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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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By: Mike McIntyre : {/ ?+ I% U; H" V# K8 c& P' q
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT + E9 M% U) j( \& X% [4 _* x. e! b
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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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3 T: v8 h) l( i3 tLi, 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.- s3 p A0 D4 A& r6 M1 E% C
0 e& Y. F. u* J3 {0 bAs 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.
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( Y$ P/ p, N9 L# L& yMcLean'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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% G2 V3 V3 x: S: G"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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5 |5 a" Q- w, A" R w8 w9 O- ?3 x9 [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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& N% B5 T* @( AMcLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus.! ^. x% O+ q* z! o1 F8 c
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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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A call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.
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