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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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$ }7 Z! [& C* [0 PBy: Mike McIntyre
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: @) L; Y7 X0 dUpdated: 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.
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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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* B: ?; _- N! J$ l8 G7 d, M4 j/ {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." X, o7 G2 M+ i% T( V7 z8 ^# S+ z) R3 ~
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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.: e, b% A4 ?, N: B
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McLean'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." K& O0 `/ }/ I- k4 T* C3 J
. q: r( [3 B5 J2 w"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.- |4 E- U% y4 O0 y
$ }9 e! G" l3 o. E4 lTim 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. m' j8 x0 j* H. i- B6 R
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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.# M& H3 Y" p' q6 p
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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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0 c7 ~2 e l7 B$ x$ C4 o# d6 oA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.
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