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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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By: Mike McIntyre
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT 2 l# i6 p7 Z: w2 u* D' z
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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$ c- i: K2 a% r
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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.& n' X1 h1 ?# j2 e* R' s* Y7 Y
, d# `6 B5 [2 t& T! ~8 e" RAs 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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$ z; T, V! i8 b4 a0 L0 VIt 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./ X/ B+ e% z) B/ X8 |
; B/ |6 X) }7 o2 M* b) g- e% S# lTim 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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& F P1 k0 | X: Q* [; dMcLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus.
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/ z9 e& v4 L- M# x `% S$ eThey only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.
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! z, u. u1 V8 z6 x' d1 @A call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.
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