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Friend fears woman influenced killer6 g( S! W% ^7 w# |6 H: l
Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy/ _! E! F6 f! G5 d+ W
By: Mike McIntyre
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- D* j- _/ J- N. z9 [Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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) V5 o; V9 ?7 \# A* VPrint 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. 6 k: L3 | G; v5 H: x6 r
Q' P' ^7 o5 O: e( \& JLi, 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.
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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.. X8 B4 V/ D6 t: H
$ ^; u: I/ V: O( K P0 r6 rMcLean'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.! C& o0 }0 v+ ?' Y! I
( m- f' l" @8 w" F/ t9 U' r/ I; wTim 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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# |; h+ k! Z8 q: B, ~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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- T. t5 `- g6 S( r; G% }They only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.& x- b; V4 e2 K& D ?) {
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A call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.: N0 |9 B0 ]7 {# e6 S
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