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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
% l1 V& A. T$ U: B, sBy: Mike McIntyre 5 g- J U3 i; L' [4 r! h) h4 e$ U
* c7 G* h. ^. e$ CUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT % Q, a* f% g: ~# N3 d
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Print 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. # s% x% P7 k% {4 H
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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.
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0 ^* J$ {) R7 Y, [$ }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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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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; e, m* l! l6 rMcLean'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.8 ?" R, T$ m0 e+ _# T& b
6 n4 s8 l# f7 r; u2 b"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.
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Tim 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.% {2 W6 M) c& ]" |+ k; y# t( X
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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.7 u9 _0 L- K2 {( r+ W9 u: Z+ H
& i6 u! V( X9 b. N) tThey only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.8 H9 k' u' C2 Z, j5 @( o+ @: g6 x( k
) \1 ?: `. M6 a2 \A call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.. G! p: y* G2 p9 P( k
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