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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
9 f/ P4 V6 m% C2 w( t) _By: Mike McIntyre ( z- v7 W3 m1 v! [/ a9 I) x
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT ' D' h8 f+ E. S9 `+ m' N
2 f. J; E6 I- {6 W O3 T! h" \1 mPrint 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.
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) v" `% q! @( ]; `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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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.6 r: Y1 z) h; q
7 s# }4 G U2 a9 g) IIt 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.0 N: k& p2 n! Y8 r8 q0 X% J
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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." Y" |4 @) @1 ?5 {
( \5 T, s: z4 g2 u1 G2 P* t4 WMcLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus.' T+ ~; G% E: E
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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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+ Z( ]7 g" Q h. }- z7 B! i( y. BA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.! o s# Z9 n4 j* `7 |5 ]' c
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