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Janice McAfee Continues Fight for Release of John McAfee’s Remains, 670 Days After His Death – Bitcoin News
Last July, it was widely reported that the body of the now-deceased, enigmatic tech tycoon John McAfee was still lying in a Spanish morgue a full year after his untimely passing. McAfee’s widow, Janice, has taken to social media to voice her concern over the extended delay in the release of his remains. It is a great frustration for her that, even after an incredible 670 days, she is still unable to give her beloved husband a proper burial.
John McAfee’s widow demands answers over delays in releasing his remains
On April 23, 2023, Janice McAfee tweeted about her late husband, John McAfee, insisting that he had been in a morgue for 670 days. In July 2022, Bitcoin.com News reported on McAfee’s remains sitting in the morgue for a year. Janice is still complaining about the problem and asks why there is a stop. “670 days since John’s ‘suicide’,” Janice tweeted. “670 days and his remains have still not been released. 670 days and his autopsy report is still not released. 670 days is an absurdly long time to wait to bury your loved one.” McAfee’s widow added:
What are they hiding? #JohnMcAfeeDidNotKill himself
In October 2020, McAfee was arrested at Barcelona-El Prat Airport and faced extradition to the United States. He was accused by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of promoting initial coin offerings (ICOs) and “tax evasion and willful failure to file tax returns.” Spain’s Supreme Court approved McAfee’s provisional extradition, and hours later he was found dead in his prison cell in Barcelona. After his death, a number of stories emerged claiming that McAfee had activated a dead man’s switch.
More recently, last August, a Netflix documentary called “Running with the Devil” featured one of McAfee’s former girlfriends, who claimed he called her from Texas after his reported death. Janice scoffed at the woman’s theory after the documentary aired, insisting that John would not be hiding in America and calling the idea “ridiculous”. During first week March 2023, Janice discussed McAfee’s death with Hotep Jesus and her “ongoing battle with the Barcelona courts over John’s remains, almost two years after his death”.
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