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Friend fears woman influenced killer7 f) a' p# [$ K: n/ i# h m6 f
Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
, Z* T5 G% M; dBy: Mike McIntyre
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% {8 \' l; D% d( eUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT 6 n# q2 K, U. F: J' `
3 p9 A: Z4 p" UPrint 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.
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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.* W8 @; ~ M$ h2 J/ x4 I/ o8 d4 `; G
* T' n" l+ O6 ]: 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.% e, i5 X. e& ?
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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.2 @; O1 R3 q7 d( T7 K3 ]
; D, q3 W, |9 [( [0 v$ j. oMcLean'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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! H/ n) a; U% s* ?They only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police. f8 Z" j4 a$ y0 n1 z. C7 X3 Y
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A call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.
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