2nd-degree murder charge laid in suspicious death near Cochin, Sask.

North Battleford RCMP have laid charges in the suspicious death of a 59-year-old man who was found earlier this week.

Police received information on Thursday morning that led them to a rural property southeast of Cochin, Sask., where Gordon Ernest Tucker was found dead.

Joshua Roy Tucker, 27, is now facing charges of second-degree murder, and breach of probation.

The accused, from the Cochin area, is expected to appear in North Battleford provincial court at 9:30 a.m. CT on Monday.

The Major Crimes Unit North and the Saskatchewan coroner’s office assisted with the sudden death investigation.

Cochin is roughly 160 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon.