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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy' u; _5 E9 u$ @/ A. V; C1 g
By: Mike McIntyre 9 L( N- ]2 D2 v7 F
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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6 d+ h& r* n; OPrint 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. $ }) r* H, k/ e; O3 _9 L% L+ _
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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.5 z7 c' c. t/ g' a- T) r5 Q! [, ^
5 s0 k8 G: z* w# L F1 [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.0 N5 [1 Y0 `( D+ _, 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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% }9 ^3 {$ ^; v( sMcLean'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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"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.$ Q/ m$ L) y: ^2 k
+ a+ T _3 [& c3 A8 { ~: oTim 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.* K1 G/ Z! L& N V& C) s1 t
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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.9 a1 o! o2 M4 ]% G5 g
S2 x: N; O/ b8 F, i: aThey only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.& @# n1 o, b8 t4 w- r
1 o5 |% s3 Q; u8 IA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.
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