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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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+ l. t6 v* E* f$ UBy: Mike McIntyre
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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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.
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$ \: G8 k4 b4 _7 HLi, 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.. [. I! M2 @) x) k
( ]' D6 r. t& X1 n, `' C# ~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., ?$ u/ e' z& _+ Y
) `1 \2 E; B3 Z7 U' QIt 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. C# r4 O( u* T! c2 }! x& m
! L6 z7 J5 L* YMcLean'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 [$ O4 ^% w" u' s5 j. ^
5 Q) d: v8 j4 g& R6 M( P. \; q"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.$ y3 \9 Z/ ? i6 ~& y, ^; n8 c
! v& w* ^: z( ]) S1 rTim 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.0 z( Q0 r( W u I+ k9 `& a
7 I( `4 Z) o' H7 D# f2 jThey only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.4 w" @4 }2 D- ^$ P3 k
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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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