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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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By: Mike McIntyre
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$ e8 |6 u9 v* S8 b9 oUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT 4 @9 K" j* J& w/ Q+ f) B6 U
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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. ( v) h) q: U3 K: x- }+ m
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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.+ N: U' |/ i# s7 _
( A% z- D, v: ]- |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.8 p1 a# v6 h M# S
# O8 q8 K/ d9 p2 o/ LIt 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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6 l+ Z& Q, H% B3 o, b7 o) qMcLean'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.& [% ~) l0 z, {/ K9 k/ Z g0 E+ b
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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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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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McLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus.+ a7 k) p. R& |& |% _$ @( C
0 k p2 E( b& ^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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! U* j8 C0 J! L& Y- J5 S5 l: C1 cA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday. b: B; I$ t4 O4 w5 ?
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