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Steve from Colorado

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Nov 12, 2012, 3:46:29 PM11/12/12
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Heck, we were just talking about Belize in alt.survival recently. Check out this bizarre story:

http://gizmodo.com/5959812/john-mcafee-wanted-for-murder

Exclusive: John McAfee Wanted for Murder (Updated)
Jeff Wise

Antivirus pioneer John McAfee is on the run from murder charges, Belize police say. According to Marco Vidal, head of the national police force's Gang Suppression Unit, McAfee is a prime suspect in the murder of American expatriate Gregory Faull, who was gunned down Saturday night at his home in San Pedro Town on the island of Ambergris Caye.

Details remain sketchy so far, but residents say that Faull was a well-liked builder who hailed originally from California. The two men had been at odds for some time. Last Wednesday, Faull filed a formal complaint against McAfee with the mayor's office, asserting that McAfee had fired off guns and exhibited "roguish behavior." Their final disagreement apparently involved dogs.

UPDATE: Here is the official police statement:

MURDER
On Sunday the 11th November, 2012 at 8:00am acting upon information received, San Pedro Police visited 5 ¾ miles North of San Pedro Town where they saw 52 year old U.S National Mr. GREGORY VIANT FAULL, of the said address, lying face up in a pool of blood with an apparent gunshot wound on the upper rear part of his head apparently dead. Initial investigation revealed that on the said date at 7:20am LUARA TUN, 39years, Belizean Housekeeper of Boca Del Rio Area, San Pedro Town went to the house of Mr. Faull to do her daily chores when she saw him laying inside of the hall motionless, Faull was last seen alive around 10:00pm on 10.11.12 and he lived alone. No signs of forced entry was seen, A (1) laptop computer brand and serial number unknown and (1) I-Phone was discovered missing. The body was found in the hall of the upper flat of the house. A single luger brand 9 mm expended shells was found at the first stairs leading up to the upper flat of the building. The body of Faull was taken to KHMH Morgue where it awaits a Post Mortem Examination. Police have not established a motive so far but are following several leads.

As we reported last week, McAfee has become increasingly estranged from his fellow expatriates in recent years. His behavior has become increasingly erratic, and by his own admission he had begun associating with some of the most notorious gangsters in Belize.

Since our piece ran on last week, several readers have come forward with additional information that sheds light on the change in McAfee's behavior. In July of 2010, shortly before Allison Adonizio pulled the plug on their quorum-sensing project and fled the country, McAfee began posting on a drug-focused Russian-hosted message board called Bluelight about his attempts to purify the psychoactive compounds colloquially known as "bath salts."

Writing under the name "stuffmonger," a handle he has used on other online message boards, McAfee posted more than 200 times over the next nine months about his ongoing quest to purify psychoactive drugs from compounds commercially available over the internet. "I'm a huge fan of MDPV," he wrote. "I think it's the finest drug ever conceived, not just for the indescribable hypersexuality, but also for the smooth euphoria and mild comedown."

Elsewhere, he described his pursuit of "super perv powder" and warned about the dangers of handling the freebase version of the drug: "I had visual and auditory hallucinations and the worst paranoia of my life." He recommended that the most effective way to take a dose is via rectal insertion, a procedure known as "plugging," writing: "Measure your dose, apply a small amount of saliva to just the tip of your middle finger, press it against the dose, insert. Doesn't really hurt as much as it sounds. We're in an arena (drugs/libido) that I navigate as well as anyone on the planet here. If you take my advice about this (may sound gross to some of you perhaps), you will be well rewarded."

Nicholas

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Nov 12, 2012, 6:06:57 PM11/12/12
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On Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:46:29 -0800 (PST), Steve from Colorado
<gas...@hushmail.com> wrote:

>Heck, we were just talking about Belize in alt.survival recently. Check out this bizarre story:
>
>http://gizmodo.com/5959812/john-mcafee-wanted-for-murder
>
>Exclusive: John McAfee Wanted for Murder (Updated)
>Jeff Wise
>
>Antivirus pioneer John McAfee is on the run from murder charges, Belize police say. According to Marco Vidal, head of the national police force's Gang Suppression Unit, McAfee is a prime suspect in the murder of American expatriate Gregory Faull, who was gunned down Saturday night at his home in San Pedro Town on the island of Ambergris Caye.
>
>Details remain sketchy so far, but residents say that Faull was a well-liked builder who hailed originally from California. The two men had been at odds for some time. Last Wednesday, Faull filed a formal complaint against McAfee with the mayor's office, asserting that McAfee had fired off guns and exhibited "roguish behavior." Their final disagreement apparently involved dogs.
>
>UPDATE: Here is the official police statement:
>
> MURDER
> On Sunday the 11th November, 2012 at 8:00am acting upon information received, San Pedro Police visited 5 ž miles North of San Pedro Town where they saw 52 year old U.S National Mr. GREGORY VIANT FAULL, of the said address, lying face up in a pool of blood with an apparent gunshot wound on the upper rear part of his head apparently dead. Initial investigation revealed that on the said date at 7:20am LUARA TUN, 39years, Belizean Housekeeper of Boca Del Rio Area, San Pedro Town went to the house of Mr. Faull to do her daily chores when she saw him laying inside of the hall motionless, Faull was last seen alive around 10:00pm on 10.11.12 and he lived alone. No signs of forced entry was seen, A (1) laptop computer brand and serial number unknown and (1) I-Phone was discovered missing. The body was found in the hall of the upper flat of the house. A single luger brand 9 mm expended shells was found at the first stairs leading up to the upper flat of the building. The body of Faull was
>taken to KHMH Morgue where it awaits a Post Mortem Examination. Police have not established a motive so far but are following several leads.
>
>As we reported last week, McAfee has become increasingly estranged from his fellow expatriates in recent years. His behavior has become increasingly erratic, and by his own admission he had begun associating with some of the most notorious gangsters in Belize.
>
>Since our piece ran on last week, several readers have come forward with additional information that sheds light on the change in McAfee's behavior. In July of 2010, shortly before Allison Adonizio pulled the plug on their quorum-sensing project and fled the country, McAfee began posting on a drug-focused Russian-hosted message board called Bluelight about his attempts to purify the psychoactive compounds colloquially known as "bath salts."
>
>Writing under the name "stuffmonger," a handle he has used on other online message boards, McAfee posted more than 200 times over the next nine months about his ongoing quest to purify psychoactive drugs from compounds commercially available over the internet. "I'm a huge fan of MDPV," he wrote. "I think it's the finest drug ever conceived, not just for the indescribable hypersexuality, but also for the smooth euphoria and mild comedown."
>
>Elsewhere, he described his pursuit of "super perv powder" and warned about the dangers of handling the freebase version of the drug: "I had visual and auditory hallucinations and the worst paranoia of my life." He recommended that the most effective way to take a dose is via rectal insertion, a procedure known as "plugging," writing: "Measure your dose, apply a small amount of saliva to just the tip of your middle finger, press it against the dose, insert. Doesn't really hurt as much as it sounds. We're in an arena (drugs/libido) that I navigate as well as anyone on the planet here. If you take my advice about this (may sound gross to some of you perhaps), you will be well rewarded."

So, to summarize, this Money Mogul shoved some "bath salts" up his ass
with his middle finger, and then went and shot to death an expatriate
he had a grudge against.

Kids...illegal drugs are not good for you. Just say NO.

Lg

Winston_Smith

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Nov 12, 2012, 6:51:26 PM11/12/12
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On Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:46:29 -0800 (PST), Steve from Colorado
<gas...@hushmail.com> wrote:

>http://gizmodo.com/5959812/john-mcafee-wanted-for-murder
>Exclusive: John McAfee Wanted for Murder (Updated)

>Elsewhere, he described his pursuit of "super perv powder" and warned
>about the dangers of handling the freebase version of the drug: "I had
>visual and auditory hallucinations and the worst paranoia of my life."

Doesn't sound a lot different than LSD. I'll bet on a paranoid
episode and the dead man became his mortal enemy.

gemjack

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Nov 13, 2012, 7:55:35 AM11/13/12
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On Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:06:57 -0600, Nicholas
<Lawrence...@comcast.net> wrote:

>>Writing under the name "stuffmonger," a handle he has
>> used on other online message boards, McAfee posted more than 200
>> times over the next nine months about his ongoing quest to purify
>>psychoactive drugs from compounds commercially available over the
>> internet. "I'm a huge fan of MDPV," he wrote. "I think it's the
>> finest drug ever conceived, not just for the indescribable
>> hypersexuality, but also for the smooth euphoria and mild comedown."


This is not going to help his virus software sales.
-gj

Nicholas

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Nov 13, 2012, 8:12:59 AM11/13/12
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It doesn't matter at this point. He's on the run for First Degree
Murder. If/when they catch him, his "life" is over for all practical
purposes.

Lg

rbowman

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Nov 13, 2012, 9:55:53 AM11/13/12
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gemjack wrote:

> This is not going to help his virus software sales.

Hell, his virus software never helped sales either. I shitcanned McAfee and
Norton/Symantec a long time ago and went to Kaspersky. You want to catch
Russian hackers, hire a Russian hacker.

Winston_Smith

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Nov 13, 2012, 11:36:41 AM11/13/12
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On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 07:55:53 -0700, rbowman <bow...@montana.com>
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Second that one. Can you say "worthless" children?

Steve from Colorado

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Nov 14, 2012, 1:28:58 AM11/14/12
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To the best of my knowledge, McAfee, like Norton, sold their companies
to bigger fish years ago. Only the name remains for these AV companies
that are now Chinese or Indian owned.

Winston_Smith

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Dec 12, 2012, 12:43:28 AM12/12/12
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On Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:46:29 -0800 (PST), Steve from Colorado
<gas...@hushmail.com> wrote:

>Heck, we were just talking about Belize in alt.survival recently. Check out this bizarre story:
>http://gizmodo.com/5959812/john-mcafee-wanted-for-murder
>Exclusive: John McAfee Wanted for Murder (Updated)

The saga continues.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2012/12/11/mcafee-guatemala/1762535/
A lawyer for John McAfee said Tuesday a judge has ordered the software
company founder released from a Guatemalan detention center where he
has been fighting being returned to Belize.

Lawyer Telesforo Guerra said the judge notified him verbally of the
ruling, but added that it may take a day for formal written
notification to win McAfee's release, possibly as soon as Wednesday.

Judge Judith Secaida did not immediately return phone calls seeking to
confirm the ruling.

Guerra said Secaida ruled that McAfee's detention was illegal, ordered
him released, and gave him 10 days to put his immigration situation in
order. It was not immediately clear if McAfee could get some kind of
temporary or transit visa to allow him to leave Guatemala.

He has said that he wants to return to the United States with his
20-year-old Belizean girlfriend. Guerra agreed that that would be his
best option.

...snip

Steve from Colorado

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Dec 12, 2012, 1:34:45 PM12/12/12
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Thanks for the update. As Bob Dylan sang, "Money doesn't talk . . . it swears."
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