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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy' }6 ?( ?9 O- _; q! U: {
By: Mike McIntyre
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$ H( a. n, _8 h2 nUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT : B! f+ t/ @0 w G: ?( H4 J, C
7 l, W( _9 V* g) P+ r1 _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. 1 u) q4 |/ B- W' @- Y
* _5 ~, Y) N/ e' T4 \1 ULi, 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.
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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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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.
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3 P* L/ O, z- C$ T2 e0 ]) q"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.# ]5 ?1 W; U* {* F/ e
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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.' b& t' z/ ]8 ?6 U
: e7 K1 n" `! J# X" J0 OMcLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus.& w3 |2 p5 v' a& m% V
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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.% @) D# F6 P2 S0 [$ L
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A call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.( M+ G8 R) P; u! \
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