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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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By: Mike McIntyre . s' L8 F2 \; s/ W
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: ]* V# [: M2 L9 Q" k. M7 l( j6 \6 N7 ?8 _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.' Q0 P G+ @- Z: C
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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.8 F4 D/ s; {2 @& x N
# e K8 E% _; d zIt 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.& N. S7 e: `3 f' {1 f1 s* d6 {
; f+ }9 [7 a+ @- s"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.7 m- s0 U" ^% u. C; k- y. @
/ v+ d; s+ ?2 W) G* K! T8 }Tim 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.
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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./ L% `; q7 K. A; Q( H; u
; ?3 P# R/ i5 MA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.
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