~greeneyedgirl~
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"The family wants minimal coverage on this"
What's THAT all about? Obviously that's how he got away with it for so long.
Jeez. I really want to hear more about this story.
He can't be tried because he's 17 and a juvenile????????? WTF!
I live in Winnipeg and I want to point out that the beheading/murder which occurred on the outskirts of Winnipeg on the west side on the Greyhound bus is in close proximity to where this murder occurred just within the City of Winnipeg's west side. The person who committed the murder on the bus is Vince Li, an adult, and he was found Not Criminally Responsible because of mental illness. This article states that the name of the accused, the 17-year-old juvenile, who is charged with 2nd degree murder, and the name of the victim (boy's father) cannot be published under The Youth Criminal Justice Act. At the teen's first court appearance on Friday, July 24, 2009 at the Manitoba Youth Centre Court was told a psychiatric assessment will likely be ordered to determine whether the accused suffers from a mental illness. Defense laywer Greg Hawrysh said his client has no history of mental illness and no prior contact with the justice system. For now the accused remains in custody without bail and his next court appearance is July 31. If the accused is found to be Not Criminally Responsible, like Vince Li, he will be sent to a medical facility not a jail.
Here is the timeframe: June 25, 2009, son beats father to death in home where they reside together. Teen lives in home with corpse for a few days then he moves the corpse after beheading and dismembering it and placing it in several garbage bags. The teen drives more than 2 hours N of Wpg to dispose of the body, placing it in dense forest underneath several large rocks. Teen continues to live alone in the house for several more weeks. On Wednesday July 22nd the boy's mother calls Police to report a crime after receiving a call from her son a few days earlier asking her if he could come live with her and his siblings. In response to the Family Request for Privacy, the mother did not fail to report the crime earlier in order to minimize media coverage and hence she is not guilty of delaying to report the crime in order to protect her son.
Although the accused has no history of mental illness, it cannot be ruled out since he could have a mental illness that has not yet been diagnosed and that is the purpose of the Court ordered psychiatric assessment.
I attempted to answer Willow's post who said "The family was minimal coverage on this." She goes on to say "Obviously that's how he got away with it for so long". I must have misunderstood her point.
No, you understood it correctly. It was a month until the mother reported it to the authorities, right? And she wanted "minimal" media coverage, right?
I find that to be weird.
The boy, who was 17 at the time of the June 2009 attack and can’t be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in exchange for a promise from justice officials to not seek an adult penalty against him.
He was sentenced Monday to six years of custody and four years of community supervision...
Court heard how the teen attacked his 49-year-old father with a hammer and a knife following an argument inside their home. The boy, who has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, had suffered extensive physical and emotional abuse at the hands of the victim for many years.