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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy2 v' a7 V! q3 P& H. U2 {% z3 V
By: Mike McIntyre " A! O* [3 Q6 {8 ]: p2 q' ]. ?
) V- e! O; b1 hUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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( e8 n9 n8 q' `; U( e# t% M; B; D& ]/ sPrint 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. & ~3 {( Y; ^# }7 P# `; o
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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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, \+ m$ [6 F" _) Q7 xAs 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./ j5 [8 A% u4 { W- t1 A; y
( F7 l$ Z% D9 Q9 o9 dIt 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.; | H1 I! p7 [3 J: T. u+ v* p1 S
5 F8 {+ G) G# ^7 J" ^' h: S' 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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$ k) u& G9 @' Q9 f/ H6 S) @; WTim 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.5 o2 [- m0 o6 m8 M7 }" i; F
F( d! A- y6 o* N% v" BMcLean'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.
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A call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.# |# y( S" ?; b Z S4 ~5 p8 Z2 [
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