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Friend fears woman influenced killer* j' x; g, G( M8 p% J
Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
. a* [4 r2 z$ k$ y2 {" dBy: Mike McIntyre * C0 D6 w6 G" v
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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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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3 E- D! d( B& C& B( e1 c" w- lLi, 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./ j7 Y7 I; e& k( Y* d" H5 ~
, s: l6 S* L1 i7 D3 y$ 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.: A D3 l2 p1 s' b8 o2 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.
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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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# j/ |- J1 X5 m- ^0 `% W"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.0 ? I- K, s; p% X
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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./ c j& \' z: Q" D$ R) ]
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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.3 R2 h( N% Z3 }2 g
/ o7 B8 D7 G1 @: o2 W: a/ UThey only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.( w7 R1 g# P2 k# C e5 Z
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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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