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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
9 _* \3 V& z/ m( ]4 y6 {. ]3 T; E/ rBy: Mike McIntyre 1 {) t. k T$ N! ]
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT / ` u$ \/ i6 Q1 O! [$ H
7 t7 B4 J2 [6 G wPrint 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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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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$ w" W/ O3 T- A7 I5 x8 R: s1 E1 Z( TAs 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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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.* J9 q6 I+ w( r: T4 U/ u- {: W3 S
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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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2 F7 y" _' F6 \9 ~/ d"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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/ |# x. ~/ X. X9 P5 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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& N; N6 I; e) F/ V* s5 ~; JMcLean'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.
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& V* l/ I+ p1 ^3 vA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.: b! j' n* k5 ?3 a% I, i8 m, H, v0 p
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