Posted on 08/02/2008 5:51:19 AM PDT by marktwain
The Greyhound bus left Edmonton at one minute past midnight on Wednesday morning, bound for a destination located two provinces, 20 hours and more than 1,300 kilometres away. More than 30 passengers were aboard Route 1628 including a pair of French tourists, a six year-old boy, and an elderly woman with her daughter. Among them was an aboriginal man in his early twenties, listening to headphones and headed home to Winnipeg. Through the day and into the evening, the bus pushed along the Trans-Canada -- through Lloydminister, Saskatoon and Gilbert Plains - as passengers read books, listened to music and watched TV. Somewhere around Brandon, nearly 18 hours into the trip, a new passenger boarded the bus. He was bald, aged about 40, wearing sunglasses, approximately six feet tall and 200 pounds. Witnesses say he stowed his luggage and sat at the front of the bus without speaking to anyone. About a half hour later, the bus stopped for a smoke break. The bald man stepped off for a cigarette and reportedly chatted calmly with a female passenger.
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Like a horror movie.
Like a Stephen King scenario.
Too bad that no one on the bus had a gun and could have ended this horror.
Still no release of the perp’s name.
Something tells me that by the time the passengers first heard the first scream by the dead guy it was all over....but the beheading.
He's been ID'd and check out the charge.
I've read that Canadian prisons are very cushy indeed and I'll wager that their psych hospitals are even more comfy.
Second degree? Jesus,Mary and Joseph....he could be out in 10 years.
SECOND-DEGREE??? What in the world? I think the Canadians have lost their minds.
However, if someone had had the means to take the perp out, all of the passengers on the bus would not have had to spend the next several hours on the roadside being terrified of what was going on.
I still contend that one armed person on that bus could have made a big difference.
A little bit of nit-picking here. Why are distances and speeds in Canada measured using the metric system, while heights and weights are measured in feet/inches and ounces? Just askin’.
His last name was “Li” IIRC. Did not like a Muz.
What does it take in Canada to get 'first degree', for mercy sakes????
Wonder what exactly ya gotta do up North to get charged with murder one?
I agree.
Medicine Hat girl guilty of first-degree murder
Wonder why they chose not to charge it in this case?
..just a spur of the moment beheading?....
Your guess is as good as mine.
Canada bus passenger beheading suspect in cour
I didn't realize the victim had been disemboweled as well. And that doesn't rate a charge of first degree murder...
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