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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
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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. ' e5 d/ o+ z h4 L2 C6 x
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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.
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, A, a" h& S6 t( |6 CAs 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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' s* F ^- L- w9 z7 b! @6 s9 u/ JIt 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. N. a6 r; a6 f, Z
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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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& P9 U& }, Y, Q6 Q7 ^"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.0 j8 K4 r! k9 e2 f. a5 _5 N1 l
# W! Y0 o( Q0 z& a/ \+ xMcLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus.$ F& a _+ ]* [) Z$ o& F6 F
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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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0 T+ C7 d# R7 y! dA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.+ ]2 v0 Z X. B+ Q
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