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Friend fears woman influenced killer/ z* T- K+ x% s* `- i1 \* |# e
Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
* R6 L, P5 ?" p+ I; }9 GBy: 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. * l* d* T; l4 e8 y
O6 u! F- j9 X2 N9 O# ~" B! GLi, 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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' e: U( k- N% O) |$ t1 W) DAs 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.& e( [0 u1 w! T; z4 f! Q5 k
7 M- R& a9 ]) k$ fIt 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." z. [8 x: v5 V( o" m0 e
: n* H9 f! ~. _* kMcLean'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.- A) u7 Y \# i& Q0 d
3 f0 z* o7 n0 @! l! l- {"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.- \; ~3 k! }+ z' t0 X+ [: ?
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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.9 l5 ?2 l) V- \- y4 `# E2 M8 t
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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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. U$ l& D, R, d$ fThey only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.: w8 o* h# |* B" ?2 W6 c
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A call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.7 q+ H2 t4 d ?* I
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