Mr Williams was the lead singer of a band, Sex'N' Chocolate, that played weekly at a local nightclub. By day, he worked as an orderly at Gold Coast Hospital.
When he failed to turn up for a regular gig a friend and his wife went to the Sunshine Blvd complex and found Mr Williams dead in the lounge.
It appeared he was murdered soon after being dropped at his unit by a female friend, Mr Hutchinson told goldcoast.com.au.
Police were yet to make an arrest but believed the killer might have been waiting for him to arrive home.
Senior Sergeant Bruce Pearce of Gold Coast police yesterday said the death was being treated as suspicious, but nobody had been taken into custody.
A nearby resident who called police said he heard a man yelling "don't go inside'' at about 2pm, the website reported.
"He was shaking really badly and couldn't really stand properly, I guess he was in shock and just overwhelmed.''
A resident of the Mermaid Waters unit block, Beau Windon, said he was shaken by the death and was no longer keen to re-sign his lease, which was up for renewal next week.
