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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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* m# m7 G9 ?& M3 W4 SBy: Mike McIntyre
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Updated: 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.
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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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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./ i4 _2 F7 e9 S1 R6 P
1 {- ?7 s5 d$ n9 {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.; d* M6 ~9 A2 f: F5 U4 S( D. m
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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." ^0 r' E. Q: t5 f! C$ L: N* Q
6 \% U- Z b5 P5 V4 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.
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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.& g; u7 u0 X$ Q1 b% U3 e
% z( s: @2 a. m0 j3 @They only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.) I4 v: @0 G: B H: L7 M6 P" I
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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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