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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
; R7 X" o* U' Q+ Q" o0 fBy: Mike McIntyre $ t* h6 p% h+ {' f0 l
' l$ J# F) @& v8 ]# n5 g4 J5 [Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT / `3 A0 q" ]7 L- N7 k! e8 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.
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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.0 D. ]$ m. A8 Q; m7 A
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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.
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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.' b! ^. [1 C: \: L3 F1 T) m8 @
+ p) Y0 w! e9 I: s, l! h, bMcLean'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.% Y% X% N6 D9 j k& z5 E. _
" T" X' ~' q! X# Q, E- A3 h4 E3 i"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.; g+ q( E, ~5 u7 }0 ~, k
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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.
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- S$ X3 I% D4 S7 qMcLean'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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4 ?6 ?, L& {6 H" G8 sThey only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.
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1 [3 \0 B( O; @A call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.3 r5 Z. z) ^5 i( j! v
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