Overview

• Officers investigating a missing person in Sticker initially arrested a 39-year-old man on suspicion of fraud and later re-arrested him on suspicion of murder.
• A woman in her 30s from Newquay was also arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the missing person inquiry.
• Formal identification confirmed that the man in his 40s found in woodland between Truro and Probus is not the subject of the missing person case.
• Devon and Cornwall Police have launched a separate murder investigation into the woodland death after confirming it as a suspicious death.
• Police maintain there is no risk to the public and have urged residents to share any concerns directly with authorities and avoid online speculation.