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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
! B- y( u, {/ v: u2 yBy: Mike McIntyre
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT % B8 k# v( r1 Q7 P
7 k7 q. ?, h6 F& B' V% u1 [1 v; TPrint 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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- H: r' V2 v) Q5 j tLi, 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.8 v6 o& Q8 |% x/ l
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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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. U" j' [! q4 [1 R, hIt 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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% h9 Q' ^+ r" DMcLean'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.4 j# s- Z0 t& ^' D! P) B: v
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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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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." R, d- l$ @. f$ k
4 W5 H1 ?* p" IMcLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus. a2 N1 s) t+ D* }1 R. b( o; ?4 S
; r& Y4 x7 \' b0 sThey only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.3 {) e, G, Q- ~. F/ y" a' O! Z
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A call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.& N. |0 X7 X9 G3 d( U: }: h
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