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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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; }* i" T7 A& n& IBy: Mike McIntyre - g4 E( E( J& W
& H U7 [5 o0 J3 uUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT ) H0 G: s' e# e u& M4 r; V
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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. , W6 v' N1 M" @
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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.
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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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4 [# Z% F, ^. DIt 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., F0 Q+ F# x& A, V# x
% @- t' i3 [* V9 d0 t S7 a3 jMcLean'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.2 @ H, |4 }, _5 C" b9 C) ^# S |
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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.* I7 \1 V4 x2 L, t
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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., P I, E! {4 @- H& g, F. o/ a2 ~
$ T4 d. ~6 h ^* UMcLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus.. H Z$ A* g5 ^6 D, I x7 T$ f
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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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