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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
' g6 g8 z& `& |4 Q+ yBy: Mike McIntyre
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT ; W% v* W& u0 y! @
& S, c# `5 H% C' F5 EPrint Article E-mail Article ShareThisThe seeds for Tim McLean's brutal murder on board a Greyhound bus last week may have been planted when the accused killer, Vince Li, spent nearly an hour chatting up the victim's female co-worker during their ride through western Manitoba, the Free Press has learned. % u# S3 k' i9 P/ I% R0 Y
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Li, 40, took a seat at the front of the bus beside the woman after getting on board in Brandon. The pair chatted and were even seen smoking cigarettes together during a rest stop.6 c; h- L) g0 ]. x% L& A
, k# L* m# b: Q1 s: D# @' TAs 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.8 u$ {; J5 |1 A7 \( X
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It was just moments later that Li allegedly began stabbing McLean repeatedly with a large hunting knife, eventually severing his head, defiling his body and holding police at bay for a couple of hours after passengers scrambled off the bus.
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7 y1 U2 i! }% h# tMcLean's family and friends don't believe Li's change-of-seating was a coincidence. And they question why he was charged with second-degree murder and not first-degree murder, which indicates planning and premeditation.
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9 W. U! T2 n/ U"I have this unbelievably strong feeling that him sitting beside Stacy had something to do with this," McLean's former girlfriend, Alexandra Storey, told the Free Press in an exclusive interview Monday.; L8 C: v0 i8 _8 E! B
* g8 O$ t; Z4 p% Y. g" y) `( tTim and Stacy had become friends while working together at various western Canadian fairs through North American Midway Entertainment. They were travelling together to Winnipeg -- although seated separately in different areas of the bus -- and had planned to meet up with a mutual friend in the city before all heading back out to British Columbia.4 G6 C1 b" \$ @/ Q) E$ b( [
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McLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus.
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! S8 P, S' ]4 C9 HThey only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.- b$ p2 r' y g: p
3 M, k: V; U; O, B7 @1 Y! d: V3 p. y" CA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.
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