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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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By: Mike McIntyre
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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. d% S6 i3 q& d$ ^' Q% 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.
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* q+ B" F. P+ Q" u! }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.7 W! X6 f/ G% |& d! i
4 t7 C" m# A( }0 _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.- V, |. F, ?0 _) R. P
1 L9 B2 @# X% L J1 p+ jIt 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./ N% w8 N+ O4 x5 N( h8 H' \1 ?2 w9 m
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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.
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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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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 b; f$ I6 C4 u
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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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1 d6 v0 {5 i g5 S' G$ ?& Y5 T- I- MThey only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.
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( E6 }9 Q1 U6 S: ?* t, tA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.
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