Friend of Canadian Bus Killer ~ "He was definitely schizophrenic, probably paranoid schizophrenic."

The profile of Vince Weiguang Li however, is starting to come out. The forty year old was in Edmonton, having arrived in Canada from China four years ago. People who knew Li, in Winnipeg where he used to live are reporting to the Winnipeg Free Press, "Yet those who got to know Vince Weiguang Li well soon recognized that beneath his friendly, polite exterior lurked something very troubling.

"He was kind of a lost soul. It was as if he was always looking for something," a member of a Winnipeg family which befriended Li -- even having him over for Christmas dinner two years ago -- told the Free Press Saturday in an exclusive interview". (Link to Winnipeg Free Press article)

The Free Press interview points to Li as a troubled individual, who refused, apparently to seek any form of treatment. "They say Li was clearly battling mental illness, but refused repeated offers to see a doctor and get help.

" 'I think, in their culture, (the issue of mental illness) is kind of frowned upon,' the woman said. She works in the mental health field and said it was obvious Li was struggling.

" 'He was definitely schizophrenic, probably paranoid schizophrenic,' she said. 'He needed help but he just wouldn't get it'."