As rumors proceed to flow into on-line that disgraced tech entrepreneur John McAfee faked his personal dying, his widow, Janice McAfee, says she doesn’t consider them.
“Based mostly off of the data that I’ve and [that] I’ve obtained concerning his dying, I don’t consider that he’s [alive].” McAfee stated, showing on the Rice TVx YouTube channel on Wednesday.
Including gasoline to the hypothesis is the brand new Netflix documentary, “Working with the Satan,” which contains a section the place John McAfee’s former girlfriend, Samantha Herrera, claims McAfee known as her from a hideout in Texas—one thing that Janice McAfee says seems to be pretend.
“I don’t need to destroy anybody’s hope of pondering that John could or might not be alive if that helps you sleep higher at night time or simply to have that hope, that’s positive,” she stated.
John McAfee died in a Spanish jail in June 2021 whereas awaiting extradition to the US on tax evasion fees. Since then, his widow and authorized workforce have waged a marketing campaign to have the physique launched in order that an unbiased post-mortem could be carried out and he can lastly be laid to relaxation. Thus far, the marketing campaign has been unsuccessful, and McAfee’s physique stays in Spanish custody.
Janice McAfee says a choice on whether or not or to not launch her husband’s physique could come within the subsequent two months and that the documentary introduced extra consideration to the scenario.
“I can humbly say the Spanish in all probability didn’t understand who precisely John McAfee was and the way a lot individuals cared about him,” she stated.
John McAfee launched the primary industrial anti-virus software program bearing his title in 1987 and ran for president of the US in 2016 and 2020, each instances unsuccessfully looking for the Libertarian Social gathering nomination.
Janice McAfee says she additionally doesn’t consider that her husband dedicated suicide, however the door is open to suspect foul play. She says that when McAfee was discovered, he was respiratory, had a heartbeat, and had been present in a way that he stated would by no means be discovered.
Whereas she did say that the concept of McAfee being alive and in Texas is unfounded, she did acknowledge that one of the best place to cover can be proper below somebody’s nostril—together with the U.S. authorities.
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