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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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By: Mike McIntyre : ?$ u2 x! o% J; }7 B7 p9 \
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT % W9 `( }) J* L: A3 x
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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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4 Y6 v+ R5 U. q# h6 _3 fLi, 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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2 S( k: G: d0 o. L6 P! G9 Y, n" KIt 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.' s0 L5 F- z/ j8 M# l) z: g% p
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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.
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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.1 s$ Q9 R2 z* o: K+ S; m
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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.
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# H! y w2 F) y# D S- ]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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/ J) Z6 q" n- gThey only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.
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* X, u8 _, j$ ?) SA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.# i: e6 A& {- }6 L
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