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Friend fears woman influenced killer% m o/ N5 s7 ~1 m H& `! S
Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy; j' l6 s6 e! f3 ?
By: Mike McIntyre + @* m3 h- P- u3 s
' [& H9 S4 i* H; R) ^Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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0 {7 K, N) p$ ~4 w" 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.
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: U4 F- j: K$ G9 mLi, 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.8 |$ c# M( l5 M0 K; R4 u2 r
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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.
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r" M' `* ^2 { M% V7 w7 ^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.
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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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# u$ M) q$ I. V% I' CTim 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.% R& c0 X/ @( M3 m1 X. g* u
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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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& z" p! [, I( k& \% tA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.- h9 q$ x y; I. I6 v
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