John McAfee, founder of the leading antivirus company, McAfee, died by suicide in a Spanish prison in June 2021. But apparently until now, McAfee's body has not been buried and has become a bone of contention for his family.
At that time, John McAfee was found dead in a Barcelona prison cell hours after a Spanish court agreed to extradite him to the US to face tax evasion charges.
The Catalan regional police, Mossos d'Esquadra, confirmed this. The 75-year-old man breathed his last in Brians 2 prison near Barcelona. Medics had tried to save McAfee's life, but failed.
Well, about 7 months have passed, McAfee's body is still in the freezer in Barcelona and no further action has been taken. It turned out that McAfee's body was fighting over between his son and his ex-wife.
"To my knowledge, they haven't done anything to John McAfee's body. His body has been there for months," said Joy Athanasiou, a lawyer representing McAfee's daughter.
"This is one of the strangest cases I've witnessed in my career," said Nishay Sanan, a former McAfee attorney, quoted by Futurism.
It was not stated clearly why the case for the seizure of McAfee's body occurred. It may be related to inheritance or other issues.
McAfee is known as a controversial figure in the technology world despite his considerable influence. His company released the first commercial anti-virus software.
The presence of McAfee Antivirus has sparked a multi-billion dollar industry in the computer world, and eventually the company was sold to Intel for more than USD 7.6 billion.
In October 2020, John McAfee was arrested in Spain as he was about to board a flight to Turkey on charges of tax evasion by the US Department of Justice. Previously, this genius figure had also been involved in quite a number of criminal cases.