Janice Dyson was married to the founder of the McAfee Association and the Antivirus software creator John McAfee. Despite their age gap of over 38 years, Dyson was the loving and loyal wife of the computer programmer.
She became famous after she married the British computer programmer in 2013 and lived with him until his death in 2021.
How Janice Dyson met John McAfee
Janice was working as a prostitute in Florida when she met her late husband at South Beach, Florida. She walked up to him outside a cafe. McAfee spent the night with her and soon afterward they started an unusual relationship and he protected her from people who made her a sex worker for several years.
When Dyson started the relationship with McAfee, she was spying on him for cartel bosses introduced to her by her pimp. Even after they married in 2013, she was still passing information about his movements to some gangsters who wanted to kidnap him.
Even though she loved her husband, she was too afraid to disobey the cartel’s orders. It got to the extend the cartel bosses wanted her to poison her husband’s food.
John McAfee later discovered his wife was spying on him but he didn’t take any action because he understood the position she was in.
Other facts about Janice Dyson
1. Janice Dyson was John McAfee’s third wife
John McAfee was married more than once. He married his first wife in 1968 while he was working at Northeast Louisana State College for his doctorate. She was an undergraduate student at that time.
He was expelled from the college because of the affair. His second marriage was to Judy McAfee, a yoga enthusiast and former flight attendant at American Airlines. She helped him build his company in 1987 before they divorced in 2002.
Janice Dyson became his third wife in 2013 while she was an escort.
While Dyson was living in the Central American jungle, he bought a villa where he stayed with a harem of seven young women. The women were aged 18 and 25.
2. Dyson left three of her teenage kids while she was on the run with her husband
Janice Dyson revealed she has three children two daughters and one boy. Her children are said to be aged 14 to 17 years.
Her husband on the other hand boasted of having up to 47 children from his previous marriages. He added that he had 61 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren, even though he never met any of his great-grandchildren.
John McAfee believed that every child that crossed his path was his child.
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3. McAfee lost his fortune in 1994
Dyson’s late husband created antivirus software that would detect the computer virus and remove it automatically. He then created McAfee Associates Inc. to sell the software.
He was able to generate millions of ales and by 1990 he was making five million dollars per year. In 1993, he stepped down as chief executive of the company but remained as the chief technical officer. He officially sold his remaining stake in the company for $100 million in 1994 and had no further involvement in its operations.
McAfee began his extravagant lifestyle after he sold his shares. He bought a five-acre oceanfront mansion in Hawaii, a 10-person Cessna private jet, a 157-acre ranch in New Mexico that contained a 35-person movie theater, artwork, and dozens of luxury cars.
He also bought millions of dollars worth of Lehman Brothers bonds but after Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy in October 2008 so his investment became worthless.
A man who was once worth $100 million suddenly became $4 million.
4. Janice Dyson loved John McAfee as much as he loved her
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Dyson and McAfee were married for just eight years but it was surely blissful. It was obvious that the two were so into each other. even when McAfee discovered his wife was spying on him, he forgave her out of love and understanding.
Dyson believes her husband saved her from violent pimp enslaving her in prostitution.
Dyson also stood by her husband when he was arrested. She was seen sharing loving messages to him on Father’s Day on Twitter just days before he died.
5. Janice Dyson would have been the first lady of the United States
Dyson’s husband announced his intention to vie for the president of the United States in the 2016 Presidential election under a new political party then called the Cyber Party. He later changed his party to Libertarian Party. He came second in the primaries and third at the 2016 Libertarian National Convention.
Through a tweet in 2020, he said he would run for president again in 2020 as a Libertarian.
6. How old is Janice Dyson?
Janice Dyson was born in 1983 in Guatemala. She is currently 41 years old.
7. Dyson and her husband were arrested while on his yacht
Janice Dyson and her husband and his crew were on a yacht heading to the US when they both got arrested alongside the crew in the Dominican Republic in 2019. It was reported that they had firearms in their possession.
8. Her husband was arrested for tax evasion charges
John McAfee got arrested in October 2020 in Barcelona after being indicted on tax evasion charges in the US.
He also faced charges in America for allegedly being part of a team that ran a $13 million cryptocurrency scheme.
9. Janice Dyson’s husband was found dead in his cell
According to reports, McAfee was found dead in his prison cell at the Brians 2 Penitentiary Center near Barcelona on 23 June 2021.
The authorities claimed that he killed himself by hanging and an official autopsy confirmed his suicide.
10. Janice Dyson believes her late husband did not commit suicide
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After the news of the death of John McAfee, a lot of speculation and conspiracy theories about the possibility that he was murdered began to circulate.
His wife was not left out as well. She shared a post on Instagram where she said she had spoken to him earlier and he had no suicidal signs. McAfee died shortly after the Spanish Court had ordered his extradition to the United States.
Dyson believes her husband knew a lot about a group of people who were corrupt who decided to “silence” him forever. Ever since, she has called for a thorough investigation concerning McAfee’s sudden demise.
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