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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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5 I9 @: h5 |, ]8 tBy: Mike McIntyre
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$ @# ?9 E: N+ r4 x' n, Q1 FUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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3 X0 ]% q' m X* |( ]- t" I d% TPrint 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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; j" O" I3 p9 W6 |0 i+ e+ Y# WLi, 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.5 O* G+ m+ i2 Y
9 Z" ?3 E7 b8 B. |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.+ W5 T' Y* ^" D5 D/ G1 d
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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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6 u8 p. J2 Y4 a+ b5 DTim 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.5 Y+ _, u' ^- y% q2 z+ ]
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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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They only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.
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0 d2 y9 p1 d. K) LA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.
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