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One Year Since John McAfee Fled Belize
Velcroman1 writes "It has been a year since fallen software magnate John McAfee fled his adopted home and country — wanted by police for questioning in connection to the murder of his neighbor. In that year, the often eccentric programming pioneer led the media and the public on a wild ride with his outlandish behavior and off-the-wall statements during a catch-me-if you-can escape from the small Central American country. McAfee is a person of interest in the investigation surrounding the murder of his neighbor, American ex-pat Gregory Faull, near his compound in San Pedro Town on the island of Ambergris Caye. No headway has been made in the investigation — and authorities in Belize are still looking to speak with McAfee. 'Nothing has really changed. It's not a closed case,' police spokesman Raphael Martinez said. 'He is still a person of interest.'"
Hey, how bad could it be?
Thanks for no update.
Since the malware comes by sneakernet, the virus checker comes that way too.
At least he brought us this.
If the Belize police really thought McAfee was behind the murder they would request extradition, no?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_extradition_treaties
continues to remain dead.
She did meth?
This is my surprised face.
-- Using the preview button since 2005
Nothing has really changed
So why is this news? Am I missing something?
Yeah but did she stick out her Gene Simmons-esque tongue? It's my understanding that's how she distributes her spores.
Please stay "fled."
Solving Unix problems since 1989...
But enough about Ayn Rand/Jimi Hendrix...
(Did you ever see both at the same time?)
John McAfee's house in Belize.
If you want news from today, you have to come back tomorrow.
But enough about Ayn Rand/Jimi Hendrix...
(Did you ever see both at the same time?)
Once, at Ashokan House in Boiceville, NY, I accidentally walked in on the two of them together. I've spent trying to drink that image away for the last 44 years.
Mmhmm, what a wild ride. According to everyone he ever knew who talked to the media, back in the day, he was an asshole. After that he became an asshole. Then he started selling drugs. On his way out of the country he was an asshole. Then on his way to the US he was an assholes. Now, a year later, he's an asshole. So much has changed lately!
For heaven's sake man, don't stop drinking! That sort of memory can't be endured sober.
'He is still a person of interest.'
No, he really isn't, at least outside his own mind.
The weird thing is, I was only tangentially aware of this until I read a piece in Psychology Today. It was couched as a case study of a sociopath. The author just detailed his experiences with McAfee in several different time slices of his life. He was involved in some sort of flying hobby sport until people died, and then sneaked away to Belize. Then his neighbor winds up dead and he sneaked away from Belize.
I am not sure what credentials the author had to diagnose sociopath, but it wasn't a very pretty picture. A man sort of drunk with power for sure.
Happy anniversary, I guess?
Should we get him a card or something?
It may be only one year since he fled Belize, but it's been many, many years since anybody cared. Please cut out the front-page spam.
Her spores don't easily disperse through the air. We're pretty safe if we dig a trench around her, with a radius of roughly 3 metres. We'll fill the trench with pitch, and ignite it. That's pretty the standard approach to preventing the spread of Miley Cyrus.
-- Using the preview button since 2005
If you want to talk to someone, especially someone like that, setting up videoconferencing should be very trivial. Handle it that way.
Murderer.
One thing that has amused me, over the latter half of this year, is the strings of advertisements trying to get people to buy property in Belieze and move there, as a retirement home and/or tax haven.
Apparently the authorities chasing of MacAfee (allegedly on trupmed-up evidence in an effort by corrupt officials to seize his remaining wealth, or something of the sort) has caused others. seeking a comfy paradise and tax haven, decide this country is too risky and look elsewhere.
It would be interesting to find out how badly this has hurt the country's property values and economy.
Bantam Dominique roosters crow a four-note song. Once you've heard it as "Happy BIRTHday" you can't NOT hear it that way
McAfee's "compound" was near Orange Walk Town, on the mainland, which is nowhere near Ambergris Caye. One wonders how many other "facts" in this story are completely false.
There is no hyphen in expat. Sorry, pet peeve.
A while back I made this handy dandy timeline of McAfee's exploits: http://newslines.org/wiki/category/computer-people/john-mcafee/