The suspects have been named – and one is 88
Alex Driscoll Breaking news reporter
11:10, 27 Feb 2026Updated 12:59, 27 Feb 2026
Police were called to Helston Business Park, Cornwall, in the early hours of December 18, 2024, where a man’s body was found.(Image: CornwallLive)
Two women have been charged after a man’s body was found inside a vehicle in a car park in Helston, Cornwall.
Devon and Cornwall Police were making enquiries in Helston following reports of a concern for welfare in the early hours of Wednesday, December 18, 2024.
As a result of the searches, a man was found dead in a vehicle.
An inquest named him as Glen Manders, 66, from Somerset.
Two women were arrested on suspicion of murder, wilful neglect of a person without mental capacity and preventing a lawful burial.
Police confirmed that while the two women will face no further action in relation to murder and wilful neglect, they have both been charged with preventing a lawful and decent burial of a dead body.
The women have been named as 88-year-old Dinah Manders, of Weirfield Road in Exeter, and Rosemary Manders, 53 and of Upton Lane in Ilminster.
They were both bailed to appear at Truro Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, March 26.
A spokesperson for Devon and Cornwall Police said: “Two suspects arrested after a body was located in Helston in December 2024 have been charged.
“Police were making enquiries in the Helston area in the early hours of Wednesday 18 December 2024 following concerns for welfare.
“During those enquiries officers located the body of a man in a vehicle in Helston Business Park.
“A man in his 60s, from the Avon and Somerset area, was confirmed deceased at the scene.
“Two women were arrested on suspicion of murder, wilful neglect of a person without mental capacity and preventing a lawful burial.
“Dinah Manders, 88, of Weirfield Road, Exeter, and Rosemary Manders, 53, of Upton Lane, Ilminster, have now both been charged with preventing a lawful and decent burial of a dead body.
“They will face no further action in relation to murder and wilful neglect.
“They have both been bailed to appear at Truro Magistrates’ Court on Thursday 26 March.”
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