Family of Times photographer Richard Mills withdraw call for inquiry into his death

The family of Times photograph Richard Mills have rescinded their call for an inquiry into his death while on undercover assignment in Zimbabwe. Mills, 41, who joined the Times in 2000, was found dead in the paper's safe house in Harare earlier this month while on undercover assignment with Catherine Philp, the Times diplomatic correspondent, who discovered his body. A postmortem in Harare decided the cause of death was suicide. Philp agreed with the postmortem result. However, the International Federation of Journalists called for an inquiry, saying it was prompted by concerns from the Mills family. Today the IFJ also rescinded the call. "Having had the chance to examine in detail the circumstances surrounding Richard's death we are now reconciled to the fact that he did indeed take his own life," Mills' family said today in... [read full story]