Software founder McAfee says he fears Belize police

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The Associated Press
Posted: Nov 15, 2012 9:17 AM ET
Last Updated: Nov 15, 2012 9:21 AM ET

Software company founder John McAfee said Wednesday he is in hiding, unarmed and accompanied only by a young woman, changing locations and telephones frequently to stay one step ahead of a Belize police unit he says wants to kill him.

Belize police in San Pedro have said they want to question McAfee, who they describe as a "person of interest" in the slaying of fellow American Gregory Viant Faull. Faull, 52, was shot to death over the weekend on the Caribbean island where both men lived.

Prime Minister Dean Barrow said McAfee was only wanted for questioning and should report to authorities.

Barrow also expressed doubts about McAfee's mental state: "I don't want to be unkind to the gentleman, but I believe he is extremely paranoid, even bonkers" ...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/11/15/tec-mcafee-hiding.html

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1. I love the typically courteous Caribbean way the PM called McAfee crazy.

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2. I was visiting Belize and met a British guy who had wrongly been

accused of being a foreigner on the lamb. He was walking without shoelaces, they took them, and hadn't shaved for two days. There's good money in capturing a wanted foreigner..