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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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3 c- M% x c+ RBy: Mike McIntyre
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT ! J5 }8 A4 }6 a: r3 t. e
+ z% y& T: p& y; H1 i9 ]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. $ r/ d$ B* H% n; [ @
9 P/ ]5 c% s) |5 R2 ZLi, 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.+ p# M& I4 S, o- u
9 i) k9 O% [+ @2 _0 I# u2 L# DIt 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.: r% Z& p3 B5 E% I+ ?( j+ {
5 B! k! z* o! }; t. V) `: C9 eMcLean'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.+ m4 m1 z: q# d0 z
3 I0 y2 l0 O* o! f, c0 e4 J; t"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.. ^6 k8 z$ _( b# r* Z# X
1 H$ u" T9 I- W- B [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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X, H. g- z# b& L0 S( j/ QMcLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus.8 F# P( k. k* P& W0 \
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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.) a' _9 Q0 Q$ q9 t( ?1 k! |3 w% j
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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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