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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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( p+ z4 t% @2 w4 T7 zBy: Mike McIntyre 5 I& C" m! O% u7 j6 N; g4 S
4 f' _9 M. X# B" d3 ^1 P& hUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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, d. e) ~% S/ H6 M- c( _& s0 Y7 \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. ) r: g5 v' l+ o& q$ ?
" U* w; f2 }1 o2 N0 ^$ L' X1 M- Z( N1 ?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.. u% P, [4 l4 ]# A- X2 R
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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.
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n; p7 p6 C- v1 I5 ]1 Y" XMcLean'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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- a, q2 L* x1 G+ w. A( fTim 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.4 n9 q4 O3 U* ^4 W" F
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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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3 \2 x* s! V2 m9 S$ W1 i3 @They only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police./ t8 F: T7 @/ d. {& x
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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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