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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy7 _- b- `, F5 [ u, ~) g; _
By: Mike McIntyre
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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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.
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! C: D9 Q1 d+ A! f& vLi, 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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1 r! s: }8 X: q9 ]# oAs 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., {0 U' |1 Y* o- f g0 u( h% Z
1 h& S: s) u" P. tIt 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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# g7 I# p% m; b2 X2 vMcLean'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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! v" l" k0 y- u8 `: [8 G, [, s* o"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.; I! X; B+ Z$ z7 u3 z% x8 R
1 q3 `) z8 `" c2 F$ d1 {McLean'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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+ q; w% R9 R5 y/ G2 [3 F EThey only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.! f+ F% _0 i6 O7 z$ @ H
2 v; L. w; E0 b8 I R* r) Q+ H4 s' QA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.6 ]0 r' H m% [
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