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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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By: Mike McIntyre
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- I( N5 W. B. w' dUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT ; J! C9 {, Q/ b( z$ q
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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.
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" i) e' D Y+ P- z: VLi, 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.
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+ L6 C8 j5 ]: y. s5 y* W: k# }0 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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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.. o0 c0 S) ~2 s5 {& h
* Y g+ V+ A" U) G) hMcLean'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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0 A( C$ s! Q9 f" |1 ?3 X/ T"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.( G; ]' @8 R/ G' o
. E4 @! _! w5 K9 aTim 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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" v) H! c* K* \- u- ^6 _They only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.& @# z, \" z4 J" t, W* x
L& w- X. Y* ^# h7 QA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.3 U/ J3 E3 H0 D5 R7 p ]. i$ o
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