McAfee again says he is innocent in death of Belize neighbor

• McAfee says he did not kill his Belize neighbor in 2011
• Says he fled Belize after authorities tortured him; willing to answer questions in neutral country

The strange case of John McAfee took another twisted turn Friday when the software mogul appeared on cable business news network CNBC-TV and again professed his innocence in the death of American businessman Gregory Faull, a former neighbor in Belize.

"Let me be clear,'' McAfee, 67, said Friday in an interview from Miami. "I had nothing to do with the murder of Gregory Faull. I'm certainly not going to turn myself into (Belize) authorities who have been trying to lay their hands on me."

McAfee was deported to the U.S. from Guatemala - where he earlier faked a heart attack - Wednesday. It was unclear if McAfee, wanted in Belize for questioning in connecrtion with Faull's November death, would be extradited to that country.

McAfee says Belize authorities have been after him since April 30, when he claimed 42 armed soldiers stormed my property" and bound him for 14 hours with handcuffs after accusing him of running a meth lab. "They submitted me to a kind of torture. They didn't charge me. The next day, that asked me for a $2 million donation."

Police in Belize have called McAfee a "person of interest" in Faull's death. McAfee, who had been on the run for the past month, says while the two were neighbors, two vacant lots separated their Belize homes.

"I had spoken 50 words to that man in five years. I barely saw him,'' McAfee said. "We had no history."

McAfee said he hasn't been questioned by U.S. authorities since he arrived in Miami Wednesday. He told CNBC that he would be happy to answer questions about Faull, but only in a "neutral country."

The multi-millionaire, who now says he's broke, moved to Belize in the early 1990s after founding and selling the anti-virus software company that still bears his name. He has repeatedly that he believes the Belize government wants him dead.

He told ABC News earlier this week that he faked a heart attack in Guatemala to buy time for a judge to stay his deportation to Belize. "I look pretty healthy, don't I?" he said.

McAfee didn't indicate his next move. He said he is focused on seeking the State Department's help in getting two girlfriends, 20 and 17, to safety. He said they are now in Guatemala.

The fact that the State Department has a generally favorable impression of Belize's justice system, and both countries have a treaty agreeing to hand over suspects, are factors in his fate, says Laura Lichter, president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

The State Department website offers hints about McAfee's future, Lichter says.

"One of the things to look at is how much faith the U.S. puts in the Belize judicial system — whether they are good guys and fairly predictable or human rights violators," she said.

The site says there have been instances of excessive force used by police, but that the constitution provides for an independent judiciary that "generally enforced" the right to a fair trial. It says the U.S. and Belize have "cordial" relations and work together to fight transnational crime.

FBI spokesman James Marshall told the Associated Press that the agency was not involved in McAfee's return to the United States. U.S. officials said there was no active arrest warrant for McAfee that would justify taking him into custody.

Contributing: Associated Press