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Friend fears woman influenced killer
; g5 q" r( I* [, Q" bVictim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
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& `% ?: @" e6 i9 p* g/ b' R* eUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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; B, I$ M2 d' w1 G% MPrint 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. ) u) t# N, H% O
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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. Z" c. X+ s( P5 z+ u1 r
# j2 P% n# r: Y6 z: Z- s# P, 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.7 p8 P: P6 d9 x e) V
1 f& R9 B1 P7 N( [' o! c0 K9 IMcLean'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.8 U6 l$ [1 ~2 M% ^
( w6 A% q' A1 a" I3 ?: d9 u6 O+ T"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.$ ?$ W5 V+ w% e" A+ a
+ w, T# l0 S' n1 U( d0 e( A, QTim 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.
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, \. ~0 b! a1 a* z3 AMcLean'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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! I9 x) z6 {" _They only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.- S3 z( Q# W' R/ w# z8 ~! P
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A call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.5 i8 F6 b. ^& F5 q; O6 i( w' z
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