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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy$ m2 W' h' W! X m' F) t: \
By: Mike McIntyre
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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6 J; @/ f! n& a" u4 F1 ?1 k1 EPrint 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. 7 h( E) I8 U$ @2 j* q% t
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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.' V! D$ V! e* O' r" U
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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.$ g7 G2 G; I H3 Y
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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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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.: N6 }2 V8 L! n6 K
0 s& a/ Q* `+ B, c% b4 f"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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, M, \, o# P* W* u! n$ w4 dTim 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.2 J: r7 L$ E, i: b1 T6 ?9 j
6 T! g s% x* eMcLean'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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$ B3 ~/ O. ~- `! p8 B' JThey only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.# R E, T5 j6 o$ K3 D
2 u) c3 O) `0 i1 Q* vA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.. D2 u. |! [! z4 _6 A& P5 l1 t0 B9 S
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