Overview

• A substantial multi-agency forensic operation has been in place at Paramoor Woods for three weeks, supported by the National Crime Agency, officers from other forces and private security.
• Detective Superintendent Jon Bancroft emphasised that only the remains of 43-year-old Daniel Coleman have been found in the woodland to date.
• Police and Crime Commissioner Alison Hernandez issued an apology after she incorrectly stated that multiple bodies had been recovered.
• James Desborough, 39, has been charged with Coleman’s murder and remains in custody ahead of his appearance at Truro Crown Court on August 8.
• Devon and Cornwall Police continue to conduct two separate, unlinked murder investigations elsewhere in the county.