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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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1 `3 O0 C5 [, ]" z( f6 uBy: Mike McIntyre
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8 m3 d7 E) G, [# m* C$ o( \Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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+ ?; `# |8 K# u2 V4 u1 H" uPrint 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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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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0 c1 p( E2 |' V/ AAs 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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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.' j/ {# n2 K# Y9 [9 P" R9 J
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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.0 G p( |2 h7 w/ D: E' W/ N
3 n5 ]( p! n- v7 A; Y7 zTim 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.
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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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! O3 s- w- u+ X, O' ?1 ~9 oA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.4 \( G" ^$ r9 x) E9 M0 G3 y' I
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