John McAfee dead by suicide after extradition approved by Spanish court.

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Sun Feb 6 12:34:59 PST 2022


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"Fuck the Fed in the Ass  -- John McAfee"

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Today would have been John's 76th birthday. As we continue to wait for
news from the courts I wanted to share some of my favourite memories
of John. To honor John please share any photos you may have taken of
or with him using #JohnMcAfeeDidNotKillHimself &
#JusticeForJohnMcAfee.


"The world was better with John McAfee"



Software Pioneer John McAfee's Body "Still In Prison Morgue Freezer"
In Spain Over 7 Months After Death

https://www.theepochtimes.com/software-pioneer-john-mcafees-body-still-in-prison-morgue-freezer-in-spain-over-7-months-after-death-report_4254069.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10472355/John-McAfees-body-Spanish-morgue-seven-months-prison-suicide.html
https://www.theepochtimes.com/widow-of-john-mcafee-says-antivirus-pioneer-wasnt-suicidal_3874668.html
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/his-end-is-a-void-of-unknown-john-mcafees-body-is-stuck-in-a-spanish-prison-morgue-as-a-fight-rages-over-his-legacy-11643823665
https://twitter.com/theemrsmcafee/status/1469397656904548353

The body of antivirus pioneer John McAfee has yet to be released from
a Spanish prison more than seven months after his death, according to
his family.

McAfee was arrested last October at the Barcelona airport on a warrant
issued by Tennessee prosecutors who accused him of evading more than
$4 million in taxes.

The 75-year-old software pioneer died on June 23, 2021, just hours
after a Spanish court ruled that he could be extradited to the United
States on the tax evasion charges.

However, his body is still in a “prison morgue freezer somewhere in or
near Barcelona” as Spanish Judge Victor Espigares Jimenez, who is
presiding over the investigation into McAfee’s cause of death is still
probing the incident, his daughter, ex-wife, and lawyers told
MarketWatch.

In the meantime, the software entrepreneur’s daughter and ex-wife are
reportedly separately fighting for custody over his body.

    “To my knowledge, they have done nothing to the body,” Joy
Athanasiou, the attorney who is representing McAfee’s daughter Jen,
told MarketWatch.

    “It has been sitting there [in a freezer in a Spanish prison
morgue] all these months.”

Athanasiou added that while it was unclear what exactly was causing
the hold-up, slow proceedings in the Spanish court and possibly a
backlog of medical examinations of COVID-19-related deaths in Spain
may have contributed to the delay.

Jen McAfee said she wants her father’s remains transported to the
United States so that he can be cremated but has recently given up her
legal claim to his body to prevent additional delays.

Athanasiou also said that she had expected amicable negotiations with
Javier Villalba, the lawyer for McAfee’s ex-wife, Janice McAfee, and
that the process would run smoothly and quickly.

However, Athanasiou and Nishay Sanan, the lawyer who represented
McAfee in extradition cases while he was imprisoned in Spain, told
MarketWatch that negotiations had stalled partly because they had been
unable to reach Janice McAfee.

Meanwhile, the Spanish court has reportedly insisted that Athanasiou
represent Jen McAfee in person or find a local attorney to represent
her, creating further problems.

    “We need someone physically there to file documents or formal
court actions,” Athanasiou said.

    “We have communicated through email as well as online
communications systems in Spain, but it does not count as a formal
submission.”

Officials in Spain said that McAfee’s cause of death was likely
suicide, however his widow Janice McAfee claimed that his death was
not suicide and that the U.S. federal government was responsible.

    “I blame the U.S. authorities for this tragedy. Because of these
politically motivated charges against him. My husband is now dead,”
she told reporters in June last year, adding that he wasn’t suicidal.

    “His last words to me were, ‘I love you and I will call you in the
evening,'” Janice McAfee said. “He would have never quit this way, he
would never take his life in this way, ever.”

McAfee’s last words to her were “not words of somebody who is
suicidal,” his ex-wife said.

In December, Janice McAfee wrote on Twitter that “since John’s death
there has been an effort to guarantee that I would not make it to my
next birthday although I believe the ultimate goal is to ensure that I
do not leave Spain alive.”

It is unclear exactly where Janice McAfee is currently residing.

    “The investigation into John’s death continues its tediously slow
crawl to a conclusion which is keeping me in Spain because they won’t
release John’s body until the investigation closes. Allegedly this is
procedure,” she wrote. “Obviously, the dragging out of the
investigation is meant to keep us from finding out what happened to
John and I also believe it’s meant to keep me here in Spain.”

    “Apparently I am a loose end that needs tying up,” she added in the post.

The Epoch Times has contacted Janice McAfee and Spanish authorities for comment.


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