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Friend fears woman influenced killer
! I% Z; ^7 L3 p$ {% qVictim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
o7 |% K2 O9 Y- ]9 |By: Mike McIntyre
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT ; U! l7 H, Q/ h* c
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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. & }) F# a! g2 R: q. h
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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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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.1 ^1 E2 p* A, u& ^5 g" \, F( f" r
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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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S0 ]: ~9 L5 k/ D, S# O3 U"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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McLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus.% o z0 [' V- K3 e$ w* T
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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.
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: @) ?' i z" R6 M( ]$ r* h' TA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.
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