Autopsy scheduled for today on body of miner killed at Blackwater

Nickel Leacock

An autopsy is scheduled to be conducted today on the body of 20-year-old Nickel Leacock, who was knifed to death along a trail at Blackwater Backdam, Region Eight.

According to a police source, Leacock’s alleged attacker remains in police custody at the Mahdia Police Station and an autopsy is expected to be performed today.

Leacock was found dead along the trail by a group of Brazilian miners early on Tuesday morning. The Mahdia resident was headed into