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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
( `5 C7 ^3 J6 R7 y$ ]% o; YBy: Mike McIntyre
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT 1 s* N* \- N/ C! W- k- \3 t# B
7 o6 |( {) u4 x9 b- `5 uPrint 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. ! l' `4 z% P* N% F% z7 D% q- p0 ]
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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.
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# p+ T+ K3 Y- \* VAs 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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" E! o' E |1 Q: ~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.* A* E& v1 B P$ {2 c
; @; G9 |* d! LMcLean'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.% W, o& i* v* j9 l* f0 [: }! g
: {- w5 m* R0 ^! U"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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" O2 T K0 r5 B1 M5 {6 T0 s7 ?! MTim 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.5 L- q) Z; b+ P
" ^- E0 D9 R( BMcLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus.4 U5 A2 X& R! S, H2 v
$ a4 S$ y6 q) vThey 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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