John McAfee

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   5 Things to Know This Morning

   Thu, 13 Dec 2012

   buzz-worthy stories of the morning. 1. McAfee Lands in Miami: I'm Free Software tycoon John McAfee landed in Miami on Wednesday night from detention in Guatemala City. McAfee has not been charged with committing
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   John McAfee Returns to US, Admits Playing 'Crazy Card'

   Thu, 13 Dec 2012

   John McAfee 's month-long international authorities whisked the founder of McAfee anti - virus software off the plane and into a van. "They said, 'Mr. McAfee , please step forward,'" McAfee , 67, later told ABC News exclusively
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   McAfee : I'm Free

   Wed, 12 Dec 2012

   Software mogul John McAfee has been released from detention in I had no choice in the matter." McAfee said, however, that Guatemalan authorities me this isn't a terrible trip." McAfee , 67, said he would not be accompanied
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   5 Things to Know This Morning

   Fri, 7 Dec 2012

   as the Assad regime weakens. 3. McAfee Released From Guatemalan Hospital Software tycoon John McAfee has been released from a hospital the immigration detention center. McAfee was hospitalized on Thursday after
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   'Nightline' Daily Line, Dec. 6: McAfee Could Be Deported to Belize

   Thu, 6 Dec 2012

   1:47 p.m. ET: UPDATE: McAfee could be deported to Belize Dozens descend on the immigration center where John McAfee is being held in Guatemala. twitter 10:15 a.m. ET: EXCLUSIVE: John # McAfee talked with ABC's Matt Gutman last
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   5 Things to Know This Morning

   Thu, 6 Dec 2012

   William at 11 a.m. GT today. 2. John McAfee Arrested After Entering Guatemala Software tycoon John McAfee , who fled Belize for Guatemala this to ABC News. Police are calling McAfee a person of interest in a November
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   Guatemala Could Deport John McAfee Back to Belize

   Thu, 6 Dec 2012

   Software anti virus pioneer John McAfee is in the process of News has learned that John McAfee is scheduled to be deported system here." But McAfee added he has not ruled fortune as the inventor of anti - virus software, and that

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   Anti -Virus Pioneer John McAfee Hiding in Belize: Police

   Wed, 14 Nov 2012

   of murder. SOFTWARE ENGINEER, john McAfee , is hiding from police. And we're matt. Reporter: Just outside john McAFEE 'S COMPOUND. The owner this morning the former millionaire and recluse john McAFEE , ON THE RUN FROM POLICE, After

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   with the software millionaire on the run, suspected of murder. SOFTWARE ENGINEER, john McAfee , is hiding from police. And we're learning how and why he's running for his life. Matt gutman is in belize. I know it's a scratchy connection. But good morning, matt. Reporter: Just outside john McAFEE'S COMPOUND. The owner this morning is on the run. Wanted by police for questions about the murder of his neighbor just down the street. McAFEE SAYS HE'S CHANGED HIS Appearance, dyeing his hair and his beard black. An entire nation on the lookout for a man who admits he is paranoid and quite possibly dangerous. This morning, the manhunt is intensifying for the former millionaire and recluse john McAFEE , ON THE RUN FROM POLICE, After being called a person of interest in the grisly murder of his neighbor here in belize. 52-year-old greg faull was found gunned down in his home sunday morning. He had a gunshot wound to the back of his head. And he was laying face-up. I don't know if the body was posed. Reporter: Abc news learned that McAfee , once considered a software savant, has changed his appearance, dyeing his beard and hair black. In a recorded interview with "WIRED" MAGAZINE, McAFEE SAYS He's alone. I'm holed up in a place, where the mattress here has lice. I've never experienced that before. I'll holed in this place. Reporter: Mcafee insists the government here is trying to kill him. "Wired" reporter, josh davis, is the only journalist in contact with him. He wanted people to believe he was dangerouso people won't attack him or harmhim. Reporter: Despite that, davis says the 67-year-old insists he is innocent. ACCORDING TO DAVIS, McAFEE FIRST Hid from the police by burying himself in the sand, breathing through a cardboard box. I am unable to move. That's clear. All the police, all the bdf have my photo. It's a small country. I'm a white man with unique features. If I leave this house, I would be identified instantly. Reporter: Mcafee made his FORTUNE IN THE '80s, PIONEERING Security. But after losing almost all of his fortune, he moved to belize, where he built a series of compounds. McAFEE IS CLEARLY A COMPLEX And eccentric millionaire. Just a very strange and paranoid world he lives in. Reporter: To get a better sense, abc news traveled here, TRYING TO track McAfee down. We found his house. Hello? Anybody home? He apparently posted men to guard his compound. He always had his gun. He has his gun. He's got his security personnel. His security guards with him. Reporter: This morning, police in belize say they want TO TALK the McAfee and worry he's come unhinged. We worry about the state of mind, of course. Reporter: Mcafee says he's alone, without the guns, without the girlfriend he's been known for. Without access to his biggest asset, this house, which he is selling for $1.5 million through THROUGHOUT IT ALL, McAFEE IS Insisting he is innocent, and has nothing to do with the murder down the beach. Does not feel like this is
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   John McAfee : Belize Police Searching for Antivirus Pioneer

   Tue, 13 Nov 2012

   synonymous WITH SECURITY, john McAfee , he built a fortune creating anti - virus software that protects from belize. Reporter: John mcafee , a software savant snapped for a feature about john McAFEE IN "WIRED" WHICH TELLS

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   an international murder mystery. A man whose name is synonymous WITH SECURITY, john McAfee , he built a fortune creating anti - virus software that protects come puputers around the world. Now he is being chased by police across a tiny country in central america. And matt guttman reports from belize. Reporter: John mcafee , a software savant, synonymous with security is synonymous with drugs, paranoia, and the murder OF, McAFEE'S MURDER HERE IN Belize. Tonight, 48 hours after his neighbor was shot point-blank in THE BACK OF THE HEAD, McAFEE IS On the run, telling wired magazine he drastically changed his appearance. Police tell abc news the 67-year-old is a person of

   by tiny puddle jumpers, so intimate, everybody knows everybody. WE TRAVELED to McAfee's beach front compound. Hello. Any body home. Where we found his guard. HAVE YOU HEARD FROM MR. McAFEE ? No, nothing. Reporter: Do you think he is okay? Guess so. Reporter: As "nightline" learned, fall was an american also living down the beach from McAFEE . Shane mccann was one of the first on the scene. He had a gunshot wound to the back of his head. He was laying face up. Reporter: Fall had lived here for years a place where americans come to find quiet and anonymity. ACCORDING TO THE REALTOR, McAFEE Stood out. He said he is paranoid. I wonder if you have seen evidence of that? Certainly. Any of us who live here on the island know whnotice when heap is moving about town, he is not alone. He has security person fell with him Reporter: They were armed with shot guns. But it could be this photo, snapped for a feature about john McAFEE IN "WIRED" WHICH TELLS The story of a genius whose paranoia may be eating away at his sanity. I hid for almost 18 hours. I have buried myself in sand. I have slept on roofs the I will do whatever it takes. Reporter: During the RECESSION, McAFEE LOST NEARLY 100 million. But enough was left to buy this compound. McAFEE ,000 TELLS WIRED HE Believes the country of belize is out to get him. That they don't like him. That they either want him to leave the country or want him dead. Reporter: Mcafee told "wired" police poisoned his dog and they killed his neighbor insisting he had nothing to do with fall's death. He's dead, yeah, they killed him. So it, it spooked me out. I thought my god. They mistook him for me. Reporter: Police and fall's family tell abc news a different story. THEY say McAfee had become unhinged even violent. Something his motor reporter, witnessed firsthand recently. He traveled to belize to in the view McAfee and filmed this footage while there. I started to realize the PUBLIC PERSONA of McAfee was different than private. Appeared to be using a drug that was hallucinogenic and could cause psychosis. Reporter: The controversial, not illegal drug, called bath salts on a message board calling it super perv powder. Abc news has not been able to verify the post. McAFEE KEPT RUNNING AFOUL OF Police. I seriously entertained doubts if I would get out of his house alive. Reporter: A bizarre downfall
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   Software Billionaire John McAfee Wanted for Questioning in Murder

   Tue, 13 Nov 2012

   suspected of murder. john McAfee made a fortune on anti - virus software that runs Good morning. john McAfee lived the kind of takes to Reporter: Mcafee , the former millionaire founder of the anti - virus software company

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   Now, to the software billionaire suspected of murder. john McAfee made a fortune on anti - virus software that runs on computers around the world. Now, he's being chased by police in the tiny country of the belize, who believe he may be behind the killing of his neighbor. Matt gutman has more. Reporter: Good morning. john McAfee lived the kind of lifecentral america that scared the people that knew him. Now, the name that was synonymous with security, could

   the bottom of cabs, boats. I'll do whatever it takes to Reporter: Mcafee , the former millionaire founder of the anti - virus software company that still bares his name, tells "wired" magazine that he's hiding out from police in belize. He sounded scared. He sounded nervous. He was convinced that the police were going to kill him if they found him. Reporter: Their search for the 67-year-old. This morning, he's a person of interest in the death of his neighbor, greg faull, an american who lived next to McAFEE , WAS FOUND DEAD SATURDAY Night, in his hacienda. McAFEE SEEN HERE TELLS "WIRED," He believes police poisoned his dog and insists they killed his neighbor, insisting he had nothing to do with faull's death. I heard that he had been shot. That made me even more paranoid because I thought someone was searching for me. Reporter: But police tell a different story. THEY said McAfee had become erratic and even violent. Something the reporter witnessed firsthand recently. I went to visit him. And he scared me a great deal. I seriously entertained doubts whether I was going to get out of his house alive. Reporter: The fortune mcafee amassed seeped to evaporate during the recession. Abc news profiled him as he auctioned off his possessions in 2009, before moving to
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   John McAfee : Manhunt for Software Billionaire

   Fri, 16 Nov 2012

   You've been learning a lot more ABOUT john McAfee 's compound and how close the police island. And all of the talk about McAFEE 'S HIDING OUT, IT'S Possible investigators may be closing in ON john McAfee . The former software tycoon being

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   on the case in belize. You've been learning a lot more ABOUT john McAfee's compound and how close the police may be. Reporter: That's right, george. Sources are telling us that police are focusing searching on this island. And all of the talk about McAFEE'S HIDING OUT, IT'S Possible he's in the estate behind me, hunkers down in a steel and concrete safe room. This morning, it appears that investigators may be closing in ON john McAfee . The former software tycoon being sought for questioning in a murder. McAFEE SAID RUMORS ARE RIFE OF An imminent raid. And another bizarre twist in this saga, sources tell abc NEWS, McAFEE MAY NEVER HAVE LEFT His house. He could have picked a location that's very secure, the police don't know about. Reporter: In fact, abc news HAS learned McAfee's compound features a concrete safe room. This photo obtained exclusively by abc news overnight, shows the bunker's steel gate. When we visited, the lights were on. BUT WE SAW NO SIGN of McAfee . Police have been looking for McAFEE SINCE SATURDAY NIGHT WHEN His neighbor, american greg faull, was found shot in the back of his head in his home. They actually need him to make the case. Specifically, they need him to talk. Reporter: Last year, faull had complained to authorities about McAfee's security and dogs. And while investigators have not NAMED HIM A SUSPECT, McAFEE HAS Spent the week in hiding, calling reporters to say he's not insane. I'm certainly innocent of the charges that are leveled against me in the press. Reporter: Last month, mcafee released this blog. He writes, perhaps it's a tale of paranoia, in which events are misinterpreted by an unstable mind, my mind. NOW, McAFEE TOLD US HE'S Changing out his cell phones every few hours. He's gone as far as querying an online message board to
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   John McAfee , Software Millionaire, on Run with Elaborate Disguise

   Tue, 20 Nov 2012

   government of belize wants him DEAD, john McAfee isn't keeping a low profile. Instead interviews to reporters, including me. john McAfee , the american software tycoon wanted faull, was found shot in the head. McAFEE HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED. But since

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   the run because he fears the government of belize wants him DEAD, john McAfee isn't keeping a low profile. Instead, he is using elaborate disguises to hide in plain sight. And giving interviews to reporters, including me. john McAfee , the american software tycoon wanted for questioning in the murder of his neighbor, says he has nothing to hide. How long will he stay on the run? This has to be exhausting. It's extremely exhausting. I will stay on the run, until the real killer of gregory faull is caught. Reporter: The 67-year-old has been eluding police since NOVEMBER 11th, SINCE HIS Neighbor in belize, greg faull, was found shot in the head. McAFEE HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED. But since investigators called him a person of interest, he's been in the wind, claiming his innocence, while taunting investigators. What do you say to the belize officials who are calling you bonkers and paranoid? Let me me as they wish. I do not intend to turn myself in no matter what they call me. Reporter: Instead, mcafee seems to enjoy playing cat and mouse, saying he's been stuffed back from his sprawling compound. I want to be near things where things are happening. Hiding out in the bushes is helping no one. Reporter: He's launched a new WEBSITE, WHO is McAfee .Com. I darken the skin of my face, neck and hands carefully with shoe polish. I stuff my cheeks with chewed bubble gum. While peddling, I almost sold a dolphin carving to an associated press reporter. while McAfee says he's convinced police will kill him if they find him, he says he would rather hide than flee. This is my
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   John McAfee : Software Millionaire Not Officially a Suspect

   Thu, 15 Nov 2012

   morning. Good morning. WE JUST HEARD, McAFEE HASN'T Been charged with a crime prime suspect. Reporter: Nancy, mcafee says he's innocent. He's blaming evidence. A U.S. REPORTER WAS in McAfee 's home recently. And sitting out

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   morning to both of you. Good morning. Good morning. WE JUST HEARD, McAFEE HASN'T Been charged with a crime. He hen named as a suspect. At this point, is it just a formality? Of course, he's the main incident. You have a motive. You have the incident with the dogs. You have a history. And relationship that they had. And now, he's on the run. The authorities are saying publicly, come on. We just want to talk to him. Just come on in. We just want to have a little chat. Of course, the reality is he is now the prime suspect. Reporter: Nancy, mcafee says he's innocent. He's blaming the police for the alleged poisoning of his dogs, not the victim. What evidence do police have against him? Well, actually, they've got quite a bit of circumstantial evidence. A U.S. REPORTER WAS in McAfee's home recently. And sitting out on the dining room table during the interview is a lugar 9 millimeter weapon. The victim, gregory
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   John McAfee Collapses at Detention Center After Arrest

   Fri, 7 Dec 2012

   latest scare for john McAfee , who is wanted elizabeth. I SPOKE TO john McAfee last night. He seemingly unconscious john McAFEE , IS WHEELED INTO Hospital on a gurney. McAFEE 'S MONTH-LONG The software anti - virus pioneer, apparently

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   Now, to the latest scare for john McAfee , who is wanted for questioning inize. He collapsed as the detention center where he was being held. He was rushed to the hospital. At first, they thought he might have suffered a heart attack. He's back in detention. And matt gutman is in guatemala city with the latest twist in this bizarre case. Good morning, matt. Reporter: Good morning, elizabeth. I SPOKE TO john McAfee last night. He said his attorneys are working on five, separate actions that could delay his deportation to belize, at least by a couple of d and free him from this detention center. And it follows what could be the most bizarre day in his month-long run from the law. Instd of being deported to belize in handcuffs on thursday, a seemingly unconscious john McAFEE , IS WHEELED INTO A Hospital on a gurney. McAFEE'S MONTH-LONG GAME OF CAT And mouse with authorities of two countries, ended with a sudden emergency. The software anti - virus pioneer, apparently sufferingrom a heart problem thursday morning, became unresponsive in this immigration detention center. McAFEE TELLING ABC NEWS -- I simply passed out. And I think that's the combination of stress and everything else. I hit my head. Reporter: A dramatic scene, with this ambulance powering through a thicket of cameramen. McAFEE , IN THE BACK OF THE Ambulance, lying prone on a headboard, eyes closed. Then, the chase. Tv crews careening through guatemala's streets. THE PRESS, pursuing McAfee on this gurney, right into the emergency room. As medics transferred him to a bed and began addressing him, suddenly, the man who appeared nearly dead, spoke. Please, not in front of the press. Please. Reporter: Asking the nurses not to address him in front of the media. OVERNIGHT, WE SPOKE to McAfee . Everything turned white. And then, everything turned black. Reporter: You passed out? A far cry from a jittery and raw McAFEE , WE MET ON WEDNESDAY, Describing his disguising, in his month on the run from belize, and his escape to guatemala. I had