A suspect pushing Hatchet almost beheaded Jacob Couch, 32, at a bus stop in Tuscon, Arizona, earlier this month while traveling with his wife back to his native Alabama.
The alleged 25 -year -old assailant, Daniel Michael, was ordered with an cash bail of $ 1 million in Pima County for assault charges for serious crime in the seemingly random crime. Wait another judicial hearing at the end of the month.
Meanwhile, Couch has been hospitalized in life support during the last two weeks since the attack of April 5, and the authorities have said that it is not expected to survive their wounds.
He and his wife, Kristen Couch, were in California in mourning for the loss of his dead son a year ago. The couple decided to travel to Campo Aviesa back to their hometown of Arabs, Alabama, when their lives became in Tucson.
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Jacob Couch is on a vital support after a suspect who pushes the hatch almost decapitated at a bus stop in Tucson, Arizona. (Go to finance me)
The attack occurred in broad daylight at 10 am to about two miles from the Campus of the University of Arizona and is blocked from the Tucson Police headquarters.
“He has the biggest heart with which I believe,” said Couch’s younger brother, Luke Couch, Fox News Digital. “And I really say it. He was just a affectionate person. He loved his family. He was really big with his family.”
The authorities have published few details about the potential reason for crime. Michael’s lawyer at the initial bond hearing stated that “self -defense” could not be ruled out by asking the judge for a minor link.
However, the victim’s brother told Fox News Digital that the detectives said they determined that “there is no evidence to support any self -defense statement.”
“And they said I was going to try to grab straws, grab anything. I mean, my brother was attacked from behind while ending. That is not a defense of his own,” said Luke Couch.
“I want to make sure that the man never do this again and that no other family has to go to what my family has happened. To see my brother lying in a hospital bed and unable to move then, the Batts, so Burt Burtes, So Burt Burtes, so Burt.” We, as a family, because the rapid justice. “
“My brother is a good person and did not deserve this. No one deserves to be attacked with an ax on the side of his neck. He is very atrocious,” Hey added.
Luke Couch further transmitted what was tolerated what had happened, according to the researchers and eyewitnesses.
“They were on their way home from Los Angeles. His bus stopped in Tucson. They had always wanted to see the desert,” Luke Couch said about his brother and sister -in -law. “Someone told them to get up, and my brother deals with their own matters, you know?
Daniel Michael appeared for a bail audience in Pima County, Arizona, for assault charges for a serious crime in the ax attack against Jacob Couch. (Pima County)
“My brother is depressed to gather their things because they simply leave the bus, so they had their suites and their belongings with them,” Fox News Digital touched. “He is down to gather his things, and the man came out behind him and balanced an ax. And the witnesses said he raised the ax on his head and hit him.”
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Luke Couch said his brother has begun to open his eyes slightly in recent days, but has not shown much improvement. Jacob is also the father of a 15 -year -old daughter.
His brother said doctors evaluated that it has limited brain function after suffering a great blood loss.
“Doctors have” T gave us high hopes, “Luke Couch told Fox News Digital.” Although we are only a small family from a small town in Alabama, you know, we believe that God can move mountains and the power of prayer works. Then, please, we encourage people to continue praying for him, before he has not left and miracles. ”
Fox News Digital contacted the Office of the Democratic Pima County Prosecutor Laura Conover to comment, but did not receive an immediate response.
Luke Couch questioned why Michael was not initially accused of murder attempt. He also had a message for prosecutors who handled the case.
“Please do not allow this to slide through cracks. We will not let this slide through cracks as a family. Do not let this man come out and do this again,” he said. “If someone is in the fence about whether it is ethical or that it is not for ‘an eye for an eye’ or a rescuer punishment, I encourage you to look at my brother in the bed of a hospital.”
“This country is not as safe as we thought,” Luke Couch continued. “Please do not let these criminals think they can escape this because, because of my understanding, this has become a pattern in Tucson. I am not from this area, I do not know with certainty, but I can talk to my senan. I have to bury your son.
The family has established a gofundme to help cover the costs of staying close to the hospital in Tucson.
In a statement obtained from Fox News Digital, the Tucson Police Department said the officers responded at approximately 10 in the morning of April 5 to find “a man not supported with acute force trauma in the East Broadway and South 6th Aven Southast corner.”
“The spectators tried to help the victim, and the officers sank the efforts that save life until the Tucson Fire Department arrived. TFD transported the victim to the medical center of the University of Banner with life.
The detectives of the robbery assault unit later responded to the scene and “learned that the suspect had approached the victim already his wife at the bus stop,” police said. “The suspect initiated a confrontation with the couple of duration of which produced a weapon of sharp edges and hit the male victim. After the assault, the suspect moved away from the scene and approached a car on the public street, leaving the area.”
Police said the investigators collected evidence and obeyed images of the suspect, identifying it as Miguel. Michael was arrested at home at the East Side of Tucson three days later.
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Police said a search warrant was executed at the house, “where the investigators located additional evidence.”
