Happen. And the millionaire was suddenly on the run. Taunting authorities, launching a chase, an international hideandseek hunt. Seems like its fiction. It doesnt seem real. He may have alluded the police but he didnt allude us. Reporter neither you or any one representing you went over to his house and shot him in the head . No sir. Can you mosably getpossibly get any truth . You will not believe the things that happened. Im lester holt. Get ready for some serious heart of darkness [ bleep ] here. And this is dateline. Tonight Keith Morrison with the fugitive millionaire. Reporter an american murdered in a tropical paradise while a famous and wealthy man went on the run. Im trying to delay my imminent capture. Reporter why was he hiding . He is bonkers in my view, without a doubt. Reporter the story is a strange brew of dogs and guns and girls. Teenage girls. I started to shoot him. For some reason i missed. Reporter an interconnected web. With one man at its center. John is smart. He knows what he is doing. Reporter tonights case will take us from the high tech world of Silicon Valley off to the jungles of central america, finally to a small town in alabama. All right, get ready for some serious heart of darkness [ bleep ] here. Reporter heart of darkness . Oh yes. And a wildly strange tale about a highflying business tycoon named john mcafee and the bizarre chain of events that would make him the focus of an International Manhunt. There is little doubt, you know the name mcafee. Even if youve dont recognize his face. Thats because you probably had Antivirus Software on your computer at one time or another. The past three weeks we have seen five new viruses. Reporter back in the 80s it was the visionary john mcafee who recognized the threat posed by invisible computer viruses and made a fortune by devising defenses to stop them. David faber is a Business Reporter for cnbc. He made 100 million when it was something to make 100 million. Reporter but faber knew that mcafee lost most of the money in the real estate bust. This is called snake alley for obvious reasons any way that i hope we dont find out about. Reporter it was 2009 faber was making a documentary about boom and bust. He found mcafee at his new adopted home in belize. And the buff and charismatic then 64yearold made a fascinating case study. My life has turned around 180 degrees down here. I mentioned the freedom here. There are virtually no regulations on business. A lot of it was how belize is a paradise for people like me because i can do anything i want. There are no laws, intellectual property nobody cares, i can start anything. Reporter and he did. Whenever he perceived an opportunity to make a buck. Water taxis. Ultralights. But his pride and joy, mcafee told faber was creation of a special lab in which he planned to make new medicines from jungle plants. Hopefully we will be in production of some fairly unique pharmaceuticals. Reporter with a beach home on an island off the coast, ambergris key, and on the mainland john mcafee could still afford to live large and make an impression. I remember the night i arrived in belize. He had invited me over to his home. It was on the water. And it was very dark and then he pulled in to his home which was lit up. And i walked in and he was playing the piano. And it did have the feel of almost being in a bond movie and this was your, your villain in some ways. He didnt turn to me and say, hello, mr. Faber. But, it all most had that feel to it. It was it was unlike anything i have sort of ever kind of experienced. Reporter david faber here to meet a man who took Business Risks had caught a glimpse of another mcafee. I think he likes drama. I think he likes intense experiences. Josh wa daveua davis met the other mcafee a contributing editor at wired magazine and one time nbc consultant. He got to know mcafee after Belize Police raided the mainland compound looking for Illegal Drugs. I heard abutout this raid on april 30th when the Belize Police force burst into his compound in the jungle and that struck me as extraordinary. Reporter as it turned out the police did not find any Illegal Drugs at mcafees compound in that raid. Though mcafee was charged with having an unlicensed gun. The fact that police even suspected mcafee of making drugs was intrigueingintriguing. Mcafee had been an outspoken tea totaler ever since kicking a drug habit in the 1980s. So davis want to belize to investigate. It was there said davis, the belize government was corrupt and the Government Paramilitary suppression unit gsu was out to get him. One of the explanations for why the april 30th raid happened. One of the local politicians had come to him, asked for a denation. He donation. As a result they sikd thecked the g. U. S. On him. They raided him because they didnt know what was going on. He had this laboratory there. It was heavily guard. He has more bodyguards than the prime minister. He had essentially a private army. And a hablaboratory making god knows what. He wont tell anybody. Davis want to caramelita the toniy town near the mcafee compound. Where towns people told him, they said that mcafee had gone native. As he got more involved in this small village of caramelita the way he talked started to devolve, his dress devolved. I think that the jungle and that environment started to infect him. Almost like a virus. Thats what he said to his friend. Was my fragile connection with Polite Society has been severed. Reporter after that raid mcafee moved back to his island house on ambergris key where davis report heed surrounded himself with guard dogs and armed men. And several teenage girls. In a country where the age of consent is 16 mcafee told davis he leaked to keep those girls busy in bed. He told me that for him, five hours is a quickly. And then he brought one of his girls out to confirm the point. She said yep, thats true. Mcafee was 67. Living a schoolboys dream. Albeit a rather heavily armed schoolboy. Davis was soon convinced the man who once build himself as the the worlds greatest Computer Security expert was now a Security Risk to himself and others. We were in his bungalow he had a smith and wesson 38 special strapped to his chest in a holster. He takes the gun out. He opens the chamber. There is six bullets in. He drops them out. Takes one of the bullets. He chambers it closes it. Spins the cylinder. He puts tightit to his head. John we dont have to do this. He goes i know we dont. And he says your perception of reality may not be correct. And he starts pulling the trigger. Click, click, click, click. Five times. And there is only six chambers. And then he pulls it a sixth time. Nothing happens. He says you have missed something about reality. And i say, its a trick. And he goes no it is not a trick. He opens the door. He aims the gun at the sand. He pulls the trigger and the bullet goes off. It was a live round. Paranoid eccentrics make good stories. But rarely make good neighbors. The armed guard and snarling dogs were an aggravation to tourists and other whose had to walk past mcafees house. And by november 2012 one of john mcafees neighbors may have decided thee had had enough. Darkness was about to fall on this sunny stretch of paradise. When we come back a murder mystery. His body was there, motionless. There was blood all over the floor. I yelled no it cant possibly happen. An International Manhunt was about to fascinate the world. No other scents feel like glade. Uplift your tired tuesday attitude with our clean linen fragrance. Feel fresh and new. Feel glade. Sc johnson. A family company. Lipton fresh brewed ice tea is the naturally refreshing way to enjoy your meals. Its the flavour we all savour does any food a favor. You gotta be ah more ah tea teariffic lipton. 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It was those that live across this stretch of beach that told us the murder case that began in november 2012 and made headlines around the world began as a mundane neighborhood dispute about dogs snarling snapping dog whose frequently roamed the beach in front of john mcafees beach home on ambergris key, the barking kept neighbors up at night and the biting that was bad for business. The dogs did bite a few people. We had one group of tourists leave early because of the dog situation. Reporter theyre Property Managers on ambergris key and like american expats on the island they knew john mcafee casually. There were guards at this house. Reporter jeff and vivian had customers walking to the restaurant down the beach past mcafees house had to first get past mcafees dogs and guards. If you are a tourist walking of and down the beach at night and someone shines a flashlight in your face shouldering a shotgun, um it it it can be disconcerting. Such a harsh vibe for a peaceful place. Not what he expected when he moved to ambebrgris key in 2012. We got to know greg after working 12 hours a day he would come up to our bar and hang out and talk and clowese it down. Reporter greg falls said jeff was right out of central casting. He made his money in the Construction Business in florida. And here in belize he was living out a fantasy. Greg had three boats. The first time he walked up to the bar, with mo yeah beach bar, caribbean, guy with like a tommy bahama board shirt, pair rot on his shoulder. I turned and said you realize, greg you have become that guy . Reporter a happygolucky guy. But oh those dogs. Greg fall had himself been bitten and a profound dislike for john mcafee followed. A couple times and john was out there. Greg was yelling at him. Keep your dogs inside the fence. Just you know like we have tourists here. I mean theyre biting people. Reporter it all came to a head on the night of november 9, 2012, a friday. Thats when four of john mcafee mcafees dogs were poisoned. Many on the island immediately suspected that greg did it. He told everybody he was going to poison the dogs you know. Everybody knew he was going to poison the dogs. Reporter and 36 hours later, early on a sunday morning, shane mccann woke up to a ringing phone. It was greg falls caretaker. Greg, he said, was dead. We thought heart attack. Thinking heart attack. Thinking he could have slipped and fell on the style. Reporter but no when the mccanns and expats got to gregs house it was clear, this was no slip and fall. His body was there, motionless. You know. There was blood all over the floor. There was blood everywhere. Reporter police determined greg fall had been killed with a single gunshot to the back of the head executionstyle. And there was one oddly horrifying detail. The position of greg falls tshirt. It was peld over likeulled over like a hockey move. Pull the center up over look that. All the way behind his neck. The shirt was on. The center was pulled up over. Reporter as he stood there looking at his friends corpse, said shane, he was struck by the fact that in spite of the obvious violent there seemed to be no sign of a robbery or any struggle anywhere in the house. Just found it very odd somebody could subdue some body like greg a guy that can free dive 50 feet for a conk 52 years old. Exmilitary. How could you subdue somebody like that . Reporter jane figured greg given have a chance would put up a fight. That was also the first thing art fall gregs father thought. Hen he got the news in jacksonville florida. I yelled i said no it cant possibly happen. Not greg. You know . Because i dont think anyone could have overpowered greg. If he had had a chance. You know . I suspect that heap just just never had a chance. Reporter given the bad blood between greg fall and john mcafee then. The Belizean Police thought it would be a good idea to walk down the beach and have a word with the reclusive millionaire. The trouble was, they couldnt find him. He had up and disappeared. In short order the Police Declared mcafee the primary suspect. The news flashed around the world. The tech millionaire is a fugitive. Reporter a celebrity manhunt in the tropics that was like catnip. So i packed my bags and booked a flight to belize. Coming up heres the house. Nice. A onetime member of mcafees harem lets us into his lair. Where the stories only get stranger. You tried to shoot him . Reporter when we arrived on the strip of island that was john mcafees paradise in november 2012 the american expats we met seemed to be waiting for something to happen. Everybody knew the police were scouring the police. Searching for the man they believe knew something about the murder of greg fall. But john mcafee truly seemed to have vanished. Though it didnt mean reporters werent hearing from him. Right now sishgs ir, i am holed up in the place where the mattress here has lice. I never experienced that before. Reporter joshua davis who was writing an article about mcafee at the time was among the first to got a call. I cant sleep at night. Because i am allergic to every noise. Mcafee told davis he had a young woman with him. Sam is quite the soldier. Samantha. She has been with me for the past come of months. Reporter he insisted he knew nothing what ever about his neighbors murder. Lot me. Ask you for the record point blank, i dont think i did before. Did you kill him . No sir. No, sir. If thes not its not even funny. Reporter not only did he deny committing the murder he proposed an astonishing idea. The bullet that killed fall had really been meant for him. The first thing i thought about was, oh my god. He is a white man the i am a white man. Someone. The government finally decided to off me. They got the wrong white man. He says the last thing i am going to do is turn myself into the police. Because they will kill me. Reporter kill him . Yes. He truly believed the Belizean Police want to get rid of him. Run him out. Do him in. Im trying to delay my my imminent capture. Reporter the laptop cell phone. Flare for the dramatic. Mcafee tantalized the press and taunted the police with clues that he was still on ambergris key. Reporter there are police in there, armed police with a rifle. And theyre looking through the house. As they do on a regular basis or have been since the beginning of this. I dont think there is any expectation really he is going to be here. But theyre looking. Can you speak about this . No . Though police admitted they had no other suspect, john mcafees classification was downgraded to the less ominous sounding person of interest. We still think he is here in belize. This is police spokesman, rafael martinez. We believe that he will come in. Reporter if you find him you will arrest him . We will detain him and ask him some questions. Reporter but undermanned and underfunded the Belizean Police force seem illequipped to actually hunt him down. A man of means like mcafee a man who clearly did not want to be found. What is your message for john mcafee . I would want to appeal to him. Tell him, please comen. Lets bring closure to the case. And lets all carry on with our lives. Reporter john mcafee seemed to be toying with the police. Leaving clues in his blog hinting he might be hiding under their noses cleverly described as a tourist or street vendor. In the public many many times if i went shopping in public want to buy strawberries. Reporter our research was quite unlike thought of the police. We made arrangements with middle men for a secret rendezvous. But mcafee never showed. Of course john might not be on the island at all. The only person who seemed always to know how to reach him was this woman. One of mcafees former teenage lovers amy herbert. A lot of guests here girls . Besides girls . Just girls. Reporter not much other scum season not much other company. Amy had his trust it seems. It was with his permission that amy showed us around his beach estate. Heres the house. Reporter nice. We would always snorkel almost every weekend. He would get his tan. Reporter but said amy after the police raid everything changed. Thats when he started being paranoid. He just kept inside. Reporter given mcafees bizarre behavior some people wondered if he was using drugs again. Did you guys ever do drugs in here or anywhere . No, he never accept any type of drugs on his property. Later, amy told us she had often seen mcafee doing some sort of chemical experiments. I am like what are you doing . He said i am just working on chemicals and stuff. He said it is for research. He said never to touch these. Taste it eat it anything. He said it is poison. Reporter do you have any idea what it is . I did not. Reporter he wouldnt fell you . He was not tell me anything about it. Reporter it was around then amy said her strange relationship with john mcafee had its strangest moment. I was angry, whatever. And i started to shoot him. For some reason i missed. Reporter you tried to shoot him . Uhhuh. Yes. I also tried to cut his throat. But he just said he just leaned against a wall and said do it. I couldnt do it. Reporter you stayed together after senate. Oh yeah he loved me more i guess. But he slept with one eye open. Reporter though the romance eventually ended. Amy remained close enough to mcafee to get him on the phone for us. Reporter how are you doing . Im all right under the circumstances. Reporter mcafee didnt say where he was hiding but did hint he was close by. We weren one of your boats. You are absolutely right. Was he watching us . Were the Police Watching us too . Hoping we might lead them to him. Listen can you tell us anything that will will clear up some questions about what happened over that course of that weekend . When your neighbor was killed . You know i have no idea what happened to my neighbor. None. Reporter we traveled a long wa