– John McAfee is a renowned name in the computer world, known for the first commercial antivirus. – McAfee reportedly died on 23 June 2021 in a prison cell in Spain. – His ex-girlfriend has claimed in a documentary that McAfee faked his death.
McAfee resigned from the company in 1994, sold his shares, and remained a vocal critic of the company. McAfee earned a lot during the 2008-09 period as he founded various companies. Later, he was charged with murder in Belize during his stay and returned to the US in 2013. He was also charged with tax evasion in Spain and remained in jail. He was to be extradited to the US for criminal charges, but he committed suicide in jail. Now, his ex-girlfriend has claimed that he faked his death and is alive.
John McAfee’s death was shocking news as he hanged himself in his prison cell in Spain. His death created controversy even then as some suspected possibility of murder. His wife Janice was the leading name in refuting the claim that John McAfee had committed suicide. She claimed that Mr. McAfee didn’t commit suicide. Instead, his suicide note was a forgery.
John McAfee was suspected of the death of an American expatriate in Belize. Police came to investigate him, but instead, he preferred to flee the country. It was in 2019 that McAfee announced he was on the run from US authorities, who wanted him on tax evasion charges. He was later arrested on 5 October 2020 in Spain when the US Department of Justice sought help from Spanish authorities. John McAfee was indicted on 5 March 2021 and jailed in Spain, awaiting extradition to the US. He committed suicide before being extradited, which created controversy.
Recently, John McAfee’s Belizean ex-girlfriend Samantha Herrera revealed McAfee is still alive and he had faked his suicide. She claims that John relocated to Texas. She said she received a call a couple of weeks after his alleged death. The person on call claimed to be John, saying he had paid the people in jail and he was safe in Texas. She claims that the person on the call said only three people in the world know about him being alive.
He also asked her to run away with him. Herrera started dating him when she turned 18 and fled with him when McAfee was accused of murder. She also helped him arrange an attorney for the same case. Herrera says the government officials are after him because he didn’t pay them, and they could hurt him.
The revelations came from a Netflix documentary, and Herrera didn’t respond when media persons contacted her. There is little possibility of John McAfee being alive as there is little proof. Despite the little possibility, there is still a chance Herrera’s claims are true.