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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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7 g3 Q" M) H4 S4 S: H5 g% T# eBy: Mike McIntyre
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& N4 X9 R& x4 i( c1 UUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT 4 T0 w+ W e- o- K7 ?2 z- ^- M
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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. & w7 G( H! ?8 @& i- x0 f4 S
1 b& K- i; ?+ d6 jLi, 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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2 q$ {5 e& z! X8 v2 T, G- JAs 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.: D2 z4 k1 k% m; H4 N& S
% K [8 W- y3 d7 s' ^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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7 I' k6 q G# uMcLean'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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. P' i: _: X7 @"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.& T8 E$ r! q# S
+ k' E9 T. P' q6 @5 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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+ |& }3 A9 {) e* H- `McLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus., x. {) N0 k* _, d; m6 V
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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.: @0 ]2 j. l$ I. j
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A call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.3 t9 g4 T7 S2 \
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