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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy0 ^# d1 E; Y ^* j
By: Mike McIntyre
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' ^6 O" V* i. T$ W& L2 c' mUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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: p: u0 [* L% C7 D6 pPrint 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. : O$ b2 o* v, U- C
( a6 U8 I3 ?. H+ _5 ?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.( V8 H3 v5 x+ [
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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.+ X7 n* `3 M- ^* z8 l5 {
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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.
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W. r4 ?: Y" h- w8 F% @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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"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." P. g4 j( S3 c; e" P' Z" L7 D( Y
2 \" q. h7 O2 B" M* HMcLean'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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" J4 Y1 J- W; s$ i4 r; FThey 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.3 k3 f5 {9 c) Q D9 x! O
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