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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
`: t" k; B6 D' z+ Y3 @+ uBy: Mike McIntyre 7 w2 E1 w. g* q' @
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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. 2 K0 p, ]+ }, z7 _& P- C, S
8 V% [6 Z% o. S9 VLi, 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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" z( X- `9 g7 B; }7 ^6 cAs 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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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.( A: Y, d1 z8 j, `
" B* Q9 P3 l" [4 [1 |1 f"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.5 s; l0 `0 t' k' X5 s
7 r* w- e/ J+ n) r9 ~4 QTim 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.
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5 Q3 Y& t5 ~6 C+ W$ _/ EA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday./ V) n$ ?3 N' B( K5 y
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