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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
8 T( _: r& H) S9 IBy: Mike McIntyre
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5 G- N: R1 f' lUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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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. + c: j* X9 m/ m
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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.- P- o* g# l" y
8 x1 W) W$ P QAs 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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! \2 G) A8 Q2 v0 }4 b7 b. T$ rIt 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., q `0 _% {7 c0 l( n Q# ?
, V5 ]' p; f R. ~: c"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.' K8 \6 k: F% s! W/ W
+ R9 X u6 z# l0 j% ], {0 ]6 ZMcLean'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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# ]; \/ f) c2 \0 m4 P+ E' EThey only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.0 }8 O: ?' v- |2 I& D j
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A call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday." A3 {- \& |8 X
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