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Was MI6 spy victim of the perfect murder?

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Charlotte Gill and
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Emily Andrews
Last updated at 6:39 PM on 31st August 2010

Description: Unexplained: Pathologists believe Gareth Williams death could
have been a 'perfect' murder as there are no signs of a struggle

Unexplained: Pathologists believe Gareth Williams death could have been a
'perfect' murder as there are no signs of a struggle 

Pathologists are investigating whether MI6 spy Gareth Williams could have
been the victim of the ‘perfect murder’.

There are no signs of a violent struggle on the body of the cipher and codes
specialist and it is possible that the cause of his death will never be
fully discovered.

Doctors examining the body of the 31-year-old for clues are focusing on any
evidence which would suggest a professional hit and are scrutinising the
area around his neck, sources said.

A seasoned assassin may be able to inflict a ‘discreet’ neck wound that
could kill even though it would not look as obvious as a snapped neck.

Detectives are keenly awaiting the results of toxicology tests in the hope
they will reveal some clues as to how Mr Williams died.

They could indicate whether the cycling fanatic was smothered or if he was
drugged.

One theory is that he could have been injected with a deadly toxin which is
not immediately identifiable by toxicologists.

In the 2006 poisoning of former Russian spy Alexander Litvenenko, it took
weeks for investigators to discover that the killer substance was polonium
210.

Using high-tech ‘cell site analysis’, police are also trawling through
hundreds of numbers for mobile phones which were used in the close vicinity
of Mr Williams’s flat at the time he is thought to have died to see if any
names registered to the phones throw up clues.

The technique will also help detectives piece together his last movements by
tracking his mobile phone.

 

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Such analysis can pinpoint where a phone was used to ‘cells’, an area which
can be as precise as 200 square yards.

Police are also sifting through Mr Williams’s SIM card records to trace
every call that he made.

Officers on the case have yet to discover a motive for his murder.

There is no evidence so far to suggest that he was gay and Scotland Yard has
denied speculation that gay paraphernalia was discovered in the flat where
his body was found or that there is any link to a male escort.

Description: Analysis: Police are now trawling through mobile phone records
of those in the vicinity at the time of Gareth Williams death to see if they
throw up any clues

Analysis: Police are now trawling through mobile phone records of those in
the vicinity at the time of Gareth Williams death to see if they throw up
any clues

His family and friends reacted furiously to ‘untruths’ that he led a
colourful homosexual
lifestyle, claiming the rumours could be government smears aimed at
discrediting him.

They have told police that Mr Williams was a private, reserved man who was
close to his family and loved his job.

He was found dead last Monday at his £400,000 flat in Pimlico, central
London, just half a mile from the headquarters of MI6. His body was
discovered in the bath stuffed into a sports holdall.

One line of inquiry is that Mr Williams could have died in an accident and
that his body was later moved for some reason.

Although it is highly likely that he was murdered, the Metropolitan Police
continue to describe his death as ‘suspicious and unexplained’.

Mr Williams is said to have played an important role in the development of a
highly sensitive and secret electronic intelligence gathering system called
Echelon and was helping with a new system to monitor internet phone calls
such as Skype.

There have been no arrests in the case so far.

On Friday Scotland Yard issued an appeal to anyone who knew Mr Williams or
may have seen him in the eight days before his body was found to come
forward.

 



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