Police Release ID of Suspect In Bus Beheading

TORONTO (AP) - Prosecutors in Canada have asked for a
psychiatric assessment of a 40-year-old man charged with
second-degree murder in the stabbing and beheading of a fellow
passenger on a Greyhound bus.
Vince Li of Edmonton, Alberta, walked into a court in Manitoba
with his head bowed and only nodded when the judge asked if he was
exercising his right not to speak.
The judge said he wanted to give the defendant a chance to meet
with his lawyer before acting on the request for a psychiatric
evaluation. His next court appearance is scheduled for Tuesday.
Friends identify the victim as a 22-year-old carnival worker
named Tim McLean, though authorities won't confirm his identity.
Witnesses say the victim was stabbed dozens of times as the bus
traveled a desolate stretch of the TransCanada Highway in Manitoba
Wednesday night. They say the attacker then severed the victim's
head, displayed it and began cutting up the body.
A man, who had been sitting just one seat in front of the pair
says the suspect had been on the bus about an hour and had changed
seats after a rest stop. He said he did not hear the two speak
before the attack.

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