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Friend fears woman influenced killer
( x O% w4 I3 {( r# lVictim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy& W1 X7 x& r- ^* } D
By: Mike McIntyre
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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; b6 o6 v! }* T: i- o( sPrint 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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8 z5 v) c2 Y- ^1 c" |. oLi, 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.( q% d z. M/ j+ e3 \+ U* \. Y. B
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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.) z# C2 V! ^: v1 E) l
7 P0 Z6 w5 @/ Z& U$ B$ qIt 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.% F8 H; n2 U- c4 L7 ?- ^
# l& u6 B" R. @0 M"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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% P6 J# v- ?% h. d, wTim 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./ u+ E# P U7 g( t
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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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A call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.) j4 ]; w: O6 v" K' O5 q9 Y
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