Mystery over ‘multiple dead bodies’ found in Cornwall woods

Devon & Cornwall Police Commissioner Alison Hernandez has now said that “multiple dead bodies” had been found at the site.

A police force spokesman said, however, that the claims were “not correct” and that only one body had been found in the woods.

Hernandez said “we’ve got a huge forensic tent down there”.

“Lots of forensics officers. Obviously we’ve found dead bodies in that wood,” she added.

“We’re just trying to establish how many there may be at this point in time and whether we are aware of who they are or what might have happened to them.”

Hernandez explained: “We also don’t know how long they may have been there, some of them”.

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Devon and Cornwall police commissioner reports ‘multiple bodies’ had been found in Cornish woodland

Hernandez also claimed that officers from the National Crime Agency and other police forces were helping with searches at the site.

“Some of the elements of that operation I can’t speak about but some of the things are very obvious,” she said.

“As you know there is a large crime scene that has been identified in Cornwall is requiring a lot of effort to even … guard the area.”

The commissioner said “the level of expertise” had been upgraded.

“Some of the mutual aid we’ve brought in, is expertise in specific types of investigations that we didn’t have,” Hernandez said.

“The National Crime Agency is supporting the organisation at the moment.”

Hernandez thanked “all the other forces that are coming in” during a busy time.

“It’s largely investigative mutual aid that we’ve brought in,” she added.

“Until some of those elements have been established of exactly what we’re dealing with there, it will be made public at that time,” she said.

James Desborough, 39, was charged with Coleman’s murder earlier this month.

He is set to appear before Truro Crown Court on August 8.

It is alleged that Coleman was killed between June 2 and July 7.

He went missing on June 1.