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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
9 c1 P- w" c4 pBy: Mike McIntyre
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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.
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, {5 N: S$ M+ 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., E" |) K; C1 M* w0 ~3 p/ S' Q
4 R, L6 N; e7 O, V8 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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9 a c9 Q$ J- S. u! v# rIt 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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. o( G8 @, F9 y9 c5 ]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.& ]# J+ \, p" @- \% I
3 h, V4 r8 @0 U" y4 q"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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Tim 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.$ I% T* s! q5 n) t1 H
* U( H$ u, i3 G7 R- h# S3 [4 r 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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A call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday." g7 y2 _5 g/ G/ J4 i! D
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