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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
# W8 ?, B b5 P6 r! o. W+ vBy: Mike McIntyre
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( |1 m2 H0 Z( ~1 N- d: w0 GUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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b. ~( z; ^6 O8 x' \; E: ZPrint 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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/ T" a) ^3 `1 O1 m- n5 P+ iLi, 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.
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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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- t0 k1 I F1 [ J1 q$ ~4 C V9 |% W0 b9 ?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.) k- E+ ], l# A1 E0 R- n
' y, Y' n: Y- n# i# g6 |"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.4 ~6 N2 a- A7 H% b: E& x
. O. N8 }/ q3 d3 M/ uTim 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.: T2 v# p2 V9 k2 ^8 \3 [
+ w4 K4 {. `/ ]McLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus.% z: d+ H3 p% l; ^' V, a# v3 j7 a
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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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A call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.- c8 I4 [% c# x6 R* d
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