Greyhound Bus Killer Vince Li Worked at McDonald's

by Christina 123 | August 2, 2008 at 10:48 am
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Vince Li, the 40-year old man charged with the second degree murder of 22-year old Tim McLean , who has not yet been named byt he police, worked at McDonald's in Edmonton, a blogger claims.

 

 

Vince worked at a McDonald’s restaurant and everyone there described him as a quiet, easy going person. He told his boss that he was going to Winnipeg chasing a job opportunity.

Li worked at an Edmonton McDonald’s restaurant. He also delivered the National Post, Edmonton Journal and Edmonton Sun for a distribution firm until he left his contract position in April, said his former employer Vincent Augert. Li returned to that job in July.

“I believe he was having some marital problems,” said Augert. 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.”

Augert said Li called him three weeks ago, saying he had a job interview in Winnipeg. That was the last time Augert and Li spoke to each other, according to reports in CBC news.

Li has not spoken since his arrest and he has refused to hire a lawyer.  The state may have to appoint a public defender for him.

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Amy Judd
Amy Judd
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at 14:30 on August 2nd, 2008

Christina 123, good find!

Criticom
Criticom
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at 14:38 on August 2nd, 2008

Christina 123, I like this story. It's good stuff.

politisite
politisite
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at 14:41 on August 2nd, 2008

Christina 123, I like this story. It's good stuff.

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paul ostroff

This pathetic killer is deranged well beyond any point of recall.  He was more than likely born with this condition,and rehabilitation is not a viable option. The alternatives to this are all bad and not to be attempted by an amateur on this complex subject. May god have mercy on both of their souls.

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akcrin

Here's an article from the International Herald Tribune claiming he delivered papers, complete with an interview with his boss:  http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/02/america/NA-Canada-Bus-Stabbing.php.  As someone who does this for a (partial) living, I can totally understand why he might have lost it completely (stupid Ikea catalogs and Post-Its).

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Amy Judd

You think he killed him because he delivered papers and Ikea catalogs!? I think that's a bit far-fetched don't you?

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reece

Hey, Amy, do you have a sense of humour?? Reading that blurb got us all laughing at the

breakfast table but then we read your response and your comments seem disturbing. Let me

say I wouldn't want to sit next to you on any Greyhound bus.

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Barry Artiste

Rest assured Amy was being Tongue in cheek as well, she has a pretty good sense of humour.


SOLARLIFE
SOLARLIFE
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at 15:27 on August 2nd, 2008

Christina 123, It's good stuff. Is there a video game linking to that behaviour ?

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Salwa

If you commit a crime to the point that people think that it is unreasonable or illogical does not mean he gets a free pass to an asylum. Because he stabbed a man viciously doesnt neccesserily mean that hes has a mental illness, either way; theres always two sides to a story, and well never know the truth, as close as we may get to it. Theres always things which will never be known except to the victim and the attacker.... Aside from that, Still though.. I dont understand why he would stab him then decapitate him, a mentall illness doesnt justify this kind of actions... no matter what it is we cant slap a "mental illness" sticker on everything we find illogical.. theres always reason. Allah yirhamamhim.

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reece

No, Salwa, you'd have to be completely sane to decapitate a human being. Climbing on board a bus

on your way to a job interview...yeah, I could see myself just deciding to decapitate somebody and

gut them. Isn't it ridiculous how some people believe that you're "crazy" or "insane" - just what is

"insane" anyway...I don't even think that word is in the dictionary anyway...just sort of made up

by people who want to accuse you of being crazy just so they can treat you and make money! Wow, that's

just "crazy".

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Sharky456

The GRIZZLY PIG who killed Tim should be executed by Canadian authorities the way American soldiers are as in the following example:


http://www.bigducky.com/videos/beheading_videos/beheading2.htm


(Copy and paste to address bar)

I am so ANGRY the MONSTER CREATURE is still alive to enjoy is wicked memories.


Emilio Lizardo
Emilio Lizardo
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at 17:41 on August 2nd, 2008

 

Rhonda J Mangus
Rhonda J Mangus
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at 17:59 on August 2nd, 2008

Christina 123, I like this story. It's good stuff.

Barry Artiste
Barry Artiste
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at 18:13 on August 2nd, 2008

Christina 123, I like this story. It's good stuff. Certainly MacDonalds it seems will be the death knell of everyone

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Elisha

ewwww sharky456,, I watched that beheading and it was deskuzting!!


seriously, how can someone do that to another person?

fucking sick bastards piss me off.

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Pro

I would seriously not be surprised if this guy turns out to be a serial killer and is responsible for missing persons. From what I know on the subject, it sounds like this guy finally hit the end of his spiral like all serial killers eventually do. They start out in control and after a long time start making mistakes until they get caught - usually the last one is a total hunger for the kill. And he also had a job that allowed him mobility-working for those newspapers-, that's another indication. There are alot of missing people in Edmonton and Winnipeg...maybe he just couldn't wait til he got to his destination.

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Christina 123

If this guy were to turn out to be a serial killer - mentally deranged or no - and his actions seemed so perfuntory and skilled from eyewitness reports, you can't help wondering if the guy has done this before.  If so it would be so spooky if he worked at McDonald's and...

...no!  Don't even go there!

 

 

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Reece

 There's no way a sane person would do what he's done so could everybody just chill and accept the fact that this man has a diseased mind?  There's a computer program that allows you to slip into the mind of an insane person so you can understand what is going on inside his head. You can blame this man for his mental disease as much as you can blame anyone who has cancer. So, where is all this anger and hate going to take you? When people don't understand they get all primitive; fearful and lashout....I'm not referring to Mr Li neccessarily but to those posting such vicious and argueably pyschotic posts. Maybe the words you choose and the actions you want to take suggest you yourself have mental health issues. Shall we take you out back and put a bullet in you? Seriously, the irony in all this so plain to see - it would be laughable but I realize now that mental disease is more prevelant in our society than I first thought and they are in various degrees.

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cr8grl

i agree with Reece, for the most part at least. I know that I would be absolutely terrified if I were to come across this man or this type of accident, or incident. I know that just reading about it and living on the other side of the country, it scares me to the point that I consider taking a weapon with me at all times, cause it could happen to anyone, anywhere. I know that this guy has to be crazy, but the first human instinct is to kill him, cause he scared everyone, and hurt everyone so deeply, even people that never even met this young victim. It is hard to fathom that someone that could do this, could live on however, as he is something straight out of the craziest horror movie, to compare him to something, anything really. If it were up to me, I think that I would be the first to admit that it would be hard not to kill him, out of the fear that something like this will happen again, and the obsurdity that there are people out there that are capable of comitting such a crime, crazy or not. When it comes down to it, I think that this is perfect case where there is a majority wishing that the death penalty was in effect. Since that is not an option, the man should, and probably will be, i would imagine, to be sentence, whether in jail or in a mental institution, i honestly dont know what one would be better for him, but he shall never see the light of day again, never see an honest face, or a loving face, he should, crazy or not, be left to spend the rest of his days, wallowing in his insanity, listening to the voices if thats what he went by, alone, and completely terrified of what is going to happen to him, where he is going to end up, heaven, hell, beat to death, murdered, death by age or sickness, what have you, but regardless, never to have another moment of happiness or kindness again. Wherever he can get that kind of treatment, send him there.

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Ultraman

"Since that is not an option, the man should, and probably will be, i would imagine, to be sentence, whether in jail or in a mental institution, i honestly dont know what one would be better for him, but he shall never see the light of day again, never see an honest face, or a loving face, he should, crazy or not, be left to spend the rest of his days, wallowing in his insanity, listening to the voices if thats what he went by, alone, and completely terrified of what is going to happen to him, where he is going to end up, heaven, hell, beat to death, murdered, death by age or sickness, what have you, but regardless, never to have another moment of happiness or kindness again."

Wow... that's the most amazing run-on sentence I've come across in quite some time.

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Paniceee

Probably the most horrific thing I have ever heard - you don't even hear this stuff coming outta the war. Unbelievable sick fuc* !

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Non_bias

This is some sick shit. Give the fu**er the death penalty. He is a disgrace to the asian community.

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Drew V.

Don't let this guy off easy, death would be to easy, it wouldn't compare to the pain he caused the victim,  keep him alive so he can be used to for research, and maybe if he is sane enough he can be tortured by  memories of  the horrific acts that he commited, he can be reminded that he is a monster to humanity for the rest of his life

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juegos

I ride the greyhound bus sometimes so now iam going to be freaking out everytime, I hope they start to check for knifes and weapons to avoid something like this to happen, or iam going to have to carry my own to defend myself against this dudes from hell

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Emilio Lizardo

This is so horrifying as everybody has already said - way, way worse than any Freddie or Jason movie ... of course I mean my wife - no, she only wants to just kill me, but seriously -

There's billions of people on this planet, and lots and lots of them have been riding busses for more than 50 years - as far as I know this has never ever happened before. This is why I mention MKULTRA .

Make sure you've got your favorite tranquilizer handy if you dive down this rabbit-hole ...

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WL8T8

I think Li would ultimately end up at Penetanguishene. Schizophrenia is incurable, we now know where his tendencies lay, and you can never guarantee he would take medication.
Now that he's lucid will never be able to live with what he's done.
This schizophrenic is bound to kill himself eventually. 

azzayindia
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at 21:00 on August 3rd, 2008

Christina 123, I like this story. It's good stuff.

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Dasiy big chest

I watch the discovery channel earlier and saw squirrels humping

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Bobbs

I am unsure why there is such a focus on his previous employment.  The news keeps repeating that he "worked at MacDonalds" ad nauseum.  So did my brother, and he is a school teacher now.  Who cares?  More importantly, is why did his so-called "friends" not force him to get help if they suspected mental illness, as they claim?  If he is really suffering from Schizophrenia, they could have taken him to the hospital during an episode.  In Vancouver, there are thousands of former mental patients roaming around due to lack of housing for them.  There have been very few violent incidents and most that do occur harm only the individual suffering from the disease.

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