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Text messages may reveal motive for bus murder
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& e+ z+ N7 o- U( y6 w( CWe may have the first hint of a motive for the shocking murder on a Greyhound bus in Manitoba last week.
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Infomation obtained by iNews 880 and the Winnipeg Free Press newspaper suggests an incident involving a woman brought victim Tim McLean and accused killer Vince Li together.
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: l9 V9 n; w% j% gThe information given to us said at the stopover in Brandon, an Asian Guy had been hitting on a girl that Tim knew on the bus and that Tim told him to "lay off".

: b* u& [( ^. b' |! PThe Winnipeg Free Press suggests Vince Li, spent nearly an hour chatting up the victim's female co-worker during their ride through western Manitoba.

5 q: \3 ]& ~$ E2 b& C, O) S# G$ BThe pair seemed friendly but 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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4 d6 f& G2 |! N$ ZChat up -- Talk flirtatiously to, as in Leave it to Charlie to chat up the girls. This usage is mostly but not entirely British. [Late 1800s]
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( Z, o9 E0 a- bHit on -- Make sexual advances to someone, especially unwanted ones, as in You can't go into that bar without being hit on. [Slang; mid-1900s]

7 t0 m$ U+ ^" R/ F# T( G$ tLay off –- 1. Stop doing something, quit, as in Lay off that noise for a minute, so the baby can get to sleep, or She resolved to lay off smoking. [Early 1900s] ;
) z4 U* l- H8 ]2 u9 b          2. Stop bothering or annoying someone, as in Lay off or I'll tell the teacher. [Slang; c. 1900]
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) c! c+ T' s: m1 L. _+ A[ 本帖最后由 卜兆吉尚活 于 2008-8-5 15:11 编辑 ]

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irish

就是说有动机了？可以定一级谋杀。

織紗千影

Thanks for sharing