" during his investigations, and MPs in the UK and Jersey made a two-pronged attempt to get the justice minister, Jack Straw, to intervene in the investigation and bring charges against the accused on the mainland.

In an interview this morning on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Bailhache said: "The delivery of justice is an objective process, and it's difficult sometimes for those who are caught up in this sort of process to understand all the ramifications of how it works.

Am I the only one who finds this insulting?

"One can feel sorry for that but it's more important that justice should be done. We've been delivering justice in this island for centuries and I don't see how this makes any difference."

Who’s justice? The difference is, the systematic cover-up has been exposed and people want more than the usual smoke and mirrors!

Bailhache also spoke of a specific set of conditions created by the size of Jersey.

"It is difficult for people outside to understand that in a small place you are particularly aware of the need to behave properly, behave appropriately, to have the integrity to take decisions which need to be taken.

Well, actions speak louder than words. So far, we aren’t impressed!

"I have had to consider the position of politicians and ministers and I have done that."

He went on to say that as an independent appointment he was in a position to take "fearless" decisions.

Hmmm Billy, why aren’t folks being prosecuted? Bailing someone when there is pretty solid evidence? Oh, maybe bailing people is what you consider a "fearless" decision!

Stuart Syvret, the Jersey States senator who drew public attention to the allegations of child abuse at the home, and John Hemming, a Liberal Democrat MP, have both called for a judicial review of five cases where suspects have not been charged.

The Labour MP, Austin Mitchell, has tabled a Commons motion calling for an independent inquiry to be carried out by a judge from the British mainland. He said he lacked confidence in the island's authorities and feared a "prevailing desire to sweep scandal and abuse under the carpet".

Harper, the deputy chief officer, who retires next week, said he thought many on the island would support Mitchell's proposal but said the island's parliament had not been supportive.

"What has made this significantly different from many similar inquiries I've been involved with is the political hostility it has engendered," he said.

"Politicians one would normally think should be crawling over themselves to offer support to the inquiry and the victims - with a few notable exceptions that hasn't happened here. The only intervention most of them seem to have made is to criticize the investigation."

Esther Ranzten, founder of Childline, has called for the Bailiff to apologize in the States to the victims of child abuse.

This Is Jersey reports: Having just visited the Island, where she met the local NSPCC and ChildLine volunteers, Ranzten described Jersey as a ‘beautiful island full of warm-hearted people’. But she added that with a population of 90,000, Jersey was too small to handle an inquiry of this scale.

Oh! Yes, the sarcasm was intended - every last bit of it!