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RCMP lay charges in suspicious death near Cochin

Jun 3, 2018 | 2:49 PM

Battlefords RCMP have charged a Cochin area man in the death of 59-year-old Gordon Ernest Tucker, whose body that was found southeast of the village on May 31.

Joshua Roy Tucker. 27, has been charged with second-degree murder and a breach of probation.

He will appear in North Battleford Provincial Court Monday.

RCMP received information that led them to a rural property outside of the village on Thursday at around 9:30 a.m., where they found Tucker’s body.