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Friend fears woman influenced killer
5 J) @ f& Y4 M+ hVictim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
6 a7 Z% z, M- `( Y7 |1 yBy: Mike McIntyre
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT ' |" _ Z( u" Q+ P
0 A1 ?. j7 i9 d, @% O/ g) NPrint 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. ! U4 R. p G$ 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.
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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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1 p+ [. ]* i. s- fIt 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. l* t( H: f% b" }
# X& J( T8 e; G6 u( ^! H& ?" z4 cMcLean'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.7 b" L' q/ u6 h# l5 e" V
# E6 j& e. ` E0 e"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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) Z$ W, k+ M, O1 [- gTim 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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9 h& o% f) R5 e* _! i8 N2 |McLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus.7 P) {+ p: ^( b& B0 x) W& \5 r& H
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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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; g) I& K' E, c6 u% J9 L# cA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.
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