John McAfee launched the world’s first business anti-virus software program in 1987. (File)
Madrid, Spain:
A Spanish court docket has dominated John McAfee dedicated suicide, a court docket doc seen by Reuters confirmed on Friday, bringing to a detailed a probe in regards to the loss of life of the software program entrepreneur.
McAfee, who launched the world’s first business anti-virus software program in 1987, was discovered useless, aged 75, on June 23, 2021, in his jail cell just a few hours after Spain’s excessive court docket authorised his extradition to the USA on tax evasion costs.
The British-American tech mogul had been within the Barcelona-area Brians 2 jail for eight months following his arrest after years on the run from U.S. authorities.
Though the post-mortem had already decided he died by suicide, his household had filed an enchantment asking for a extra in-depth investigation into his loss of life.
His physique has been in a Barcelona morgue, ready for the court docket course of to be resolved.
“There’s not a single component of suspicion, of a cost towards a 3rd occasion, of legal behaviour,” mentioned the ruling, dated July 24 however launched on Friday.
His household didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
The ruling cannot be appealed earlier than an bizarre court docket.
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