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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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" u# v: s z9 h+ \" N" v. qBy: Mike McIntyre
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT ; b# ?4 m6 C" N3 `9 W2 W3 L
* J; a0 m/ {$ U0 O2 HPrint 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. 3 H) J' A7 a6 F; F0 ]
0 i$ ?# w9 N6 B9 p" ^8 V4 cLi, 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.; ]: j% W6 W0 W
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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.% p* C( @9 y8 r }. W$ v. U2 Q
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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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; a: ]- R0 U. gMcLean'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. g* ]( s& X/ @! p/ l$ F( `% _( @$ F
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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.
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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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) a" P6 [3 Y. _% ]3 UMcLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus.; c! ^7 O6 W; o- M/ N0 q
- u' ~2 G i5 L- U7 G# xThey 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.
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