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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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4 J4 f- a6 `& r% T+ q7 g XBy: Mike McIntyre
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0 i2 s- ?8 ^% H7 N9 sUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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4 U. `+ P$ u& J; a9 B( m4 ZPrint 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.5 K7 x/ j, F [
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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.; x9 m r S5 T. a6 _
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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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K( I, G) G! B; 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.- ?, {/ C, x7 x3 b% [& w5 M) P
2 N; m4 S+ P5 ? l"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) ~/ t" e8 Y" BTim 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: g2 E3 a7 {# @( W# S
: b' ^/ x! k( m6 DMcLean'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.: E& ^5 Z) }- g5 H
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A call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.
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