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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
6 j/ p8 q3 D" ~9 }" gBy: Mike McIntyre
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT ; @7 {" Q5 [) V5 R. U( B! Q" L9 ~% G
* Z7 p5 h7 W O1 W' |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. # `& D: h9 H! j7 F& \1 D: N& o
7 Q3 }6 k" X) U( k: T9 }+ pLi, 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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, J3 s& ~4 d) A r" ~8 j2 K% AAs 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. x' M* u$ @( S, d5 p
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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.8 G9 c) N6 K6 U, N. s6 a" w
E' C/ h! q/ V) G"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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: K8 A+ }5 i) X3 L( f5 I( N/ 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.3 v* ?0 U' C& V+ x
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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.
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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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