Mr McAfee, who lived in a $1.5 million beachside villa on the island of Ambergris Caye off the Belize coast, has repeatedly denied shooting dead his neighbour.

Officials say the poisoning of four of Mr McAfee's dogs may be linked to the murder of Faull, who lived down the beach.

Mr McAfee's creation of a jungle laboratory, supposedly to research natural antibiotics, and acquisition of numerous guns to protect himself led to suspicions about his activities and a raid by the Belizean Gang Suppression Unit (GSU) in April of this year.

"They claimed I had a big meth lab on my property – that's the most absurd thing," he told the Guardian. "The GSU has abused hundreds of people in this country abominably. I'm just one of those people and they've abused me far less than they've abused others."

CNN also reports that McAfee lived with a group of young women who are his lovers, and that although he has not been seen since he left his home after Mr Faull's murder on November 14 he is regularly in touch.

Belize thinks he's a tweeker...