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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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5 t5 ?, \% q' r7 DBy: Mike McIntyre ! e. A* p$ o8 e
: e! d+ R; `; a8 C) yUpdated: 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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6 I [/ G7 _" ?8 ^( JAs 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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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.4 g8 I" w0 L! C
3 x- h Y7 J& L( x! HMcLean'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.
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& R8 Y2 ?' x3 b1 r) r( @3 _, TTim 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.
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, h1 p; C9 W8 s1 O/ k( [+ lThey only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.$ p7 x w+ @9 j, O- O, S; W- o
2 ~, \* P; l( Y0 D! DA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.. K( G7 ^& U9 i8 Q# a4 L2 n* D7 B
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