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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy1 |. n$ p% D0 Y2 Z- Q) C5 F7 ^
By: Mike McIntyre 8 w- m' V; ?: R( Z
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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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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+ x. D# j i3 u! Z @9 I( LLi, 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.1 ~& c0 z- \. o- }; g
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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.- P/ a; W) E6 R( l) {
# H" ~; a& e4 LIt 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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+ X6 ]. X$ y8 [8 R& V- Y- NMcLean'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.8 u9 V- c) \7 t* H! |3 g% B8 c C
6 n+ M& s! O% g8 B# u. Y2 d) R"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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4 A: [( G# v* T1 GTim 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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6 z/ v% z: ^/ m2 o+ [8 p: R: oMcLean'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 M% Z+ t7 \4 L, WThey 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# V# n# Z3 F0 k- HA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.* a( q. k& U+ y* }, _& H# M
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