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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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By: Mike McIntyre
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! C( l7 u( C( i+ j9 L* P7 m' o" V7 fUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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: h8 x0 |! V" v" G. q9 `, GPrint 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 v0 t9 V2 L2 P9 E: Q
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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.! Q3 M' o7 \6 k# [& n6 @+ p) P
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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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! ]0 }4 K3 m/ O6 W, CIt 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. _( Q( s/ V' _0 [! \
8 E; m* A7 J3 L' _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.2 x+ z7 x4 C6 }; Q L7 s. k# H+ d
$ x* w3 F0 s& ^% _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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$ v" S4 I& d# vMcLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus.: g' A; p4 _8 ~) w( r& u
! Y) Z* I! u" r* x' x) Z& C! l0 qThey only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.
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7 F' F/ A4 b' [7 E/ R7 QA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.4 F0 K# r5 u% p5 J1 F) s
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