The mother of a young man who was beheaded on a Greyhound Bus in 2008 says fighting to keep the man who killed her son off the streets has put her family in financial hardship.
Vince Li was found not criminally responsible for killing Carol de Delley's son, Tim McLean.
Li had been at the Selkirk Mental Health Centre, but recently officials announced he would be released to a high-security group home in Winnipeg because he has responded well to treatment.
De Delley has objected to that and told a rally two weeks ago that she's concerned about walking downtown with Li being free.
De Delley now says her fight to keep Li locked up has meant she missed out on income and career growth and incurred more debt.
Some members of her extended family have set up a GoFundMe page for de Delley and her husband, Tim Sr., to help offset their costs.
"We are pretty much at the end of our resources," she told CTV Winnipeg on Monday. "We've survived everything else but at the end of the day, we have nothing for our retirement. If my husband lost his job tomorrow, I don't know where we'd be next month."
She said she has found work at night as a house cleaner, but soon has to stop to care for her grandchildren.
"Five months after Timothy was murdered, a grandchild was born," she said. "And we are positive that this is Timothy's child."
McLean's great-uncle Dave Melcosky, said he hopes sharing de Delley's story will show Canadians the financial cost of a terrible crime.
"We just thought it was a great way to help them try and recoup some of the dollars that they haven't earned or have expended on other things which pertain to this event," he said.
Doctors and members of the Manitoba Schizophrenia Society have said there is no cause for people to fear Li.
They say there are ways to make sure he carries through with his treatment, including using long-acting injection medications and having social workers or nurses trained to monitor medication checking every day.
Psychiatrist Michael Eleff has said even if a patient stops taking his or her medication, relapses can take months to occur.
"There is time to address it,'' said Eleff. "People don't seem to understand that.''
(CTV Winnipeg)
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