Kentucky State Police officials announced they believe the body found Wednesday near Exit 49 in Laurel County is Joseph Couch, the man who police suspect fired at cars traveling on Interstate 75 near London, Kentucky nearly two weeks ago.
Authorities have been looking for Couch since Sept. 7 following a shooting that left five people wounded and 12 cars pierced with bullet holes . They located the body nearly 12 days later after searching thousands of acres of rugged and wooded terrain in the Daniel Boone National Forest , where authorities believed Couch was hiding, with assistance from a Kentucky couple.
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Kentucky State Police located a body who they believe to be Joseph Couch on Wednesday with the help of Fred and Sheila McCoy, a local couple who’d been searching in the forested area behind Exit 49 when they crossed paths with a group of Kentucky State Police troopers, Kentucky State Police Commissioner Phillip Burnett Jr. said.