UK Reports of multiple bodies being found in Cornwall.

[OnlyS]

Second murder inquiry after body found in Cornwall woodland

Police launch a separate murder inquiry after the discovery of a body in Cornish woodland.

www.bbc.co.uk

I think this might help explain the confusion. I interpret this that they were looking in one area for one person and found another.. then looked in a different area and found the person they were looking for ?

Originally they thought they were linked

Murder inquiry begins after body found in Cornwall woods

A 39-year-old man and a woman in her 30s are arrested separately, both on suspicion of murder.

www.bbc.co.uk

I think only time will tell

 

[WiseOwl]

Second murder inquiry after body found in Cornwall woodland

Police launch a separate murder inquiry after the discovery of a body in Cornish woodland.

www.bbc.co.uk

I think this might help explain the confusion. I interpret this that they were looking in one area for one person and found another.. then looked in a different area and found the person they were looking for ?

Originally they thought they were linked

Murder inquiry begins after body found in Cornwall woods

A 39-year-old man and a woman in her 30s are arrested separately, both on suspicion of murder.

www.bbc.co.uk

I think only time will tell

You could be correct there.

Hernandez's phrasing of 'obviously we've found dead bodies in the wood' was taken out of context and it did sound as if there was some mass burial site in the woods!

Someone of her experience though should have said nothing until she knew the full facts.

 

[AcerPacer]

"for any alarm this may have caused".

Snipped by me

Any alarm caused?
I wonder if she understands how WS works.. we were breaking open a new pad and pen for this weren't we!?

 

[LadyL]

Very mixed messages, imo...

Only one body found in Cornwall woods, say police after claims of ‘multiple remains’ | LBC

Police and Crime Commissioner Alison Hernandez has apologised after claiming the remains of multiple people were found in woods at the centre of a murder investigation, when only one body was found.

www.lbc.co.uk

''Only one body found in Cornwall woods, say police after claims of ‘multiple remains’​

25 July 2025,
''Police found the body of missing Daniel Coleman in Paramoor Woods near Sticker, in Cornwall.
Following the discovery of Mr Coleman's remains, Devon and Cornwall Police continued to scour the wooded area.

According to Alison Hernandez, the police and crime commissioner for Devon and Cornwall, multiple bodies were found but police said this was not the case.

Detective Superintendent Jon Bancroft said: 'We currently have three separate murder investigations being conducted in the Cornwall area.'I have oversight of all of these investigations at this time, and can confirm they are being carried out independently of each other and are not believed to be linked.''

from that article:

"I continue to ask that people do not speculate on social media about this case."

I don't think she realizes the scope of social media - maybe she's just referring to the local FB group

 

[Inthedetails]

Snipped by me

Any alarm caused?
I wonder if she understands how WS works.. we were breaking open a new pad and pen for this weren't we!?

Yes!

 

[Dotta]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1948853370275479891

 

[truthfinder2019]

https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2025-07-08/police-identify-man-found-dead-in-woods-in-cornwall-and-treat-it-as-murder

His death is unexplained and being treated as suspicious so police are asking for the public’s help in tracing his last movements.

Lee spent most of Monday 23rd June in Truro city centre, before taking a bus out to the Trispen area where he was last seen.

His whereabouts from there are currently unknown but it is likely he would have been travelling on foot.

 

[crespo29]

Devon and Cornwall crime commissioner sorry for multiple bodies claim

Police say only one set of human remains found after Alison Hernandez told meeting ‘dead bodies’ recovered from site

www.theguardian.com

So just one body, Daniel Coleman,

 

[VioletLilac]

Devon and Cornwall crime commissioner sorry for multiple bodies claim

Police say only one set of human remains found after Alison Hernandez told meeting ‘dead bodies’ recovered from site

www.theguardian.com

 

[MrsWatson]

I think Ms. Hernandez may very well be spending this week-end updating the old CV.

 

[MelmothTheLost]

I think Ms. Hernandez may very well be spending this week-end updating the old CV.

No, she was elected to serve for 4 years in 2016 and re-elected in 2020 and 2024. She may, of course, choose to resign, but otherwise will serve for another 3 years.

 

[CS2C]

How can she state this and have got it so utterly wrong?

"I know there’s been some information in the media. We’ve got a huge forensic tent down there. Lots of forensics officers, obviously we’ve found dead bodies in that wood. 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. So we also don’t know how long they may have been there, some of them."

And what was the mutual aid request for?

 

[MrsWatson]

No, she was elected to serve for 4 years in 2016 and re-elected in 2020 and 2024. She may, of course, choose to resign, but otherwise will serve for another 3 years.

I was making a joke because she really screwed up with that statement.

 

[CS2C]

So was Daniel Coleman's body discovered yesterday? I'm struggling to work out what is what with this case.

I was under the impression the police have been there for three weeks?
When was the body actually found and when did Hernandez make these comments?

 

[MelmothTheLost]

I was making a joke because she really screwed up with that statement.

No problem. I took it to be a suggestion that she might be obliged to resign, which is what we tend to expect of politicians who screw up.

 

[VioletLilac]

Devon and Cornwall crime commissioner sorry for multiple bodies claim

Police say only one set of human remains found after Alison Hernandez told meeting ‘dead bodies’ recovered from site

www.theguardian.com

My post was moved from the other thread. Didn't mean to duplicate

 

[Dotta]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1953839467908804629