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Friend fears woman influenced killer
/ T `" J. H- C9 hVictim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
5 d- m% b2 b/ e( U/ @By: Mike McIntyre / W! p7 ` r! X* S1 U$ z# d
- `% k% o6 @. _Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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! r. c7 ~& c3 aPrint 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. / |2 N1 Q- V8 O' i
& ]/ m9 Z f3 W4 u3 m/ u) kLi, 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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0 w" _- |# Z9 h+ U# E/ V* T8 N! [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.
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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.
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5 r/ O, q$ f" E% ~) O" a"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." y& J/ I+ h6 I5 u+ _& e3 f
( O J r+ Q, c$ P$ bTim 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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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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A call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.
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