Man Decapitated By Seat Mate On Bus

Witnesses Say Victim Was Stabbed 40 To 50 Times And Methodically Carved Into Bits

(AP)  A man aboard a Greyhound bus repeatedly stabbed and then decapitated a fellow passenger, witnesses said Thursday.

The man, who was not identified, was arrested for the murder, which occurred Wednesday night aboard a bus traveling from Edmonton, Alberta, to Winnipeg, Manitoba, The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said in a statement.

Authorities also declined to name the victim and provided no other details about the attack.

Passenger Garnet Caton said the victim was stabbed 40 or 50 times by the man sitting next to him. The passenger then allegedly severed the man's head with a large knife and held it up by the door for others to see.

"We heard this bloodcurdling scream and turned around, and the guy was standing up, stabbing this guy repeatedly, like 40 or 50 times," Caton said from a hotel in Brandon, Manitoba, where he and other passengers had been taken to rest.

Caton said the bus stopped and the passengers scrambled to disembark while the suspect allegedly began methodically carving up the man's body.

"When he was attacking him, he was calm ... like he was at the beach," Caton said. "There was no rage or, or anything. He was just like a robot stabbing the guy."

Caton said he, the bus driver and a trucker at the scene re-boarded to see what was happening.

Caton said he saw the suspect had the victim on the floor of the bus and "was cutting his head off and pretty much gutting him."

He said they quickly disembarked and braced themselves against the door to prevent the attacker from leaving while they waited for police to arrive.

"We put our bodies up against the door, waiting for him to come out ... and he went back and brought the head to the front and pretty much displayed it ... and dropped it on the ground in front of us," Caton said.

Fellow passenger Cody Olmstead told Brandon radio station CKLQ that the man "dropped the head and went back and started cutting the body back up."

Greyhound spokeswoman Abby Wambaugh said 37 passengers and one driver were on the bus.

The victim, who Caton said appeared to be about 19, had been on the bus since Edmonton. He said the attacker boarded the bus around Brandon, Manitoba, about 80 miles west of Portage La Prairie.

The suspect had been on the bus for about an hour and didn't even sit near his victim at first.

"He sat in the front at first, everything was normal," Caton said.

"We went to the next stop and he got off and had a smoke with another young lady there. When he got on the bus again, he came to the back near where I was sitting.

"He put his bags in the overhead compartment. He didn't say a word to anybody. He seemed totally normal. About a half an hour later, we heard this bloodcurdling scream."

Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day called it a "horrific" incident, but did not discuss details of the attack, saying he did not want to jeopardize the investigation.

"We want to make sure that the process is followed as aggressively as possible, a full legal process, and the perpetrator is definitely dealt with the full force of the law," he said.

Day called it bizarre and extremely rare.

"The horrific nature of it is probably one-of-a-kind in Canadian history," Day said.

[soloman6]

What happened to the rest of the passengers? they are a bun of cowards. If they acted fast and restrained this murderer, the victim would be saved. People are terrible just stoodby to see someone got killed like this.

[luvcomments]

Was it not possible for all the other passengers to intervene en masse while he began stabbing this poor guy?

[sociald63]

sick bas-**** ... probably forgot to take his risperdal pills :(

[hawksprings]

This has to be the fault of Global Warming or George Bush, because a normal Canadian wouldn''t do this.
Right Erasmus?

[hawksprings]

Oh Nancy, your humor is so cutting!
OK, I''ll take a stab at it:

"What''s that up in the road, a head?"

[libsluv2spit]

liberal canadians would not push to ban ''meat cleavers''...its the meat cleaver i tell ya...

[liberalme]

This has to be the fault of Global Warming or George Bush, because a normal Canadian wouldn''''t do this.
Right Erasmus?

Posted by HawkSprings at 03:19

I would definately say George Bush--he does have a fixation on death--had to have had something to do with this!

[robertstom1]

I can''t believe I''m going to say this because I''m totally opposed to guns and firearms, but this would have been one of those times when a pistol could have come in real handy. Of course, saving this man''s life wouldn''t justify the thousands of deaths from legalizing firearms, but geez someone could have at least taken him out before he "systematically" cut a man up. How slow ARE the police up in Canada for Christ''s Sake?

[hawksprings]

"liberal canadians would not push to ban ''''meat cleavers''''...its the meat cleaver i tell ya..."
Posted by libsluv2spit

I can''t believe Canadians haven''t outlawed knives yet!!
How outrageous.
Of course, when knives are outlawed, only outlaws will have knives.

[do_not_know]

No evidence, and people are already blaming this on something. He was calm the whole time? Cue jack ***ing thompson blaming cs, huh?

[hawksprings]

Free Quebec!!

[petro49l]

The Police should ask the Judge for a full frontal lobotomy of the felon. Crimes like this deserve immediate attention by the Court''s Surgeon.

[do_not_know]

btw, @ robertstom...seriously, banning guns and knives only causes trouble for the responsible people. I mean seriously, do you know how stupid this sounds, "hmm, I have a knife/gun, i think ill go dismember that guy over there" since thats how you think everybody with a weapon thinks.

[hungry1962]

By stabbing the guy 40-50 times and then cutting off his head

Posted by lazareth at 03:28 PM : Jul 31, 2008

That''s all I need to know this was part of a Muslim Jihad.

Come on libs!!! WAKE UP!!!

[soloman6]

nancy_naive. did you remember after the 911? passengers on the airplan transatlantic actually subduded a terrorist on the plan until they landed safely and the guy was arrested. You are such a selfish person. I hope that this world didn''t have a lot of people like you

[redwhtblue2]

Probably found out it was another angry right wing christian like that nut that shot up that church in Tenn last Sunday while the kids were playing.

[summarex]

It really is a shame that no one on that bus was equipped to stop that imbecil. Not even a can of mace!

[hawksprings]

Canadians are so violent.
Especially Manitobans.
I mean, how depressing that you live in a place where the farthest south you can go is... North Dakota!!!

[redwhtblue2]

Man Decapitated On Canadian Bus
Witnesses Say Victim Was Stabbed 40 To 50 Times And Methodically Carved Into Bits

All joking aside this is a serious and henious crime committed on a Greyhound bus with other people on board. What a freak this guy is, why can''t the media give out any information on the suspect. Horrible for the victim his family and friends to die like this. This world is full of crazies.

[hawksprings]

"All joking aside this is a serious and henious crime committed on a Greyhound bus with other people on board."
Posted by redwhtblue2

You''re right... we should cut it off, I mean, out.

[rednek1947]

*** George Bush...*** the Candians too.

[obama441]

was the attacker a friggin "American"?

[libsluv2spit]

I can''''t believe Canadians haven''''t outlawed knives yet!!
How outrageous.
Of course, when knives are outlawed, only outlaws will have knives.


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Posted by HawkSprings at 03:29 PM : Jul 31, 2008
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nah it means outlaws would start using ''forks''..

then they will ban forks then outlaws would start using something else..but rest assure that will that liberal enligthenment, they will figure this out..humm..isnt there a law about outlaws and what to do with them??

[obama441]

DaVicar2 would you be surprised? idiot?

[cheetah-man7]

Wow... yet another whack job running around the planet with a Rambo knife. I think this guy must have been practicing to become a Muslim Jihadist or something. Lock him up forever and throw away the key!

[deceler8]

The guy next to him probably had rampant, mutant B.O.

Poor schmuck will probably end up in the cargo compartment for the return leg.

[michtop]

His punishment should be cutting off the head between his legs,shoving that in his mouth then having his throat slit. During this whole time have 20 or 30 people urinating on him.

[stn_sage]

CBS is probably suppressing the information that this guy was some rightwing, evangelical Christian nutjob!

THAT, would account for the rage in this guy!

If this would have been Florida, Texas, or Georgia, two or three passengers could have pulled out their Glocks and ended this miserable b@stards'' murderous life!

[hawksprings]

I can''''''''t believe Canadians haven''''''''t outlawed knives yet!!
How outrageous.
Of course, when knives are outlawed, only outlaws will have knives.
Posted by HawkSprings

Nah, it means outlaws would start using ''''forks''''..
Posted by libsluv2spit

No, they will use Sporks.

[obama441]

CANADIANS you better deport all friggin Americans out of your country!!

[darnedsocks]

MUSLIMS?

[libsluv2spit]

GREAT IDEA! Lets make it illegal for people to commit crime...that way if they do commit a crime, we can arrest them, and put them in . . .
. . . what?
. . . huh?

. . . never mind


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Posted by DaVicar2 at 04:17 PM : Jul 31, 2008
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dont give a liberal any idea..they might not make it illegal but I AM SURE they would make it legal instead.

ahhh a henious act like this?? well we can either have a liberal adopt a meat cleaver murderer...or..we can lock up a person who just dicapitated a person with a meat cleaver in hope that in the future he might recover and be a nice good citizen again..(whats a few thousand dollars a year, liberals has a lot of money..) or we can just hummm simply rid of society of this meat cleaver killing person and put a .5 cent bullet between his eyes. (hey I am sure I can find a volunteer..no pay..even would provide gun and ammo)

[obama441]

AMERICAN?

[darnedsocks]

THE ATTACKER MUST HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT SOMETHING SOMEONE DOES THE FOR THE FIRST TIME.

[obama441]

darnedsocks ok dr Phil go back to your show now

[libsluv2spit]

AMERICAN?


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Posted by obama441 at 04:25 PM : Jul 31, 2008
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an american in canada?? must be one of those anti-american liberal..maybe he was just trying to go home so he can vote for obama.

[deceler8]

It was the $15 he paid for a pack of smokes that put him over the edge.

[obama441]

an american in canada?? must be one of those anti-american liberal..maybe he was just trying to go home so he can vote for obama. Posted by libsluv2spit at 04:29 PM : Jul 31, 2008
ther is a bunch of "AMERICAN COWARDS" hiding in Canada,

[unclesamurai]

This is a murder. Yes?
Prayers to the victim''s family first.

OK...now back to you heathens arguing about religion and politics...
Unclesamurai

[unclesamurai]

This is a murder. Yes?
Prayers to the victim''s family first.

OK...now back to you heathens arguing about religion and politics...
Unclesamurai

[unclesamurai]

This is a murder. Yes?
Prayers to the victim''s family first.

OK...now back to you heathens arguing about religion and politics...


Unclesamurai

[sylvenger]

I''m not sure what disturbs me most, reading about this poor boys horrific death or reading all the callous remarks posted by you soulless monkeys.

[kaylag04]

Folks who''ve "ridden the dog" in the last 10 years all know that ya gotta carry a gun. It''s a little aluminum tube of stink and crime. Greyhounds motto should be, "If You Don''t Have a Bad Part of Town, We''ll Build It For You!"

[txlakeside]

I just love the brave online idiots who show exactly how intelligent they really are! Folks like you guarantee a Dem victory in November because smart and caring Americans have mor concern than you obviously do.

It is a shame that so many of you came from redneck backwoods families.

[morganbarber]

When violence erupts unexpectedly, its hard for some people to keep a cool head.

[sistatee-2009]

This is pretty common on Canadian Greyhound buses. On the back of the ticket it says, "Not responsible for decapitated passengers."

[stn_sage]

FarRemoved:

THE ATTACKER MUST HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT SOMETHING SOMEONE DOES THE FOR THE FIRST TIME.

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That''''s the funniest thing I''''ve heard in months.......LOL Right up there with "Who''''s on first" or George Carlin''''s weather forcast from long ago!!
Posted by FarRemoved at 04:30 PM : Jul 31, 2008
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darnedsocks is alluding to the cold-blooded manner in which the murderer attacked and killed. It would suggest someone who has done it BEFORE!

He/she was''t suggesting this guy goes around doing this often or infrequently in such an open manner on buses in public etcetera! OK? :)

[Diamonddavej]

I was thinking the perpetrator might have, might have, been sleepwalking when he did it, dreaming of cutting up a deer "There was no rage or, or anything. He was just like a robot stabbing the guy."

Sleepwalking people have driven cars, cooked and in one case in the UK ... a court accepted that a sleepwalking husband strangled and battered his beloved wife and therefore he was innocent. But then I read on another website (is this reliable?), that he waved the head out the window taunting the cops.

I have difficulty accepting this is Schizophrenia, he had a smoke with a fellow passenger, so we infer that he chatted and appeared sane beforehand, but a severely psychotic Schizophrenic can''t even form sentences. This is revolting, inexplicable and bazaar.

[wellhell3]

Good Gawdddddddd...

[stn_sage]

I am curious what the attackers'' nationality is?!

If he was American, border security on the Canadian side will now become UNBEARABLE!

If Canadian, not as much a problem for Canadian authorities. Violence and crime is more than twice what it is America, even though the population is a lot smaller! Which means---

If you''re an American, and you go to Canada to visit,
you better check your ''smart mouth'' at the border!
Especially, if you tend to be really unlucky! Lest
you end up with Canuck the Beheader! :)