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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
( `6 {0 b' v: M& gBy: Mike McIntyre
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$ b# I& h: W* R$ L9 b& eUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT 3 L! \3 z. G r2 o- [
6 S( F, o& L4 e7 _7 ? }: l. @: VPrint 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. 5 B( @; A w) g% G
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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.3 O- A5 c! j: Z* Y9 J, p, d% t1 M2 R
, W, z' }; T; O( CAs 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.$ `, X5 H; C$ b
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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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McLean'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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"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.5 r+ N: Z" d# @! y7 s& t' Z4 T' s- Z, I
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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.4 e. U+ v$ L! H0 X6 a% K9 w3 f
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They only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.
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A call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.
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