Body of Local Resident Found in Well in Bibby's Lane, St. Michael - Investigation Underway

The community of Bibby’s Lane in St Michael is struggling to come to grips with the gruesome discovery of a body yesterday afternoon.

For about an hour and a half, a Barbados Defence Force soldier, with the support of the Barbados Fire Service, extracted the body of 28-year-old Mitchell Anderson Nicholls from a 30-foot well along nearby Exchange Hill.

Upset residents vented their frustration and anger over what they charged was the slaying of Nicholls, whose family operates the nearby Nicholls Bakery.

They said the deceased was a decent, generous young man who often bought drinks for people in the community, lent money and even offered jobs at the bakery.

“He [Nicholls] used to feed them [two suspects] and lend them money and they turn around and kill he Saturday night (December 23). He was a good man. He used to bring me cakes and thing and buy things for the rest of fellas . . . ,” one woman declared.

“They put he down in a hole . . . which he didn’t deserve. They light fire to the car up the road but they get burn up doing it – that’s God at work. They wrong for killing a good man like Mitchell that way; that hurt me,” she lamented.

Owner of RT’s Snack Bar, Ronald Thompson, said he and Nicholls had a good relationship.

“He was friendly with the fellas and used to give them jobs. It hurts me to know this has transpired. I last saw him when he was at my bar with workmates on the day he disappeared. I want to wish his family well,” he said.

As police continued their search of a bushy area, some of Nicholls’ family members hugged each other and openly cried. Some waited in police vehicles while others stood just waiting for any word on their loved one. Relatives of those residents suspected were involved in the death were also present, with some arguing loudly and trying to refute some of the allegations.

Police had issued a missing persons report around 9 a.m. for Nicholls, of Apt A, West Coast Apartments Hotel, Pond Bottom, Westmoreland, St James. He was last seen on December 23 by his adopted mother Cheryl Nicholls. At that time, he was driving a black car. (CA)