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Friend fears woman influenced killer
; a. Q; E1 b# G6 g) e8 E! g$ B JVictim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy0 g; t, b; y% O% K/ ]! ^, k2 x
By: Mike McIntyre
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* t: j" m) |1 PUpdated: 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.
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4 Y1 u& y1 w+ q5 H6 z$ OLi, 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.4 d- i# L6 @2 J$ z) N ^* P0 X
, w4 ?3 C$ V5 }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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! }$ `4 k k% O0 G6 xIt 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.0 u3 E+ O1 R" L o
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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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4 r+ k* `% W& Z4 `) _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.
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' M4 i; f: B% U: [McLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus.; x* |( w# j) a0 r+ N3 A( u$ o* X
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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.
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" S# w) y4 N n% `/ |( `: vA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.
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