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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT 6 d b6 R! h4 W
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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.
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; J [. P& s" }% D3 a/ W+ nAs 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+ T( R6 M. _% t7 D7 E
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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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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. _& v. E$ D& e% l# N4 J% b
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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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- ?. i; i7 n" X$ H0 r8 fTim 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.- i3 e& P# ?3 r* M# |. T- ]4 {: s
' S( k% P8 w M) l7 c& aMcLean'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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3 {8 k2 Q4 T+ u; U6 y3 v6 }, F+ cThey only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police./ z6 U) C/ t2 o8 R' k: G6 z
: X' F+ e1 M R1 h( ^$ _: pA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.
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