Investigators believe Williams, 63, used a belt to hang
himself from a bedroom door sometime between late Sunday and when his personal
assistant found him just before noon Monday, according to Marin County
Assistant Deputy Chief Coroner Lt. Keith Boyd.
Boyd would not confirm or deny whether Williams left behind a
letter, saying that investigators
would discuss "the note or a note"
later.
The autopsy completed Tuesday morning showed "no
indication of a struggle or physical altercation," which was consistent
with the death being a suicide, Boyd said.
The personal assistant found Williams "clothed in a
seated position, unresponsive, and with a belt secured around his neck with the
other end of the belt wedged between the closed closet door and door
frame," he said.
Williams' left wrist had cuts when he was found dead in a
bedroom at his home, Boyd said. A pocket knife was found near his body, and a
red material consistent with dried blood was found on the knife, Boyd said. He
said tests will be conducted to determine whether the substance is blood.
Williams was last seen alive at about 10:30 p.m. Sunday, by
his wife, when she went to bed, Boyd said. He apparently went into a bedroom at
an unknown time after that, and his wife left the home at about 10:30 a.m.
Monday, believing him to be asleep.
Williams' personal assistant, concerned because he wasn't
responding to knocks on his door, entered the room and found him dead at about
11:45 a.m., Boyd said.
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