Ecuador 'bans Julian Assange from taking visitors and phone calls'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5717847/Ecuador-bans-Julian-Assange-taking-visitors-phone-calls.html
This only really makes sense as a cover story for him not being in the embassy anymore.
He must be staying offline because the clowns could easily trace it back to his location.
Is he with the white hats, or is he completely off the grid somewhere?
And no, Assange is NOT dead. Use logic - his family, friends, and lawyers would allow them to do that quietly.