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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy, g D' q f. L1 C
By: Mike McIntyre % s: O/ s5 k5 f# Z7 m
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT : Q! k. E- F- e \5 B3 B
' I# i( i! f) i7 `$ i( x: KPrint 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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, m2 p0 z/ w' S5 mLi, 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.) @1 M# x6 R# @) U, \9 q8 O. }
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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 @) ?0 o) D( e
# d4 F6 I! {* D @6 p' WIt 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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# k3 L9 [$ C# G' j! |1 x; @0 oMcLean'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.9 z3 w% ]7 b! r* y
9 [" o* S% @$ Z9 \/ R: q8 _"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- V7 f9 ^# q" A
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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.: s9 \% F; g. L
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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.: X$ \1 y( v# G* f
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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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