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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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! V/ k) v" P* iBy: Mike McIntyre 2 k7 y ^, ^8 }& S: h
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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6 r# D2 t: h D8 f1 t9 uPrint 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. K2 \3 d$ M9 H4 i/ e; \4 v; H
7 p" j; b0 ]# T2 l6 u/ LLi, 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.' y. v* M4 s5 t _+ @% @9 c1 v
/ x2 ?/ _! S) GAs 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+ q* T% D$ J& P; y1 Y9 E
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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.
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- u; r1 B& E7 o! P$ c5 _- a! [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.1 m8 `3 L4 E* P
5 S" R4 s# X$ ]$ V"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.( `: G$ x4 f7 u" M( V
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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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" T% M5 S; [! l9 g) U% CMcLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus.+ t- T1 {( }( V4 i% C
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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.1 e; m" D# ^8 h+ n% K- P' u
+ i7 @* C' N9 r- J1 f: h- a# rA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.
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