Juvenile records may play role in hatchet murder case

An attack at a transit stop where a man died from being hit with a hatchet is still working its way through the courts. The suspect’s lawyer wants prosecutors to consider Daniel Michael Junior’s record as a juvenile.

Last April, a young married couple was waiting at the streetcar stop at Broadway and South 6th Avenue when someone came up and hit the man in the neck with a hatchet. He died in the hospital. The suspect’s juvenile record could figure into his case so we had a look at his history.

Jacob Couch and his wife Kristen were pausing in Tucson on a cross country trip when Police say Daniel Michael Junior hit Couch in the neck with a hatchet…

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