Age: 43
Sex: male
Date: 28 Jun 2007
Place: Erskine Bridge, West Dunbartonshire
William Bates was found dead in a barrel in the River Clyde.
His body was found by council workers in the oil drum during a routine cleaning and dredging operation at Old Kilpatrick near the Erskine Bridge in West Dunbartonshire at around 9.40am on 26 July 2007.
