Det Supt Jon Bancroft said: “I can categorically state that we have recovered remains believed to be those of Daniel Coleman only from an area of woodland in Sticker.”
“No other remains have been located at this scene to date,” he added.
Police and forensic experts have been carrying out extensive inquiries in woodland since the discovery of the body of Daniel Coleman, 43, was made.
James Desborough, 39, is accused of murdering Mr Coleman, from St Austell, on a date between June 2 and July 7. He is due back before Truro Crown Court next month.
Hernandez was answering questions at the Police and Crime Panel meeting when she said: “We have got a huge forensics tent down there and 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.”