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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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By: Mike McIntyre
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( E u5 y1 |) C; h! F. f* ~' J1 {8 [Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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" w2 ^! E& c. E* |& `' e1 `7 xPrint 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. 8 l- U( q6 g0 Y( H6 J" S* l
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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. s0 `% F: j- t( j, L% R# q
& {5 L# X' z( {# Y! v* iAs 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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6 Z5 u1 S7 ^( @- U$ f- cIt 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.( B4 l" L1 D: _7 X5 S9 i
0 M @0 T" h F3 XMcLean'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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! l: S) a l# k8 r6 Z"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.- ]* V3 e9 O w! ^' d- U7 T
1 n) \; I: g( H% m8 g+ \+ _ mTim 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.( f+ l) ~4 t4 @ q5 i
. Z/ z" N3 g* j( l5 P7 xMcLean'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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7 d- k: `0 L2 ]. u" t9 o" h; JThey only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police., P% _, B3 C- a9 s6 W4 F- z
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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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