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Friend fears woman influenced killer" D& M# ~' d4 p9 T* P, P" F
Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy8 F( \: P8 X2 J( E! H8 e, z
By: Mike McIntyre
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: [& m: U6 Q. c* SUpdated: 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. / G" U0 m/ }) Z6 |/ N2 s
2 m' \9 _" r, U0 ALi, 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.) u, d' U+ F. _4 T. x7 g6 h6 D
1 G: g2 f! \. u: o4 [! Q v1 C/ a, JIt 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.7 n6 z! s3 i8 }+ i4 o! n4 a4 m
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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.* B0 e/ r, U8 s+ I8 J* D v- K% ~
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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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, D- d; H5 d6 FMcLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus.2 t% t/ `9 t' u) A. r8 M
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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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r0 A0 k/ o) yA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.
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