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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy" W0 I: K& m/ ?! k. l4 a. @- a
By: Mike McIntyre 8 c/ P; w6 v' X$ G1 H6 Y
6 Z" {& @4 I3 i' s3 SUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT . u, a: @$ x; n9 Y
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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. 0 ^: z7 @( f5 i7 i
$ V7 y; a+ n. u7 K+ z" ^& ~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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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.( B% T& C$ i% D" G/ j& m
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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.
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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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, R7 V7 s5 I& N" 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.& `# ~9 u8 I: a3 M* t
% M& `5 T3 n( nMcLean'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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2 c' b; N' g( Z8 J' 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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2 l$ H2 I+ j; l D2 c, iA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.
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