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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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By: Mike McIntyre + f* b; v7 i- K9 U
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT 5 C4 A0 k8 @) v
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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! i8 L l0 v4 ?+ n. r8 ^$ d" J
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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.; F% F, o- v7 |
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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.
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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.) T& `& w) S4 l( T6 w! e
+ p2 P$ {' p1 ?8 f2 Q0 x4 L7 j& 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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; |' v$ R! j5 U' X' z7 o. p& y"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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2 s2 i, W( v- X% J' f, WTim 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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* m/ i( w6 f- |2 Y& SMcLean'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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They only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.% p9 V, B* `3 w; p! D
) |, o0 H& P' j) eA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.
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