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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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0 {3 l; Z5 ]: H- {By: Mike McIntyre
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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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. 0 A3 E+ H; W2 e2 A1 e- B
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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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) m; _) [7 c1 p* n6 {6 gAs 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.0 Q6 r Z3 T' L/ k( P: D
: _. i1 Y* g' b7 B1 k/ oIt 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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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.. C$ _+ W% ?8 ]7 l7 D" P
. Z% s/ U3 h9 ?$ ^6 W2 V"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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6 ^+ D# k% v3 r( tTim 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.$ W1 T7 v& q! U7 u
& w( j/ o. J/ P" q7 b/ @; EMcLean'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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: A# ]4 f! h1 Q/ HThey 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.0 u; O2 T' Z& X9 Z" l: n6 [, {, ]9 {
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