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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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By: Mike McIntyre ! J% Q5 i1 U5 x$ w
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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. 8 r. D: C( V6 p6 }
8 X% q, j8 X' d5 G: D4 J+ aLi, 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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It 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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# i8 G5 w$ B# \& e9 u( V+ RMcLean'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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4 e; o* \# O3 v5 K. V"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.& M9 [' b4 U- F6 q4 R
- t& p* p! V- C* |8 R+ \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.& X) A" t+ N! n% G
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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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' Y4 J' k3 L( A2 w0 TThey only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.
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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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