"I'm convinced that Gareth's death was in no way linked to his work."

[Klirshon]

I suppose that could be a possibility since I don't know the human personally. Maybe he always wanted to work in grocery retail as a sacker.

 

[Homicidal_Squirrel]

Maybe Duffle bag quality assurance?

 

[Kramodlog]

Maybe he was just a sub for the Queen and thus the cover up after she forgot she left him in the bag.

 

[Zombie_Babies]

This is amazing. Nobody thought it possible that someone could have broken into is apartment, put a bag in his tub, logged onto his computer, surfed the web for bondage stuff, waited for him to get home, put a gun in his face, order him into the bag, lock the bag and leave? Perfect ...

 

[Man in the Funny Hat]

From what I understand, the guy had a thing with claustrophilia. Note: Not claustrophobia - the fear of confined spaces, but instead the preference and enjoyment of confinement and tight spaces. He had been regularly checking related websites on his computer. They did some actual experimentation and determined that it would have been possible to actually zip himself up in the bag and still have have the ability to grasp the lock from inside, through the bag fabric and lock it. There was no sign of forced entry into the place. No sign of other violence. No prints. Etc.

On the surface it LOOKS outrageously suspicious, but the actual most likely explanation - as bizzare as that is - is that he did it himself as a fetish thing. I presume he then wasn't getting enough breatheable air in the bag, passed out, and then simply died of asphyxiation.

 

[Janx]

This is amazing. Nobody thought it possible that someone could have broken into is apartment, put a bag in his tub, logged onto his computer, surfed the web for bondage stuff, waited for him to get home, put a gun in his face, order him into the bag, lock the bag and leave? Perfect ...

given that they said his prints were not found on the lock or tub rim, it's a little fuzzy that he climbed in on his own or handled the lock.

I can see somebody trying to make it look like something else (as ZB suggests)

I can see how he could have accidentally done himself harm along this line, but there aren't enough facts shown to us to confirm that.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

So we have:
dead intelligence officer/spy
in a gym bag
in his bathtub
padlocked.

It's like MI6 Clue!

 

[Janx]

It's like MI6 Clue!

yeah, kinda.

On a gaming note, I've toyed with creating a random murder mystery generator for D&D, and been pondering the steps players would go through to solve it (given that they aren't cops, but they have magic)

 

[Grumpy RPG Reviews]

Didn't HP have to recall their office standard color printers because of a design flaw where the paper jammed and the printers occasional killed people, locked them in duffel bags and then hid them very badly?

 

[Homicidal_Squirrel]

From what I understand, the guy had a thing with claustrophilia. Note: Not claustrophobia - the fear of confined spaces, but instead the preference and enjoyment of confinement and tight spaces. He had been regularly checking related websites on his computer. They did some actual experimentation and determined that it would have been possible to actually zip himself up in the bag and still have have the ability to grasp the lock from inside, through the bag fabric and lock it. There was no sign of forced entry into the place. No sign of other violence. No prints. Etc.

On the surface it LOOKS outrageously suspicious, but the actual most likely explanation - as bizzare as that is - is that he did it himself as a fetish thing. I presume he then wasn't getting enough breatheable air in the bag, passed out, and then simply died of asphyxiation.

Obviously you know nothing John Snow. As has been documented in countless James Bond movies, and their remakes, spies always have smexy time with very sexy girls, and it does not end with the spy dying in a gyn bag in the tub.