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The Case of the Canadian Bus Killer

By David Lohr

Some cases, simply put, go way beyond bizarre, and this is one of them.  Readers be forewarned that some of the details of this story are quite gruesome, and are not for the squeamish.It all began late Wednesday evening, July 30, 2008, aboard a Greyhound bus en route from Edmonton, Alberta, to Winnipeg, Manitoba.  The bus was traveling along a lonely and deserted segment of the Trans-Canada Highway, several miles outside of Portage La Prairie, a small town of about 13,000 people and one of the last stops along the lengthy trip before reaching Winnipeg.  Many of the passengers were sleeping, and others were enjoying reading material with their overhead reading lights on, and some of the passengers were watching a movie.  Tim McLean, 22, was seated beside a man of Oriental persuasion, who officers with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) would later identify as 40-year-old Vince Weiguang Li...continue to full post

Full post as published by Bizarre Crimes of the Week on August 24, 2008 (boomark / email).