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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
* S* v! o, e9 z& ]2 S- a, zBy: Mike McIntyre
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7 E! e2 @! p( {, C, JUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT & X" i/ \ G- D
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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. " o) n- x+ n" 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.- A/ _$ R7 I8 @6 d- V
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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.% s0 U& J: d% A6 y+ o" R
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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.* W5 f1 f4 D! F+ y1 R2 _0 Q K' m( g- i- E
# E( }* I5 o0 ]7 lMcLean'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. F3 D$ R& a) [1 v/ T# N' a
/ B9 j, t3 `5 F# J"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.* B d9 M& h6 S6 W
% v/ |7 ~* e# c* B$ {2 b8 oTim 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.
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0 A' P& T3 `2 N1 vMcLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus.# v5 l1 \4 A; d T. z" Y' u$ Q
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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.
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