Why Hasn’t John McAfee’s Body Been Returned To The United States?

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A year after his death, the body of software entrepreneur John McAfee remains in a Spanish morgue, his family seeks answers.

A year earlier on June 23, anti-virus software tycoon John McAfee was found dead in a Spanish prison after the Spanish High Court approved McAfee’s extradition to the United States.

Now, McAfee’s body is still in a Spanish morgue as a legal case involving an independent autopsy remains unresolved.

Shortly after his death, McAfee’s widow said he was not suicidal and that she would seek “answers.”

Months before his death, McAfee posted on Twitter that he would never commit suicide and that if he ends up dead in prison it’s because he was whacked. So, many believed that he was indeed murdered.

Days before his death McAfee was set to be extradited to a US Court to face tax evasion charges.

More details of this story from Sky News:

John McAfee’s body is still in a Spanish morgue – one year after the software entrepreneur was found dead in his prison cell.

The 75-year-old was discovered a few hours after Spain’s high court had authorised his extradition to the US on tax evasion charges.

An post mortem had concluded that he killed himself, but McAfee’s widow said he was not suicidal and would seek “answers”.

His family challenged the findings, but their request for further checks was denied.

And although McAfee’s relatives appealed this decision, a judge subsequently ruled that his body could not be handed to the family until the appeal was resolved.

A spokesperson for Catalonia’s justice department said it was uncommon for identified bodies reclaimed by their families to be stored for such a long time.

Reuters dropped some details:

The body of software entrepreneur John McAfee remains in a Spanish morgue a year after his death as a legal case lodged by his family to demand further checks is yet to be resolved, authorities and his lawyer said.

McAfee, who launched the world’s first commercial anti-virus software in 1987, was found dead, aged 75, on June 23 last year in his prison cell a few hours after Spain’s high court authorised his extradition to the United States on tax evasion charges.

The British-American mogul had been jailed in the Barcelona-area Brians 2 jail for eight months following his arrest after years on the run from U.S. authorities.

The autopsy determined he died by suicide. Prison authorities said he had already attempted to kill himself four months before dying. 

Below were McAfee’s tweets before his death:

The corpse remains at the same Barcelona morgue where the autopsy was conducted, said a spokesperson for the regional government’s justice department, adding that it was uncommon for identified bodies reclaimed by their families to be stored for such a long time.

Sources: WLT, Sky News, Reuters