RCMP have found two dead bodies at a dumpsite just east of Ponteix, Sask.
On Thursday afternoon, RCMP were called to the Ponteix town dumpsite, which is six kilometres east of the town. There, police say officers found two dead male adults.
An employee from the town of Ponteix told Global News that one of the men found dead was Ponteix town employee Mike Kucik, who was also a well-known boxing coach in the area.
“Learning that they just died tragically… we are shocked,” Notre Dame d’Auvergne priest Guy Amédée Ainemon said.
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“The family is very devastated.”
Aniemon said Kucik, along with his family, was heavily involved in the parish and a member of the welcoming committee at Notre Dame d’Auvergne.
“Ponteix is a small community. Everybody is close to everybody so Mike knows a lot of people. He knew a lot of people in Ponteix, he had a lot of friends,” Ainemon said.
RCMP, with the help of RCMP Major Crimes Unit South, Shaunavon RCMP, Yokrton General Investigation Section and Swift Current Forensic Identification Section are investigating how the two men ended up in the town’s dumpsite.
The second man has not been identified.
Autopsies are scheduled for Wednesday July 13 and investigations are currently in the preliminary stages.
This incident marks the second and third body found in two days in the region.
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