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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
/ E" S) K9 Z, V& s8 J9 jBy: Mike McIntyre ( J# s4 p# w2 `- N) k8 I
6 O2 L! A6 A8 M) QUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT $ v5 ?, Y: x' N; L% C
2 t9 S& D0 t' x# rPrint 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. 6 M: s2 c- K" Z/ B S& z' Y( A
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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.+ Y5 G/ R' ?# e9 y; t- ~! `
& c }# V0 z F& [* i. J) [It 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., U+ l. g/ u6 _8 n c# {
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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.1 x8 R; J( s! d. G; W: r0 C
3 t* c% i! f; l. R8 Z" k2 i) j/ ["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.- h+ n9 Q8 z' n
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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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They only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.( z5 E/ N8 [' H" e& l5 s% S. i' B2 W" F
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A call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.$ D) z9 K% S% p
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