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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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By: Mike McIntyre
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! _' H" @ ?! aUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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2 J/ T* @# ~. s4 v4 IPrint 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. 6 N6 @: F- s& h9 |
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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.. T4 N5 Y7 P- E7 c9 Y( t( l4 _
, H5 B1 b$ f( s. EAs 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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$ u( O8 ?/ @1 v! ^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.7 b( Z/ W9 K; z, ]; ?2 t
3 r) H, l9 n: \) m"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.9 Z# m. Y; `0 {& u
5 g0 C' Y' r5 ZTim 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." b' L# W$ o& j& D5 B0 S
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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.7 P1 t q" t. c" j
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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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# B4 G- x* [9 G, gA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.1 Q t4 l% J! Y5 @; t: n+ h# N% v0 M
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