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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy |$ U) G; x2 M5 b: r- X% l/ T
By: Mike McIntyre B+ m! q( i$ R/ J* f7 R
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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. 0 B* g1 ]/ m- i/ u( @! p. h
% l$ X0 S8 k/ L& N. B9 Q7 m, HLi, 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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1 H* [) g d, `: X z% GIt 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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2 i0 B+ R( ?& W# j- S9 ~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.* P. C Y9 O% A# n
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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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0 _' ^1 K' y8 B) kThey only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.& N2 N4 P- Z1 ^& L
$ J; @9 X+ k8 Z+ IA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.
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