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Text messages may reveal motive for bus murder
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2 R3 {! |) }! A+ i6 B, m+ J2 m" _We may have the first hint of a motive for the shocking murder on a Greyhound bus in Manitoba last week.
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  u6 ]1 {0 c: L8 O' t" zInfomation obtained by iNews 880 and the Winnipeg Free Press newspaper suggests an incident involving a woman brought victim Tim McLean and accused killer Vince Li together.

" _' k- m9 |- }$ T! n  }! EThe information given to us said at the stopover in Brandon, an Asian Guy had been hitting on a girl that Tim knew on the bus and that Tim told him to "lay off".

0 w0 A' F6 z( d$ ]  fThe Winnipeg Free Press suggests Vince Li, spent nearly an hour chatting up the victim's female co-worker during their ride through western Manitoba.

* d% |4 @, d& t1 Q. W3 y8 fThe pair seemed friendly but as the bus resumed its ill-fated journey towards Winnipeg, Li suddenly moved to the back of the bus and sat down beside McLean, who was listening to his headphones and apparently asleep.

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$ l. a/ }( c3 ]/ p6 Q6 T" _Chat up -- Talk flirtatiously to, as in Leave it to Charlie to chat up the girls. This usage is mostly but not entirely British. [Late 1800s]
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5 H! F) }2 Y8 _7 H7 p4 h  M! Z4 J% ^Hit on -- Make sexual advances to someone, especially unwanted ones, as in You can't go into that bar without being hit on. [Slang; mid-1900s]
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Lay off –- 1. Stop doing something, quit, as in Lay off that noise for a minute, so the baby can get to sleep, or She resolved to lay off smoking. [Early 1900s] ;
          2. Stop bothering or annoying someone, as in Lay off or I'll tell the teacher. [Slang; c. 1900]
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irish

就是说有动机了？可以定一级谋杀。

織紗千影

Thanks for sharing