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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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0 c3 J, g% E; s" E6 C9 M0 DBy: Mike McIntyre
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0 m* E" H2 D5 |3 aUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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" I$ B h. b6 p- fPrint 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.; G' M! z# L3 C" n( q
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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.( P/ V3 [7 }0 a( {
/ S- H) z& e& v4 h: EMcLean'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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7 ?- m# e, w$ j/ N"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.- S0 h2 J) V1 t& d% p0 Z: s! X r0 {5 ]
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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.5 T9 U# c' H' l' }# M+ w Q
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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.6 m5 l: Q8 `' Z. D0 A1 l
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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." s& D) V* a& x% O5 w+ g
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