This is what Gareth Williams looked like in better days which were those when he was alive.
The 31-year-old Brit was a 'code breaker' for M16 which is the UK's equivalent of the CIA, and his naked body was found inside a duffel bag in his bathroom back in August of 2010. By the time he was found, he'd gotten pretty dicey.
The coroner, Fiona Wilcox, is not going out on a limb, however about Mr. Williams's cause of death. In fact, she's been a bit reluctant to admit it wasn't a suicide. Not only that, it took her twenty months to come out with her findings.
MI6 officer Gareth Williams was "on the balance of probabilities" unlawfully killed, coroner Fiona Wilcox has said.
In a narrative verdict, she said it was unlikely he got into the bag his body was found in by himself, but doubted his death would ever be explained.
"His naked body was found in the most suspicious of circumstances. It's highly likely that a third party was involved in Gareth's death and I urge anyone who knows Gareth and who had contact with him to search their conscience and come forward with any information."
In her summing up, the coroner said: "Most of the fundamental questions in relation to how Gareth died remain unanswered."
But, she said, she was "satisfied so that I'm sure that a third party moved the bag containing Gareth into the bath" where his body was found.
The cause of his death was unnatural and likely to have been criminally mediated," she added.
"I am therefore satisfied that on the balance of probabilities that Gareth was killed unlawfully."
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