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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy) P' n; K& ~3 _
By: Mike McIntyre y' f5 n0 B0 @" U) M
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT 7 C; n2 i$ }; D; w
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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. 1 l* i" w( t7 B7 O) l
8 f: Q$ D2 r/ H; ]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. K4 K5 F! ?, ?
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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.8 P/ x( c% x2 M1 u" X
1 M# y% n6 Y5 k sIt 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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/ g6 |; A0 F$ Y- L6 M' c2 ~; O. E( bMcLean'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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7 P: Z5 @0 q: K, k4 iTim 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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McLean'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.8 k! [& x. O2 X% d% s m
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A call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.
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