none. we traveled a long way for that phone call, and still no closer to laying eyes on, than were the belizian police. then, days after the call, mcafee s blog reported he d been captured in mexico, but no. that turned out to be false. and then on december 4th, 2012, nearly a month after greg faull was murdered, mcafee announced on his block that he and his young female companion had crossed the border to guatemala. why here? well, a couple of very practical reasons. some of them about family, and some international politics. and because of that, the story got even stranger. after weeks on the run, there he was, in the flesh. according to mcafee, he was not running from a homicide investigation. oh no, he said he was in guatemala to ask for political asylum, and protection from the government of belize. seven months ago, the belizian government sent 42 armed soldiers into my property. i had to leave, but the story
a few months after this interview, the self professed teetotaller was arrested while driving under the influence and possession of a handgun while intoxicated. in typical mcafee-fashion, he joked about the incident on social media and claimed, falsely, that he had a shootout with police. he pleaded guilty to a dui, forfeited his weapon, paid a fine, and spent 48 hours in jail. all of which begs the question can anybody take seriously anything john mcafee says? as you might imagine, for greg faull s family, the answer to that is no. it doesn t make any sense at all if mcafee claims hs innocence. why did he disappear and make a circus of this whole thing? i don t understand it. and i just wish someone would investigate it, or find someone who can talk about it, and bring some justice, somewhere. though, the belizians say
bystanders, most of the victims are teenagers or in the early 20 s. police say large groups of people were walking around the downtown area when it happened, at least one person is in custody. yesterday, president biden spoke to graduates at the university of delaware where he addressed the recent mass shootings in buffalo and uvalde, and called on americans to make the nations safer. will visit uvalde today to meet the victims families. now back to dateline. now back to dateline welcome back to dateline. i m craig melvin. john mcafee life on the land ended when he suddenly popped up with his young lover in guatemala. wanted by authorities in belize for questioning in the murder of greg faull, mcafee told reporters he was now seeking political asylum from the persecution he suffered their.
the guns? they complained about that. everybody? he was not an exception. would allow security guards to wonder around in the front of your house, in front of a public beach with guns, menacing, at least in the perception of the tourists walking by, these people, and not prevent them from doing so? may i stand up for a moment? do whatever you wish. so, now, if someone is carrying a gun, a shotgun, holding like this, how could that be menacing? how can that be menacing, sir? someone sees a gun, the world s full of gun. america has 280 million of them. however, your neighbors are saying they weren t holding the gun down there, they re pointing them? that s not true. do you think i would tolerate that? get real! as he had from the beginning, mcafee insisted he had no motive for killing faull. he never believed faull was responsible for poisoning his dogs, he said. i knew who killed three dogs. who? the government. a witness who has no reason to lie claims that
the jungle started to infect him, almost like a virus. then came the mystery his neighbor suddenly found dead. there was blood all over the floor. everyone was crying. i said, no, it can t possibly happen. and the millionaire suddenly on the run, taunting authorities, launching a chase, an international hide and seek hunt. it seemed like it s fiction. it doesn t seem real. he may have eluded the police, but he did not elude us. so, neither you nor anybody representing you went over to greg faull s house and shot him through in the head? no, sir. can you possibly get any inkling of the truth? you will not believe the things that happen. get ready for some serious heart of darkness here.