Police in Newquay are reviewing the circumstances of four deaths of people living at a homeless hostel during the period when James Desborough was also staying there. Multiple outlets report that detectives are examining the four cases to determine whether there is any link to Desborough and to establish what role, if any, he may have played. The reporting also states that Desborough is a convicted serial killer who is set to die in prison, and the current review focuses on whether the timing of the hostel residents’ deaths corresponds to his presence on site. Investigators are therefore looking at the deaths collectively rather than treating them as separate incidents, using information gathered as part of the ongoing criminal review. The outlets do not detail the identities of the victims or provide further information on cause of death in the summaries provided, but they concur that the investigation is specifically tied to the hostel deaths occurring while Desborough was resident there.