according to mcafee's traveling companion, samantha vanegas, the couple had used their wits to elude weeks, she said, mcafee made the police think he was on ambergris caye when in fact he, and she, were hiding out on the mainland, she said, in belize city. >> he was in the city. i mean, john is smart, he knows what he's doing. and when he turned his phone on and said, "you know what? they're going to track us down. leave the phone there." we took out all the battery of the phone and leave one on the island and people really thought he was there. >> reporter: because his cell phone was there on the island? >> went on and on because they were tracking it. and what made them think he was there? because on his blog he would say, "i am standing, like, 20 feet to 40 feet from my yard, and i could see that the police are raiding it." >> reporter: and that was a lie? >> that was a lie. when your life is in danger you have to lie, and he did. >> reporter: but it certainly wasn't easy, said samantha. very uncomfortable in those early days on the lam. >> we'd go in bushes everywhere. we crossed