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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
/ O- y' E- e9 f/ H6 d$ YBy: Mike McIntyre
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1 Y7 C/ W N+ w1 L$ v1 SUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT % r2 {7 c3 ?1 ~5 k$ E! X
0 p% r; T) j9 zPrint 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. . ^ g. s3 i: {
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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.8 r( V t a! c9 }, @
& R4 r7 s/ }; M! l8 \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.6 a( y6 S* X' h
8 Y$ \- C3 M- J! h% c# p# zIt 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, [* o/ d1 x! ?
+ l# F! U" N# \3 e2 UMcLean'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.
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6 M3 T8 d2 k' j- ?" f" b |% \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.; ?+ `2 M: r m1 s1 o
8 O* }! Q8 u- u( S( t. x1 aMcLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus.8 v @/ V7 W' P; q9 e
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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.
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+ w/ @% t3 M O WA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.$ J$ _' i" \5 ^" r' c
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