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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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By: Mike McIntyre
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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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% g) N4 t. r9 g \5 U3 gLi, 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.' v; I, U K* \- Z/ N8 L
1 Z5 }- [3 ? [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.% i! K$ d+ G6 ~* k% w2 W
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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.) r6 A8 [3 V0 q6 J* u" a9 k; y
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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.
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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.' P$ w4 Y: h! H+ z3 A5 ~
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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.
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7 p M E* g7 y3 c2 _McLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus.: B; B* `% W6 m r8 H3 _
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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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: F! h9 e! h# ]A call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.
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