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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
( M% W- S* m4 u) |% i9 q6 i6 j! lBy: Mike McIntyre / R2 k* f% f. D) e& U
; _4 W/ q, u0 C' A- YUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT ( y; k9 Z) S R4 U8 D. z" ]
: H7 Z7 p9 M2 C& B- w+ T/ qPrint 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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! ]: k6 q+ {8 \( uLi, 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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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.! A& P3 o/ g4 C; H: H- _
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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.& l9 R: }' v9 [; o0 T0 M9 h/ t
3 n( {; O7 I I3 J0 M- b: {"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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; A. }$ `. Z9 {% d$ y LTim 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.9 _: c$ a1 D) F! X
; T& W$ B* {7 Q5 F7 v o: l) \$ L4 uThey only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.3 x* L. |$ A' D& M9 {3 }
4 [2 w- V0 n& ^& T5 K* @- OA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.- \' R; `$ X3 u& I" q- @
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