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By: Mike McIntyre 0 \. s' j4 ?0 B" d- Z, [/ c
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT % L4 W3 p: `0 S1 B5 M( d1 c
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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.
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, @, T& w: ?5 ]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.
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8 ]' ]+ k+ s: z0 u. ~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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& _' F; @$ E8 k% u- a2 JTim 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.; y; Q+ f! E0 l2 N3 n4 O
- o% X( _7 g0 W; z! d* m1 dMcLean'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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2 d2 E% p7 p; E6 G* S J$ a; k2 lThey only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.
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5 F: `$ I1 T, l5 L- TA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.
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