Age: 50
Sex: male
Date: 10 May 1997
Place: YMCA William Collier Reception Centre, North Road, Brighton, Sussex
Terry Bates was found dead in a room with unexplained injuries at the YMCA's William Collier reception centre in North Road, Brighton on Saturday 10 May 1997.
The police said that his death was suspicious because he had internal injuries.
He was known to have been a heavy drinker.
The police operation into his murder was called Operation Ward.
see Aberdeen Press and Journal - Thursday 15 May 1997
