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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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By: Mike McIntyre + [+ G- T9 S, c# T& s7 L) V
) u) U; W( O8 t' h2 XUpdated: 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. & n: S5 v1 U3 Y. ~2 I; }/ S! X
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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." i! N" W1 M; P a
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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.5 x8 ~3 l) i: i% Y
0 k4 r+ f. E$ N: sMcLean'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.6 n0 d! y+ R# ?2 v( T
1 D# I3 X: R, G7 f) p) x5 C) O"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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' I$ Q- `" K' n; \( uTim 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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* l) P6 H& N7 I' j" K8 |3 LMcLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus.8 ?: ?3 Q: f. [2 x3 a% d \ `" ?+ k
2 t* ]3 N. {4 K0 p( G4 e1 w8 aThey only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.! K0 ^8 f& |% a. j0 [" B3 p9 a
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A call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.: r" H2 s% w# v
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