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Re:John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approv... by dnh44 on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @04:06PM (#27609488)
If I remember the story correctly the neighbour killed his dogs. That’s a pretty strong motive.
Re:John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approv... by oh_sigh on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @04:43PM (#27610069)
Actually, John killed his own dogs after he believed they were poisoned by his neighbor. Were they really poisoned, or was that just one of his psychotic delusions(like his claim that Belizean officials were out to kill him but killed Faull by mistake)?

We'll never know. But we do know that his dogs were allowed to run free in a giant pack and attacked at least 6 people (probably more, but they may be locals and not ex-pats/tourists whose claims are more likely to be reported on)

Re:John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approv... by cwkoss on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @04:48PM (#27610142)
He claimed that he gifted laptops to the Belizean government pre-loaded with spyware and alleged to have found evidence that multiple top officials were engaged in drug and human trafficking.

If true, would certainly be a motive for those officials.

Re:John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approv... by FireBeyond on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @07:31PM (#27611918)
> He claimed that he gifted laptops to the Belizean government pre-loaded with spyware and alleged to have found evidence that multiple top officials were engaged in drug and human trafficking.

So he was looking to take out his competitors? Because he boasted of having sold 25KG of psychotropics in the previous year, so let's not mistake him for some vigilante.

Re:John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approv... by cwkoss on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @08:13PM (#27612281)
Do you have a source for that? I don't doubt you, but I'd like to read the story.
Re:John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approv... by FireBeyond on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @08:17PM (#27612321)
Re:John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approv... by cwkoss on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @08:52PM (#27612563)
Wow, that reddit thread is really something. Thanks
Re:John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approv... by oh_sigh on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @05:01PM (#27610305)
Weird he never provided any proof of his claims about that. You would think that if he was invested enough to put his own life in risk(according to him) to find out the extent of corruption among officials in Belize, that he would, perhaps, release the information in some manner instead of just pretending like it never existed.

And what was the thinking of the officials who allegedly received the laptops? "Oh no, the man who gave us free laptops has been reading everything we've done on these laptops. Let's plan his murder on these laptops now. Don't worry about finding his address, it's just some home north of San Pedro right? Just go kill a guy and it must be John"

Re:John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approv... by swader999 on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @06:55PM (#27611594)
He mentioned in his tweets a lot will be released upon his death. We'll see I guess.
Re:John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approv... by oh_sigh on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @08:20PM (#27612335)
To anyone reading this: I will bet literally any amount of money that is available to me, with 10:1 odds, that no information will come out.
Re:John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approv... by imwillofficial on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @09:23PM (#27612781)
Didn’t McAfee bet to eat His own penis for some reason?
Re:John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approv... by tptacek on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @09:52PM (#27612959)
And lost, and refused to honor the bet.
Re:John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approv... by square_usual on Thursday June 24, 2021 @12:26AM (#27613984)
It was over the price of bitcoin.
Re:John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approv... by newobj on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @09:57PM (#27612997)
You waiting for any Q drops too?
Re:John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approv... by swader999 on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @11:06PM (#27613446)
There was a Q posted to his Instagram account an hour after his death was reported. Popcorn ready.
Re:John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approv... by FullyFunctional on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @05:09PM (#27610406)
This is how conspiracies are created. There's no evidence and strong motive for him to create this conspiracy.

I'm a big fan of Occam's razor and in this case the simplest explanation, in light of _evidence_ of which there was plenty in the documentary, is that he was not truthful.

Re:John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approv... by cwkoss on Thursday June 24, 2021 @12:49AM (#27614079)
To be a bit pedantic, testimony is evidence. But I agree he was not very credible.
Re:John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approv... by hellbannedguy on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @09:13PM (#27612716)
"Actually, John killed his own dogs after he believed they were poisoned by his neighbor."

I've never heard he killed his dogs. I did hear he thought the next door neighbor poisoned his dogs.

Re:John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approv... by oh_sigh on Thursday June 24, 2021 @04:14PM (#27623194)
He shot his dogs and buried them on his property (allegedly, because he thought they were poisoned). The last I heard of the dogs, the police had taken their corpses to see if they were shot with the same gun that murdered Faull. But odds seem low since it was known that John had a ton of guns and armed guards in Belize.
Re:John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approv... by Vadoff on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @04:35PM (#27609962)
John Wick agrees
Re:John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approv... by ZephyrBlu on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @09:33PM (#27612856)
This makes me wonder if he was a source of inspiration for the movies...
Re:John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approv... by Razengan on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @04:36PM (#27609974)
Sounds like someone else with the same first name and motive.