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Friend fears woman influenced killer% p( c: ], ~0 `7 F
Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
' n; S+ Q9 O m; J8 |By: Mike McIntyre ; D3 N' T" @3 [/ c2 o: S6 z
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT ( Z" T* U/ e1 y! t
) A, Y Q' A9 o5 T/ v' h0 KPrint 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. * n/ c) b* c. M- F8 s
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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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N. y, `5 }+ v3 ]& p8 N& 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.0 j6 f+ @# Y" V4 x0 ]
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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.3 ]+ n) e, b/ f* E4 {4 r2 ?
3 \+ i, L' g% X" AMcLean'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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7 o. ^, S( |% Q7 R9 u$ o"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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0 _. [/ \( H& V5 @0 x$ DTim 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.1 n4 H/ q/ D% b3 k
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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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" b2 {: r2 x" D, I; yA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday. J3 b v% m3 d+ |$ S
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