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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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1 N0 o) V4 N( P2 b$ J: XBy: Mike McIntyre
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, a3 m: U4 W2 N; \- KUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT 2 v' X3 b, O T- b% M( a8 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. g! }: }6 g8 F$ Q# i& O/ v3 g
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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.
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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.
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' S5 d) P# M( j# E0 I( ?+ L' YIt 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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# W2 y! u, O6 @2 Z; dMcLean'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 a; @8 B8 X, p"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.8 f5 K+ @9 J$ m, N
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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.8 m: t3 Q4 Y' K# A3 `+ J
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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.1 H5 q: `! h5 l! L4 g( g U
# n. k' f# d1 p$ @( ^6 ?* K q3 CThey only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.) E0 O! b+ [6 L& A! q- K
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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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