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Friend fears woman influenced killer
% j1 y2 R* z3 x( BVictim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
+ I1 L( K3 I8 {/ S4 ABy: Mike McIntyre
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* i; O* v: x: |' f. [8 E9 aUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT 1 G6 G% }1 }% q# {# V7 q7 r
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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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" ^0 E" Q0 U' f. R4 iLi, 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.( F/ z! @3 V( q( R+ n! U {4 X5 X
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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.4 K6 }/ {8 ]# M0 _# W
6 n$ z; Y: h/ |! GMcLean'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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8 e) T$ e9 B Y; I# }"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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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.) F5 j$ m* d' M* P% y. x# u
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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.8 S/ U/ C# z8 g1 ~. S' D; C8 v7 m
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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.' t0 ?. W5 u* ]% E
2 J" C! j! B' X+ K X2 w% b3 jA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.
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