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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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1 y1 ^/ I$ k; B5 C9 L6 x; HBy: Mike McIntyre 1 s( D. ^6 d) R' b: Y, R0 a
, F- X- Z# B! ]! G) `. IUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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" B6 F: ~* k" O APrint 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. 7 X5 \4 }1 i, k# Z9 n- g
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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.+ \( U! i6 z( D1 _" g& Q
4 s# k" o3 E9 @0 l" b* WAs 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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% ?1 k: ]; V1 r* \2 I JIt 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.! x% S" Q0 a) T- ^2 f( s& w
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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.5 C! o: e8 n2 E# k; P9 t# r! `
- X- s, v) Y7 g* |& h) Z; s$ r"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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Tim 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.5 S9 [& v5 T) K, H5 U- z4 u) _: x% ?
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A call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.; C ]3 b& W2 ~$ b7 l) D0 X3 K* f ^
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