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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
& X" z" b- r: m; JBy: Mike McIntyre 7 |$ D9 @0 ~4 B' x; a
1 A# O. [5 h; C% hUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT 8 E3 V& @* ^3 _/ q7 D/ d- h
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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. 6 l+ D N% u/ K6 o1 X q# D
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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.
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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.5 ^6 K8 K2 ?+ @9 T* X: R
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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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- B; \# J7 Q8 c& K2 b- f ]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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/ n4 \6 J: ^; i/ E9 y1 @3 u5 Z"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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/ ]1 W! t K' L- o) t a! V6 uTim 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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; a' F4 j* E/ n- M/ [McLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus. n+ ]6 g6 O4 v j" `
& t& C H# ^4 j3 g- AThey only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.9 j S" B5 F& Q2 d |, `
1 V3 }+ U* q7 p2 L2 BA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday., j7 H- Q, n0 q7 W6 O
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