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Friend fears woman influenced killer
8 ? J& i0 p0 \( L3 KVictim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
! A- a5 h- l5 x: e) NBy: Mike McIntyre ; J! \: W( X! T2 O; ?# x( y6 I+ W
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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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. 0 z% ?$ @7 k, z! w
* P* X6 f2 |# W# k5 M9 J; Q( I: S8 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./ E% C8 I3 C4 M R6 F: ]/ a
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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.: V2 h; L6 C9 h* A- \* X8 E
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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.9 q* R" t0 o' M: f* f- @4 |
% T( s& h2 _2 _0 Z7 w2 `6 p yMcLean'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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" x: ]! H# ?2 G& [0 O& `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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3 [5 C( l6 I9 A0 B# X" v1 @" Y. f/ \McLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus.3 P+ e9 @! Z) k
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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.' v4 O" y2 d* f4 B! Y9 X
; P/ o0 o, C& O! l0 m6 VA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.3 |3 a; e# F4 Z7 y, t/ g7 l
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