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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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By: Mike McIntyre
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( E6 F% r% S$ d5 m1 jUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT + g7 h& e& e& N8 F( y) d+ ?
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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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. A( O* [) e0 |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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; X! O. G Z% jIt 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 r/ p% _) l, @" h1 v e
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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.9 m0 E, d3 O0 S0 w' `2 e
$ J/ o/ s/ [- A+ {, ?5 B8 n9 _"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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* S; E5 p7 B6 S( @( ITim 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.% V+ ~+ p! S+ z6 t
A0 k+ A/ V8 s" j+ A9 ~McLean'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.3 W2 C- d! u# a- t/ P
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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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