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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy% G2 c: r+ k8 ^7 C. G* b
By: Mike McIntyre # N0 k' g3 T6 q/ h! {0 V
5 h$ k* i5 j3 i* W- \2 CUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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1 t8 _4 M1 i: ]" a% A$ y" y1 `+ C1 qPrint 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. 3 \* Q9 |) M% R- y5 |
6 r$ D8 H8 T! X% l1 b0 }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.6 I3 Q2 C/ q0 e0 K) p
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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.0 w' m" r+ g" d$ h9 b
* `- S" N- s+ Z6 g/ F5 B9 N SIt 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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6 _* \. r& }$ c/ Y' v' k! e: z3 x! D" _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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" u4 V; W- R) l/ K; n" r, `/ x"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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Tim 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.% |, N' ~! i, {8 j
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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./ s4 S" i1 U) Y1 m: O
: \* _ @) k+ n9 g2 T" {* ~" iThey 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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