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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
# l) Y8 Y4 ^( j r6 [- \2 vBy: Mike McIntyre 7 t8 [( \9 a2 F
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT " p) T, J% I: {$ D- |
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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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- v% p/ K2 D* ]" K4 [* z, B- JLi, 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.& n! x6 l! T2 R- e( f& M
9 P) v( j) j2 h9 RAs 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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) i! q! ^% L, ~2 \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.# f; d* t6 Q: a& S. N' N( {
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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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' V( {: T4 V" ~/ i# b! a% B"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. `2 Z6 E% q$ T
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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.; J; T2 d" O) a( w+ K9 R
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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.4 Y( a2 j! ` {# R7 w% a
, c) s6 J* O: R( g# OA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.
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