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Friend fears woman influenced killer
$ k, W* \' I; E6 k! h$ hVictim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
1 J: n, n' C' M: bBy: Mike McIntyre
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/ h# g* h/ r: w1 Y: }* z# _6 uUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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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. , h% [* P# ]: d- h
3 }) {) L. a( H. l9 \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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3 q# S0 |: Z' E( XAs 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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, [/ B; n+ R6 w1 g0 W1 s, W' s* EIt 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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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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"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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; h- e. i3 q3 Q# Z3 uTim 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., K' W( B" S, e
4 Y6 G1 ~: m! S9 L/ ?8 kMcLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus.! l! R3 ?; ^8 A) f
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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.
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A call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.: d2 y" l$ q+ z: H- W
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