Kentucky Couple May Have Ended Manhunt For Highway Shooter By Making “Date Nights” Out Of Searching For Wanted Man In The Woods

Ending a manhunt together… how romantic. Eastern Kentucky has been rattled ever since 32-year-old Joseph Couch shot at vehicles driving by on 1-75 on September 7th. It’s estimated that the alleged suspect, who was positioned on a cliff overlooking the interstate, shot nearly a dozen vehicles. Five people were reported to be injured in the shooting, and thankfully, all of them are expected to make full recoveries. The shooting suspect fled the scene on foot and was believed to have retreated to the Daniel Boone National Forest area. A manhunt has been ongoing ever since the shooting occurred, but now thanks to a Kentucky couple, it appears the search for Joseph Couch might be over. Fred and Sheila McCoy, who have their own YouTube channel under the name

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, have been searching the woods and live streaming their searches on YouTube. They started looking in the Exit 49 area where the shooting happened, and decided to try and help find this man as a “date night” activity. And sure enough, after searching for countless hours and using some good old fashioned tracking, the McCoys stumbled upon a body that is presumed to be that of Joseph Couch. They were still live streaming when they found the body, but the video will likely be taken down by YouTube since it does briefly show a deteriorating corpse. Fred and Sheila McCoy talked with

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