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Friend fears woman influenced killer
7 M6 [* u, d( N- G- SVictim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
- D: W2 g' M `7 K- MBy: Mike McIntyre
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1 A1 A! s) R8 A3 d9 ~8 F$ nUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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/ V4 P( L- S' F7 s$ |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.% M) `1 b6 {- l
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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.
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5 d9 N4 O5 M! K1 lMcLean'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.1 c1 g$ W" X. S" |0 G
7 Y" f6 X8 \4 G0 F* f+ [0 uMcLean'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.7 N: \ ~5 n+ }; I
/ I( I1 e6 U' S3 n+ j$ g! CA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.
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