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Now this deranged killer is scott-free because he was found not criminally responsible simply because he was a schizophrenic who wasn’t on pills. Have you heard about The Guy on the Greyhound Bus? The story where the psycho stabbed a sleeping bus passenger 100 times then cut off his head and paraded it like a carnival prize before gutting him and eating his eyes and his heart before the crowd? Well, it’s true. But what about guys? And what about true crime? Especially true crime with a horror twist starring a demon straight outa Stephen King’s head. I haven’t read them but respect the girls have done well in crime fiction.

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The Girl You Lost, Girl In The Dark, The Good Girl and, of course, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo series come to mind. Then The Girl in the Ice by indie author Robert Bryndza took off. The girl-trend started with Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl. Paula Hawkins’ The Girl On The Train sold millions of copies. 'Now people are aware that there is a problem,' she said.There’s intense interest around girl-train thrillers. His death highlights concerns about the justice system, she said. McLean's family is vowing to turn their attention to fighting the law that allows people who are found not criminally responsible to be released into the community once they are deemed well, without serving a minimum sentence in jail.ĭeDelley said her son didn't die in vain. Police said McLean's body parts were found throughout the bus in plastic bags, and the victim's ear, nose and tongue were found in Li's pocket.Ī psychiatrist called by the prosecution Wednesday testified that Li cut up McLean's body because he believed that he would come back to life and take revenge. Li then apologized and pleaded with police to kill him. Finding himself locked inside the bus, Li finally escaped through a window and was arrested. Witnesses said Li attacked McLean unprovoked as their bus traveled at night along a desolate stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway.Īn agreed statement of facts between the prosecution and defense detailed how passengers stood outside the bus as Li stabbed McLean dozens of times and beheaded and mutilated his body.

Li has admitted he killed McLean but pleaded not guilty. That Li killed the 22-year-old carnival worker was never in question at the trial.

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Li's trial barely lasted two days and only heard from two witnesses, both psychiatrists, who testified he is mentally ill. He will be institutionalized without a criminal record and will be reassessed every year by a mental health review board to determine if he is fit for release into the community.ĭeDelley said a yearly hearing is ridiculous, and that Li should be locked up for the rest of his life. He believed he was acting in self-defense,' Scurfield said.īoth the prosecution and the defense argued Li can't be held responsible because Li was suffering from schizophrenia and believed God wanted him to kill McLean because the young man was a force of evil. 'He did not appreciate the actions he committed were morally wrong. Justice John Scurfield said Li's attack was 'grotesque' and 'barbaric' but 'strongly suggestive of a mental disorder.' The judge said Li should not be held criminally accountable for stabbing McLean dozens of times last July and dismembering his body while horrified passengers fled. 'There was nobody else on that bus holding a knife, slicing up my child.' 'A crime was still committed here, a murder still occurred,' said Carol deDelley, McLean's mother. The family of victim Tim McLean dismissed the trial as a 'rubber stamp' that allows Li to get away with murder. The decision means Chinese immigrant Vince Li will be treated in a mental institution instead of going to prison. WINNIPEG, Manitoba - A Canadian judge ruled Thursday that a man accused of beheading and cannibalizing a fellow Greyhound bus passenger is not criminally responsible due to mental illness.

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