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Friend fears woman influenced killer
# @1 Y" A9 O0 V" f- P9 KVictim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
9 v, j0 s, B4 p$ Y) k& A+ B+ V1 ABy: Mike McIntyre 4 C. m& S* N5 R/ i
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT 4 k4 s& t2 @5 J8 x# F+ i. S
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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. 0 a( F6 ?# P( ?( H, M1 v) c w8 z
1 P+ {! t7 \& ~, l" Y( YLi, 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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( Z0 u+ O2 E1 U3 I$ kAs 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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) x6 o* `# L* x4 G8 g6 c$ }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.# ~. Y& q3 d/ f6 ^4 Y" F. w
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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.. l/ O4 |! u1 p9 D
: ^( c& r" d9 HTim 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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6 S. k! u& y- n; d' m9 MThey only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.- f9 L; n4 E9 T
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A call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday., O; {" [1 {) x; y0 b$ `
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