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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy* \( ]' y; D, f$ y! p7 Z/ v
By: Mike McIntyre 7 a2 k8 d+ {& X1 }; e+ j/ m1 i
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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.
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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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3 C; S1 V( s2 `9 s, J8 sAs 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.2 s3 }" k/ O% _6 i l
( G& U) v; J, h& m# ?% u7 pIt 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.& C/ t; z% n8 ^ [ U' R1 u
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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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0 M, a F# V4 Y- D9 \& I$ a"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 [( i5 Q* Z: F 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 k+ A4 L' O3 b7 Z& J
, d1 ?7 o( u5 U$ w% |4 q0 CMcLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus.3 a2 r) Q/ U, Z7 J( m- [/ o$ Q
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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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A call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.( C6 L& ?( A0 H4 ]: Y
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