Dozens of police officers with helicopters, drones and specially trained dogs have been searching the dense forests for Joseph Couch since September 7
After a manhunt that lasted more than 10 days, police in Kentucky announced Wednesday that they had located the body of a man believed to be the perpetrator of an armed attack on passing vehicles on a highway in the east-central US state.
Dozens of police officers, backed by helicopters, drones and specially trained dogs, had been mobilized and were searching the dense forests of Kentucky to find the suspect.
The body of an “unidentified man” was found yesterday afternoon near Interstate 49, Kentucky State Police Chief Philip Burnett Jr. said during a news conference.
He clarified that the authorities have every reason to believe that this is the suspect.
He thanked residents for their cooperation, especially a couple near whose home the body was found, ending the manhunt, although the investigation “remains ongoing”.
“I’m going to kill people and kill myself”
On September 7, for reasons that remain unclear, Joseph Kautz, a 32-year-old ex-military man, legally purchased an AR-15 assault rifle and approximately 1,000 rounds of ammunition in the community of London, Kentucky.
Then, in the early afternoon, he began shooting at cars crossing a section of Interstate 75, a major north/south highway that crosses half of the United States. It hit 12 cars and injured five people near London.
Authorities have been looking for him ever since and are offering a $5,000 reward for any information leading to him.
Before carrying out the attack, he sent a message to someone, warning that he would try to “kill a lot of people” and – in a second message – “then I will kill myself”, according to the case file that has been filed and brought to light by local media.
The US, with more guns in circulation than residents, has the highest rate of gun deaths of any developed country in the world. Gun assaults are an ever-recurring scourge of the country, as one administration after another has proven powerless to take effective action to address it, the power of the gun lobby is immense, and many Americans don’t even want to hear enforcement. restrictions or the idea of ​​parting with their weapons.
Source :Skai
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