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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
5 Q1 q/ c0 L( ]8 I7 E1 ?6 lBy: Mike McIntyre
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5 u/ T3 a- m2 E% h, u# MUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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3 n: v% |, [. t% m5 l6 dPrint 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. 8 S0 {+ M1 Q- Y" p$ ^$ I
- U2 A) M; J6 Q- a& K- VLi, 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.
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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.+ d8 b9 I# c4 D- l2 J; E I1 X
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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. s a1 v; `! X3 b) n3 v
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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.+ P, | h; {6 K+ n5 R" ?
- ? R! b: }' l' JMcLean'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.# v* j( z, B7 g \# a
' ~$ R& O; u" a9 M/ P' Q' q5 oA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.
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