Gareth Williams, Dead British Spy, Was Found 'Padlocked' In Bag

The body of Gareth Williams, the British spy found dead in London last month, had been padlocked into a sports bag and was in "an advanced state of decay," according to a coroner's report released Wednesday.

Coroner Dr. Paul Knapman told Westminster Coroner's Court that Williams, 30, had been found in a bag that had been "padlocked shut." His remains were discovered Aug. 23 in a bathtub at his apartment, not far from the headquarters of Britain's secret intelligence service MI6, between eight to fourteeen days after he was last seen.

Though a pathologist had determined Williams had not been stabbed or shot, the cause of death had not yet been established. Additional tests are expected to be carried out to see whether or not Williams had been drugged or poisoned, a court spokeswoman told The Guardian. Last week, Williams' family slammed "horrible and completely fictitious accounts of his death" in the media, including some which indicated that sadomasochistic or homosexual paraphernalia had been found at the scene.