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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
5 l. V- B8 H- i+ l( K- ~9 H3 IBy: Mike McIntyre / ^* O# |- E6 m3 F5 G( y. }
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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+ A1 G/ ~+ Y8 e0 w! {1 x0 APrint 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. 8 Q1 L1 l% B& ?
5 x+ o8 ^& P9 Y1 O# v$ a. V: fLi, 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.6 n/ D: f8 @2 z/ c' S6 n0 s1 }5 `8 X
S: T2 X, r- FAs 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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; L; P3 K/ g- h( B8 cIt 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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' H0 }2 B! O- {. t5 qMcLean'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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) l$ C2 u9 ~. k$ @"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.% B0 r) k' J9 ]1 G4 J
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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.
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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.
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3 C, f! \5 y% C6 GThey 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.
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