Wired reporter live-tweets murder suspect McAfee’s run from police; Updated
.@JoshuaDavisNow, who's live-tweeting McAfee's run from police, reminds me of @ReallyVirtual live-tweeting Osama raid (is.gd/yQVGLk)
Twitchy told you yesterday about the bizarre murder case involving anti-virus software king John McAfee in Belize.
He is now on the run from police — and Wired reporter Joshua Davis has been in contact with McAfee since last night.
John McAfee was accused of murder today. He has been calling me throughout the day to explain what happened. bit.ly/Zifq2k
This morning, Davis live-tweeted breaking news of McAfee’s continued attempt to evade arrest.
McAfee 1min ago: "Police have arrested the caretaker of my home+my biz partner+taxi driver who gave me ride. These are Stalin-era tactics."
McAfee called just now: "I am adept at hiding. I will do whatever it takes to stay alive."
Early morning phone call from McAfee in hiding: "I will not turn myself in."
McAfee at 5am: "The police have set up roadblocks across the country to catch me. I slept last night on a mattress infested with lice."
McAfee 7:05AM PST: "Power was just cut to the house I'm in. I think this is it."
The end? We’re staying wired to Davis’s Twitter feed for the latest. News at the speed of tweet.
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Update:
The plot thickens.
This whole McAfee story is another one that gets crazier by the minute... gizmodo.com/5960138/the-cr…
In September of this year, McAfee published a diary in three parts of his recent “adventures” in Belize on a private message board, where he described how his life had been transformed—and according to McAfee, threatened—over the last two years by corruption in government both local and national, as well as his taking on of a personal harem of local women. One woman, “Amber Smith,” according to McAfee, was an assassin. He called the story “Darkness Falls.”
What follows is a thoroughly bizarre, rambling mess born out of McAfee’s “unstable mind.” McAfee is most definitely a very disturbed man.
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Update:
Joshua Davis has resumed communication with McAfee:
McAfee says he is not armed. If the police shoot him, it's not because he has a weapon.
McAfee just called: He has changed locations. The police have not caught him yet.
McAfee says the police raided the house next door to where he was and he evaded them.
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By the way, this site via my computor anyway, is cleaned up via McAfee security! For real Good system, so far, about to crash, i suspect. dont buy any subscriptions!
There goes our guy now!