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John McAfee found dead in prison cell as Spanish high court allows extradition

77 points by robtaylor 5y ago

robtaylor 5y ago
El Mundo story https://www.elmundo.es/tecnologia/2021/06/23/60d38594e4d4d8c47b8b4699.html https://www.elmundo.es/tecnologia/2021/06/23/60d38594e4d4d8c...
- anthk 5y ago
  >[Noticia de última hora. Habrá actualización en breve] Breaking news. Update coming soon. Better if we wait an hour or so.
  - robtaylor 5y ago
    What will happen in an hour?
    - anthk 5y ago
      Maybe more data from the forensics.
anshumankmr 5y ago
Apparently he committed suicide, which is crazy.
- fogdart 5y ago
  The dude has put the HARD miles on his mind and body in the last twenty years. I find this news very sad.
  - anshumankmr 5y ago
    I wish he had some more sense in him. And that he used a little less coke.
- vonunov 5y ago
  https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/1200864283766251521 https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/120086428376625152... >Getting subtle messages from U.S. officials saying, in effect: "We're coming for you McAfee! We're going to kill yourself". I got a tattoo today just in case. If I suicide myself, I didn't. I was whackd. Check my right arm. https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/1316801215083225096 https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/131680121508322509... >I am content in here. I have friends. The food is good. All is well. Know that if I hang myself, a la Epstein, it will be no fault of mine.
  - bluefirebrand 5y ago
    This might have been very true at the time he tweeted, but if extradition was signed he may have had a change of heart and decided not to face the US justice system.
    - BearOso 5y ago
      Plus, there's no indication he had any information that the government would need to kill him to keep secret. It was just tax evasion charges and maybe drug dealing.
    - vonunov 5y ago
      Fair I guess, ideally you wouldn't say "I'll never kill myself and if I do I didn't" and then do it, but he probably wasn't the most stable and reliable person. It sucks if he really didn't do it because now it's pretty easy for any interested parties to make this argument.
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weeweww32 5y ago
ඞ sus
ChrisArchitect 5y ago
[dupe] Discussion over here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27609027 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27609027

77 points by robtaylor 5y ago

El Mundo story https://www.elmundo.es/tecnologia/2021/06/23/60d38594e4d4d8c47b8b4699.html https://www.elmundo.es/tecnologia/2021/06/23/60d38594e4d4d8c...

anthk 5y ago
>[Noticia de última hora. Habrá actualización en breve] Breaking news. Update coming soon. Better if we wait an hour or so.
- robtaylor 5y ago
  What will happen in an hour?
  - anthk 5y ago
    Maybe more data from the forensics.

anshumankmr 5y ago

Apparently he committed suicide, which is crazy.

fogdart 5y ago
The dude has put the HARD miles on his mind and body in the last twenty years. I find this news very sad.
- anshumankmr 5y ago
  I wish he had some more sense in him. And that he used a little less coke.
vonunov 5y ago
https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/1200864283766251521 https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/120086428376625152... >Getting subtle messages from U.S. officials saying, in effect: "We're coming for you McAfee! We're going to kill yourself". I got a tattoo today just in case. If I suicide myself, I didn't. I was whackd. Check my right arm. https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/1316801215083225096 https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/131680121508322509... >I am content in here. I have friends. The food is good. All is well. Know that if I hang myself, a la Epstein, it will be no fault of mine.
- bluefirebrand 5y ago
  This might have been very true at the time he tweeted, but if extradition was signed he may have had a change of heart and decided not to face the US justice system.
  - BearOso 5y ago
    Plus, there's no indication he had any information that the government would need to kill him to keep secret. It was just tax evasion charges and maybe drug dealing.
  - vonunov 5y ago
    Fair I guess, ideally you wouldn't say "I'll never kill myself and if I do I didn't" and then do it, but he probably wasn't the most stable and reliable person. It sucks if he really didn't do it because now it's pretty easy for any interested parties to make this argument.

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weeweww32 5y ago

ඞ sus

ChrisArchitect 5y ago

[dupe] Discussion over here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27609027 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27609027