FURTHER TESTS ARE TO BE carried out on the remains of an MI6 employee after a post-mortem proved inconclusive. The death is being treated as suspicious.
The examination was carried out yesterday.
The body of Gareth Williams, 30, from Anglesey, was discovered stuffed into a large sports bag in the bathroom of his home in Pimlico, London, on Monday.
Williams’ flat was just half a mile from the headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Service, or MI6.
He had been working for MI6 on a one-year posting, but was due to return to his regular position at GCHQ next month in Cheltenham. GCHQ is the British government’s listening and communications security centre.
Police broke into the apartment after Williams’ colleagues at the security agency reported they had not seen him for 10 days.
They also found a mobile phone and several Sim cards laid out in the flat.
His landlord, Jenny Elliott, said that he lived in the flat for 10 years, and was often away: ”He went to America to work a lot and often combined it with holiday because he hated flying.”
She said he was due to return to the flat early next month after living in London for the year.
Williams’ uncle, Wililam Hughes, said that the victim’s parents had to fly home from holiday to identify his body. He said the news came as a shock, and that he had been a quiet and unassuming person. He said of his nephew:
He would never talk about his work and the family knew not to ask.
Former MI6 officer Harry Ferguson told the BBC that both MI5 and MI6 will be involved in the investigation, and will be examining Williams’ private life in case it in any way relevant for the inquiry.
[caption id="attachment_15437" align="alignnone" width="511" caption="File photo from last year of the headquarters of MI6, the Secret Intelligence Service, in Vauxhall, London. "]
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