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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
) S, L! ?/ X2 Y) L" m) OBy: Mike McIntyre
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, Y( e5 y9 g8 a7 I7 qUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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& |' k% t8 b1 W1 C* APrint 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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$ A* |0 r% y; Q! l( u6 TLi, 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.- F& \; B5 A! j& r5 a/ @9 B
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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.4 F0 C& S9 r0 l6 t
4 \9 w H9 @: m2 t4 }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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"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." B& {3 X0 T4 J4 {
, g6 @% q( `; ^# y3 w; U5 U; CMcLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus.: o' k+ Z2 f7 n. N' x
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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.6 [, i% t' Q6 X) B: f6 i: N( r
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A call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.7 }0 @+ w! A/ k0 g" ]: S
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