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Friend fears woman influenced killer
1 p7 G* C+ D' ~( FVictim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
; ~( l$ ~5 [8 y# [; b% f: C& j2 ~By: Mike McIntyre 6 \: Y& {9 R5 N: ?; y i
" x1 r C8 p; \# L. S7 DUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT 1 e% t, g" b, G5 o( W& m: U# u
- W8 M) l8 Z: J+ O$ J! B1 yPrint 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. , l$ J* }0 l7 y
" z, v2 m! y0 F( j) Y2 f( [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., q4 h9 k9 S1 H& X' o
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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.+ J" Q9 a+ T5 S& v2 x# w
. {) Y: X+ Z' B4 x, V v& d9 A4 aIt 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.9 u& b* w% H0 Z- |. S Z
9 N7 H* e% u( c# e4 f3 KMcLean'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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) c1 q: R3 [4 a, a"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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# Y9 ]3 c, C% j* }( c* x) ?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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8 w4 T; d7 w2 s, `4 `McLean'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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They only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.! [7 c0 K8 z, C
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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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