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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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' a' ?' h; k6 q6 ^By: Mike McIntyre
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( X+ a8 I. \0 ?: j& b+ [+ E5 qUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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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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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.
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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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! c9 d3 w8 z' }8 eIt 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.
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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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% s n! | B5 v1 P- u, T; r: eTim 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.& K; d/ I! q t" \: E! m" U
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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.; d0 i) @; u7 @4 v9 ^8 l: {* N
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A call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.: ?# G1 z- r( f, M
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