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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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By: Mike McIntyre
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; p4 f. I5 a( bUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT 2 M5 b, E! Y; k! c/ p6 @
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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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( ?' n4 z$ `# q" V; |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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3 ~+ A& R3 i5 PAs 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.1 Y& ]) b6 j1 e: |, \( S, e
4 R$ R9 r! Y' {4 {$ z7 e5 MIt 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.. `. e1 M1 d8 _9 c0 O
% d6 q8 ?1 k8 |* `! @" oMcLean'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.0 {2 c; Y z7 j
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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.0 o- R' p. c. ~0 x, K. i) n
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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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- ~; S1 ^0 I4 {3 ~A call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.7 g5 Q" E5 N0 P+ Q
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