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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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6 O& j6 f+ v, X8 |0 CBy: Mike McIntyre
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT : C6 k! ?: `3 ^: ?8 }
* _ m# k/ x& y6 k2 D7 JPrint 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. $ a) e8 N7 e& |- v( W8 u: l
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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.
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' {: s" H: w a' u" o' 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., `/ p& D; B K
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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.6 D% h+ {% D) F _! w7 a
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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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- X2 Z4 F" m" K2 zTim 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.' z# T" C+ m, u2 K
* @% `3 r9 X3 FMcLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus.5 B% O- p3 u, j6 ^ G
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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.' u5 {+ i. C4 u. C1 Y |
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