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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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. E4 f5 }, E( [- A! HBy: Mike McIntyre 5 Y( ]* B7 w' s8 b
4 _+ Q' u. b' @$ p, Z. bUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT ( E0 |2 Y. `1 m a& m) b
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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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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.$ X0 a, J# s% O$ ~1 O; s/ d3 S
3 m' @) X _4 I/ f, }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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* B4 @9 ?$ J9 v k, 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.
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3 s; z3 L3 ?$ D% EMcLean'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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. B) @$ g8 ^$ W8 m) A3 m0 Y5 c) k& y9 xTim 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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McLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus.4 l! P5 d9 [- O! U( J- n0 F- ~3 `" n
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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.7 b, M# Y" o2 K! _0 v7 s( }1 g
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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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