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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
/ K; P% V) k9 D' ]/ M- XBy: Mike McIntyre
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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( j! ]% X4 N& C# ^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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1 g& n/ [+ s' `* fLi, 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.2 u5 }6 ?5 f' T* T! _" L5 ?% H
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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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" ^3 F! L1 P0 s1 i! IIt 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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" I- d- Q; o& J6 O; Q' @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.& _6 |8 c1 F; v/ j- j( p% d
/ Y* G9 k/ [) J. _9 R* ^, t"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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* i6 S6 x0 K3 w; K; G- [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.- o; G2 E' J5 Z) ^% T4 ]
6 z5 m$ f) o% S! U; dA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.
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