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Safe? He's a murder suspect who's gone on the run. I'm wondering who is "safe" here.

According to the Belize authorities he's not a suspect

He is a "person of interest". It's not clear how that's different from a suspect, but the Belize authorities sure want to interview him.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20315415

> He is a "person of interest". It's not clear how that's different from a suspect ...

A witness to a crime could be a person of interest. A victim of a crime could be a person of interest. An investigator of a crime could be a person of interest. If the police wanted to say he was a suspect, there's a readily available word for that -- suspect.

But victim or perpetrator, if your number is up, we’ll find you.

Just when I thought things couldn't get more bizarre, Vice magazine get involved...

I like that Vice is going to be covering this, they are the perfect outlet for this story.

Glad to see him safe.

The man is quite likely guilty of murder. I know we all like rooting for the underdog, but this might not be the right underdog.

This man is a victim of corrupt authorities.

All I see in both of the two parent comments is:

[INSERT BASELESS SPECULATIVE CLAIMS HERE FOLLOWED BY LACK OF ANY REFERENCES WHATSOEVER]

Really? I mean, that's what he says to us. With the media attention on him and this case, I would think he'd be protected from the worst of what he claims would be police abuse.

Unless, you know, he's guilty as hell. You're basing your knowledge of this incident upon his own version of events.

I agree, it's good to hear another human wasn't killed. Death is sad.

Though I'd rather not see his exploits on HN. I feel like I'm stuck reading this man's life-as-opera. "He's a criminal" "He's a smuggler" "He's an antivirus genius" "He's dead" "He's feeling better". What's next with this romance? Will we start hearing "He paints" "He owns llamas"?

So much of this man's activities in life aren't relevant to my own. Drama doesn't belong on HN's front page.

"Though I'd rather not see his exploits on HN." <--- this

I have no idea whether he really is, but all I read about this situation makes McAfee seem more and more like a crackpot. I can't say I've cared about his company's products for a long time and the man doing a Richard Kimble while nothing has been proven either way is just meh.

I thought the rumour was he only had a few million left in assets (could be wrong). He hasn't been affiliated with McAfee since the mid 1990s

Kimble is dislikeable, but not without some charms (mostly in how he charms others), his rap-video obsessions are different from McAfee in that Kimble is interested in how others perceive him versus McAfee who is living the starker real-life version of the glamour.

Heh -- the parent was referring to Richard Kimble, protagonist of "The Fugitive" (I'll wait while you Google it), not Kim Dotcom. While there are some commonalities, R. Kimble was an upstanding medical doctor who, I'm pretty sure, never rapped ...

Hah! I'm so used to seeing Dotcom mentioned that I entirely forgot about The Fugitive. My mistake.

Seriously. This shit turns HN into a tabloid.

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