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Friend fears woman influenced killer
5 D R) S% W) K1 x" rVictim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy8 q# D" F1 G) o3 {" l
By: Mike McIntyre 0 @7 h2 S# U. G+ t: d
+ ~6 c- Y" \: [9 Q* dUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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S* g4 s1 N' wPrint 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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8 r2 L; a. u: J8 K. ^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.9 S4 C) H+ ~4 E
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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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3 W- m% K1 Z: }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.: Q; P' W; A$ f& o
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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.- X0 A% R8 R/ ~- o2 `1 t. h
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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.# [ V; x6 r# V6 P9 U% F
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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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6 |3 ^) b2 e0 g' O2 `1 gThey only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.$ O7 c( ^ L6 \& ?. f. Y8 F7 g
+ A: K2 |# O7 H9 m* gA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.# ^3 m% L7 H1 M* L+ k$ [
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