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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
) c4 x S3 k9 O7 F. LBy: Mike McIntyre
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT / C3 N. @7 `" U2 s$ O
' P, D. J4 {8 k 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.
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$ R5 F! g. R [( r1 n6 oLi, 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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* m& J1 v7 a' ?: m9 `: o5 TAs 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.0 ^( W7 j' d) r8 ^" Q& n" l- _! s
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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.% _, S, | S6 J1 {% `2 p
6 x: d$ x, V* n9 S; W8 |6 n9 M$ [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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" v3 d) \2 E! r5 z8 `"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.% R7 W0 w `% | R4 Y, _; D
, M, A" y6 Q! c2 o/ g k4 iTim 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.& U. q t v* X5 f
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McLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus.% \. x% C+ ^ e# j& j& s: y
! e6 T( V7 E# H4 E4 O, d( ?They only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.0 o( L3 ]% P9 U3 T
! d, S! p& N: q jA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.
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