Tag #Derelict Building

What crucial evidence connected the urban explorer's discovery to the subsequent murder conviction of David Barnes?

An urban explorer's discovery of a skeleton in a derelict warehouse led to the identification of the remains as 60-year-old Ean Coutts, missing for a year. The subsequent investigation and trial resulted in the conviction of David Barnes, a painter and decorator who had assumed Coutts' identity to fraudulently obtain thousands of pounds. Barnes was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 23 years.