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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
c! j% G8 j6 z& r5 d8 HBy: Mike McIntyre
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/ ^, E2 ]6 g& M. k1 ^Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT ( _% Y9 T5 c& f5 ?, O
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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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8 J* b0 j8 [$ FLi, 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.' L5 T/ M1 n' }' p& _$ N* N
- d) ^/ N4 F8 A- UAs 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.& Z* I5 n* L$ E3 a$ ]- R! S
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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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: T: Y( z+ O; j0 R" g+ L; b( AMcLean'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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D! r2 J: u9 k! w7 M3 Y6 C9 l5 i- \# 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.0 k& h0 b3 N6 Q& {
7 n; n6 x6 w/ \( l# O' `) J/ i( 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.
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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.
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2 h& \3 Y9 F) t d- _0 `9 nThey only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.) t0 F0 f. X' t3 |. Y, _* w, [
z5 ~0 x# J3 | C, |/ bA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.. ?) m2 Y4 L/ N# l* y h
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