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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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By: Mike McIntyre 1 o5 s H7 g. ?& O1 C0 W
# o2 X' ^( Y0 `2 e x9 M- Q# XUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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$ a9 \- }0 l1 ?( ]4 iPrint 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. + D; g! j2 B5 ?, @/ N( }
8 ^+ w. ]# ]- D3 `5 J5 B6 W9 zLi, 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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; p( ~7 X/ T1 m" gAs 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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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.; f& L! ~) R. Y/ C1 r. D) J
' O/ S. p2 q0 K"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. ^. ] b& A' ]. ?
( ^0 c, k' w K3 A( `& NTim 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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! ]+ c0 S$ e# O/ a5 W1 d6 m! P- @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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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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' W, G( ? [3 gA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.0 `# u! u# J% a( m; }0 d
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