The sudden death of a young Helston woman remained shrouded in mystery this week as police continued their in-vestigations into the tragedy.

The body of 28-year-old beauty therapist Chantel Davies was discovered at her home in Meneage Road last Thursday morning.

Police said yesterday a 43-year-old Helston man arrested in relation to the incident remained on police bail and the death was still being treated as suspicious.

Officers forced their way into the detached property shortly after 9am following a call from a relative concerned for Miss Davies' welfare.

The house was immediately cordoned off, and the cordon was later extended to include a grassed area in front of the property where a Peugeot 205 car and a BMW motorbike were parked.

Scenes of crime officers conducted examinations both inside and outside the property, and house-to-house inquiries continued for much of the day.

Home Office forensic pathologist Dr Guyan Fernando was flown into RNAS Culdrose to inspect the house and then to examine Miss Davies' body at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro.

A post-mortem examination was carried out, but the cause of death has not yet been revealed.

An inquest was opened and adjourned on Friday, but coroner's officer Elaine Parry said the police were still conducting inquiries and had not yet passed the case file to the coroner.

Rumours Miss Davies may have taken her own life have been circulating in Helston, but police spokeswoman WPc Sharon Newman said yesterday the man arrested remained on bail.

"We still have to say we are treating it as a suspicious death," she said. "A man is on bail. He has not had his bail cancelled and he is due to report back to the police on May 21."

Miss Davies, whose mother lives at Manaccan and whose brother is understood to work for a local courier and taxi firm, ran a mobile beauty business, as well as working part-time at the Western Goya Beauty Salon in Falmouth.

She had previously worked at the New Outlook Beauty Salon in Coinagehall Street, Helston.

Her boss at Western Goya, Annie Bassett, told the Packet she was still in shock at what had happened and could see no reason for anything wrong.

"She worked for me part-time for the past two and a half years as a beauty therapist. She also ran her own mobile unit," she said.

A former student at Mullion School, Miss Davies was a member of the school choir and took part in an acclaimed production of The Sound of Music.

Popular with her peers, she was an active member of the school's community taskforce, regularly helping out with Meals on Wheels deliveries to the aged and infirm in the community.