Ean Coutts: Fife man, 61, had ‘planned move to Thailand or Morocco’ to start new business when it is suspected he was killed and dumped in Glenrothes industrial estate

The remains of Ean Coutts’ body were found at Whitehill Industrial Estate in Glenrothes in September but only identified this week after a facial representation image was released by police in late November.

Police said Mr Coutts lived in Kinglassie for several years and was well known in the village.

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…