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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy. j# A3 v" e' _- J+ c7 i2 L- i# _
By: Mike McIntyre
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT / j; J$ y/ N, c
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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. + e' E/ h/ m8 D" _) E
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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.1 d. t% n% y4 X6 W
, ?# n4 C( a( O- lAs 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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7 k1 V+ o# F! m" D I8 ]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.1 Q3 _- D$ f9 [4 L4 |5 u
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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.% ]: P& J3 v) g0 ^6 Z! h( I* J
: I/ G: h7 z8 R0 NTim 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.$ i: ]5 ?. c: ^" @" d1 B: h
( o6 u+ S2 ?) e* ]1 `McLean'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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! B" D# h7 K5 h0 `$ T1 HThey only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.3 X8 ~9 v2 D) s. ^
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A call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday." C" `0 Y7 p; [ r" [! `& ^$ v
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