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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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& @6 ^% z4 c' W' Z( P7 DPrint 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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Li, 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.( G! ~7 `3 l0 ?0 p' d
! ~4 g, |# \# m( t$ \$ NAs 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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. `3 W: K/ R3 }" O# S' x8 BIt 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.% f/ B9 f& f' {
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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.4 c6 x' D. [1 C& k
- C1 b! |" `$ `- B0 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.
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Tim 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." K' c7 T1 T9 X7 f) e
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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., I0 @) y; e- a: h8 U
/ M- }; y" ], nThey 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.: @4 d( C& |0 h2 V' P
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