Fully Clothed Body Found On Beach

The investigation has been ongoing during the day in relation to the young man who was found deceased on Great Western Beach in Newquay on Saturday 2nd June at around 08:30am and a number of lines of enquiry are being followed.

Police have established that he was involved in an incident in the town earlier in the evening and are speaking to 2 individuals with regard to this incident.

Officers attended and located the body of a young man in his twenties that had been washed up from the sea, the body was clothed. 

Police cordoned the area to allow for an investigation of the scene and the enquiries are continuing. 

The family of the man have since been informed of his death, however how and when he died and how he got into the sea are not known at this time. 

Our thoughts are clearly with his friends and family at this time.

Officers located at Newquay are leading the ongoing investigation into this.


There are a number of other lines of enquiry at this time and we would urge anyone with any further information that they feel may assist us to contact us on 101 quoting police reference 286 020612.