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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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By: Mike McIntyre
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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6 |3 @' r1 q8 k& Y7 }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. / u" b& ]" ~) q5 b4 {( s8 g
, z; e! y) [" ELi, 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.( f: o' L! ?8 R3 E
( z9 g0 H) N" 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.4 C! l, K9 f% e: _$ U. U6 X
: t3 i) ?- B) A$ L. LIt 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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: F1 L% t! F! \* f& xMcLean'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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" J; k& M3 U; l4 M2 ]/ a9 Z"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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, X% p! \% ~0 Z( o% {# ETim 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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0 B A/ Y( ]1 \1 |McLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus.5 S" R" @+ |; }. D r& o O) P
( @# B( v/ n: `& [/ HThey only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.
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* z3 R% k! C+ EA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday." K* g! @( M4 a- m% I: _
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