The lady of the woman that died lives locally. She went into the derelict house last night and coaxed the cat out. He is at her house now. My neighbours think he would be better off with her but she won't take him due to having her own cats. Our neighbours are reluctantly taking him back to see how it goes. I told them that if it doesn't work out, we can try direct rehoming. They think he will be trying to escape at every opportunity so will see how it goes.