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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
7 s2 b2 R# d" k! zBy: Mike McIntyre . ^2 n/ _ l# Y- L
1 c' G! Q: }( v8 r* F/ W* c) KUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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/ L0 ] d8 e$ I# T/ G8 uPrint 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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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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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. S0 ^/ b# T" u7 }& T
* _8 {' d+ u( O8 B! e+ EIt 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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% S: I) A, P$ o3 c( ?! F9 EMcLean'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.* }7 E- p' s6 k8 @
( |3 U: r2 f s"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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8 ^0 ]9 b/ G& ^. x! x: pTim 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.7 p! E$ V* `# l7 [7 a. h2 D
* f% G9 R" ~ L2 dMcLean'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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- C9 s; G5 k; @( L# I* G% r( rThey only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.+ l4 B8 x3 v" m! C9 a# Q
" `& L% w/ l# M# mA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.
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