![]() Yestrau says she's now getting her life back together and wants her son back. Li, the man who killed McLean, was found not criminally responsible for the murder. But the boy now lives with his grandmother Carol de Delley - Tim McLean's mother - who gained national prominence in recent years as she led a campaign calling for tougher sanctions against those deemed not criminally responsible for violent crimes. Yestrau, 30, has two children from her previous marriage and had originally given up her son, who was raised for several years by his step-grandmother. His mother, Colleen Yestrau, had known McLean since they were in Grade 1 and rekindled a brief romantic relationship with him in 2008 after she had a falling-out with her husband. 21, 2008 - nearly five months after his father was stabbed and mutilated on a bus near Portage la Prairie. ![]() The boy, who the Winnipeg Sun is not naming to protect his identity, was born Dec. Now the family is embroiled in a bitter custody dispute over McLean's seven-year-old son and it's pitting family members against each other in an ugly feud that's been playing out in a Winnipeg courtroom this week. The RCMP said Li has no known criminal record.It's bad enough the family of Tim McLean, the 22-year-old carnival worker who was beheaded on a Greyhound bus almost eight years ago, had to suffer the agony of a gruesome murder and years of judicial battles over the fate of his killer, Vince Li. Li's next court appearance is scheduled for Tuesday. The prosecutor asked for a psychiatric assessment, but the judge said he wanted to give Li a chance to meet with his lawyer. ![]() He did not reply when the judge asked him whether he was going to get a lawyer, and only nodded slightly when asked whether he was exercising his right not to speak. Li, who shuffled into a courtroom Friday in Portage la Prairie with his head bowed and feet shackled, appeared before the court without a lawyer. She told him that she hadn't heard from Li, who had told her he had to leave for a few days because of a family emergency. Ken Gigliotti / The Canadian Press, Winnipeg Free PressĪugert said he called Li's cell phone on Thursday and his wife answered. Witnesses say a man aboard a Greyhound bus repeatedly stabbed and then decapitated a seat mate, pausing during the attack to display the head to passengers who had fled in horror on Wednesday night. Police investigate the scene around a Greyhound bus Thursday Jnear Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada. "That was unusual for him not to call back and then when he didn't show up for work on Tuesday we got worried," said Augert, who said it was sometimes difficult to understand Li because he spoke quickly and had a strong Chinese accent. He said Li called him back and left a message with the dates, but never followed up after that. "I had no odd suspicions about him at all," said Augert.Īugert said that Li called him two weeks ago to say he needed a day or two off to go to Winnipeg for a job interview at the end of July. We would've had no reason to let him go before all this happened."Īugert said Li had worked for him since last July and caused no problems. "He was very punctual and always cleanly dressed," he told The Associated Press. Vincent Augert, an independent contractor who distributes newspapers in Edmonton, said that Li was one of his most reliable carriers. Li's employer said in an interview Saturday that he was shocked to learn that his "model employee" had been accused of the grisly attack. ![]() He then severed the man's head, displayed it and began hacking at the body. Passengers said they had just reboarded the bus following a break when the suspect - for no apparent reason - stabbed the man sitting next to him dozens of times as passengers fled in horror.
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