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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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By: Mike McIntyre ' C ~/ m5 W, j1 B7 h. ?
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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. m5 R+ c5 f4 L. v" e& NPrint 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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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.. Q6 c4 [1 X6 ^
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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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/ w' {- U3 F) hMcLean'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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* a) t6 y7 {$ Q3 D; E"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./ I i: U! R$ K" s3 Q
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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./ A M8 p0 e/ @/ C( @% y
7 ?5 R/ r: W& j. {" yMcLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus., E5 v" q2 D* q* C
3 @1 \6 B' I( Y: L% _4 B% NThey 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.$ D+ o7 ]$ F) n
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