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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
6 [; F1 E7 e; ^2 Q3 \By: Mike McIntyre
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1 ^; E# c7 [1 D9 `# uUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT , W# B* Q" \4 s' Z: |
& q/ p- t2 q- y$ p8 u0 jPrint 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. & R1 y B7 R" y4 f2 f
7 i) S! z( K) n ]. Y0 V% cLi, 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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, ?9 D" |" J; \4 } e& 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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7 p+ T8 {5 b: `) k9 W* l0 H/ qIt 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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( A9 Q% Z) g, V/ u( S+ [, o. t6 G1 iMcLean'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 `9 a6 F4 X2 K' u8 W
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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.$ j, S* t1 x8 B0 ~
: p% O1 y5 r( l5 S# 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.
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3 Q! h+ B" o' x# t& O% tMcLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus.5 o# v) Q# N4 _3 y
% s( O# i$ ~+ G3 |% c; OThey 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.5 R4 p; f! b. I |
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