{"id":456888,"date":"2025-09-28T03:06:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T03:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/456888\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T03:06:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T03:06:32","slug":"murder-charge-after-missing-mans-body-found-in-derelict-london-building-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/456888\/","title":{"rendered":"Murder charge after missing man\u2019s body found in derelict London building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A man has been charged with murder after the body of a missing person was found in a derelict building in south-east London, police have said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Junior Ryan Coleman, 43, was reported missing on August 20 and his body was found by officers on September 19, according to the Metropolitan Police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officers were searching the building at around 8.17am in Brockley Road, Lewisham, as a part of a missing person investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A post-mortem examination revealed Mr Coleman had died from a blunt force trauma to his head and on September 20 a murder probe was launched, the force said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Daniel Watkis, 39, of Glenarm Road, Hackney, was arrested on Thursday and charged on Friday before being remanded in custody at Bromley Magistrates\u2019 Court, it added.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Junior Ryan Coleman\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"1046\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/8451212d52c4a0655d11ca922e45361a.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Junior Ryan Coleman\u2019s body was found in a derelict building in south-east London (Family handout\/PA)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He is due to appear at the Old Bailey on October 24 and Mr Coleman\u2019s family are being supported by specialist officers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Detective Chief Inspector Sam Townsend, leading the investigation, said: \u201cOur thoughts are with the family and friends of Junior during this difficult time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cMy team are working at pace to establish the exact circumstances of Junior\u2019s disappearance and his murder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe\u2019re appealing to anyone who knew Junior to come forward, especially if you had seen him in the summer months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIf you have any information, no matter how small it may seem, please get in touch. It could be crucial to our investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police have asked anyone with information to contact them on 101 or online quoting CAD 1574\/19SEP, or call the incident room on 020 8721 4961.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">People can contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man has been charged with murder after the body of a missing person was found in a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":456889,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,153201,74562,393,4884,257,135,23,153200,153199,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-456888","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-brockley-road","10":"tag-derelict-building","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-london","14":"tag-metropolitan-police","15":"tag-missing-person","16":"tag-mr-coleman","17":"tag-ryan-coleman","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115279717031225740","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=456888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}