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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy) ]4 {& Q9 k5 G' O9 L. m) v0 y6 f
By: Mike McIntyre 5 k4 J( s2 b L+ H
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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6 d; I5 p4 y, j) t( |* I6 yPrint 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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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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. D- m0 [ {/ S0 t2 A7 }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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3 t( g" @1 o# d- qIt 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./ R: T7 H l, n) R4 q1 d
9 U6 B$ `+ z, i! x8 S* T) j2 j# q: @' gMcLean'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.& t& d/ g0 F" b# x# W7 {- G$ H
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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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, {: P5 u$ e9 RTim 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. t8 _7 i0 h% P3 E# K' y. w
X. L H, Y9 K/ DMcLean'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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: X* d$ N+ X8 c4 e5 \. P# @+ B/ xThey only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.% v Q; [" [9 e: P' z7 c" h2 L
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A call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.% x u5 W! l2 l" B y3 U8 P
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