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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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By: Mike McIntyre 0 _0 x3 j' v9 K3 D" `/ D# \7 A
% E) p, A# s, M! _1 H1 nUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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9 h) ~6 |$ V7 R9 ?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. $ O4 W2 e' l5 I
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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. j7 H) k& t* ^- X; {! a
, b% _2 b9 @% W/ m: SAs 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.6 w3 ^. A3 J8 P9 c( X
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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.% [- L3 |( V9 h$ C, X) K
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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.7 ^$ Q" m4 o: w4 N6 s/ C
: s, Z8 |: H S0 U% k"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.* Y; X- e# `5 ?
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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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' k: Q4 \3 S& k, i4 e' {" }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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+ E* b$ H @. A. i0 VThey only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.8 ]6 {" u, r/ j
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A call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.) Y: T' ^5 {* `7 L, ^- a( D
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