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In Kinglassie, where a full forensic examination of Mr Coutts home in Main Street got underway yesterday, locals said the ex-Army cook had spoken of starting over again in a foreign country.
One villager said Mr Coutts had said he was going to Morocco or Thailand with a friend he had made and they planned to set up a business there.
And when he vanished from Kinglassie it was assumed he had moved abroad - where he is understood to have lived before - or returned to a previous home in England.
His council house - which appeared to have been abandoned - was later let to new tenants who do not form part of the investigation into his disappearance and death.
Human remains found near farm confirmed as those of missing Tillicoultry man Tony Parsons
Police Scotland have confirmed that human remains discovered on farmland near Brudge of Orchy belong to missing Tillicoultry man Tony Parsons.
Tillicoultry man Tony Parsons was reported missing missing in 2017 (Image: Police Scotland)
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Kieran Paul Murray died after an incident last October (Jane Barlow/PA)
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Police are searching for the occupants of three vehicles as they investigate the death of a 23-year-old man.
Kieran Murray was discovered seriously injured on Balmore Road near Bardowie village, East Dunbartonshire, on Wednesday October 7 at around 9.40pm.
He was taken to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital and then transferred to Glasgow Royal Infirmary, but he was pronounced dead on Friday October 9.