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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
, i# \, Y9 c* p, f2 ZBy: Mike McIntyre
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( l- U4 e4 z) \! N# Y0 K' \Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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" o) W' b6 k: t. \! O/ \" R* Z; JPrint 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. D& O$ {0 K6 m8 r: I
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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.! e2 l( K+ ~% b- a! G N& ~
7 n- p' B% }: U5 LAs 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.- N, o& I k! s! d$ ]# Y
6 @* }6 `! R/ n" K4 K6 oIt 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.. y- I8 {# f; C" I& B* {; B' r4 G+ N
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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.) I, G, H% M% ]7 @
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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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: y1 g3 y0 z: ^# d# }/ ~, 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.# W4 K1 N% w% {( ~
7 R, s- d6 F0 s5 o3 KMcLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus.- ~% U" j! q/ k8 h9 A) u( X8 b; a4 D
* d f* g5 J1 v5 v4 aThey only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.2 Q9 @! H& E( j# s
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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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