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Friend fears woman influenced killer8 \9 y b u1 m) N; A
Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
- E) S% S, C5 q9 A, w/ P+ @By: Mike McIntyre
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT : f$ z y/ T/ d% ^# W/ R& s1 b; K
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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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1 n. z, g& O- fLi, 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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2 c+ C1 w" h/ O# z; r9 y8 QAs 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.) Y5 }0 f1 r2 X4 `, T
' A1 `# _5 c' k8 e9 |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.# Z4 ?5 _3 l. S/ ] T3 M
. Q* R8 K2 y. [* b8 EMcLean'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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"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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+ J+ [" n/ C; [- W( lTim 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.1 O" R$ t# c; u, t$ D: ^0 h
% }1 t8 O" Q( WMcLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus.8 k7 d4 t* u* b; l6 F0 x
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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.0 K9 r' @* B/ ]9 a6 w7 V
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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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