USA: I-75 Mass Shooter's Body Was Found In Daniel Boone National Forest After 2 Week Manhunt. However, DNA Test Came Back Inconclusive. Police Say Ignore The Autopsy Results.

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NBC News published September 19, 2024: DNA test for suspected Kentucky highway shooter is inconclusive. A DNA test on a body found in Kentucky, believed to be Interstate 75 shooting suspect Joseph Couch, was inconclusive. The medical examiner will perform an autopsy. Authorities remain confident the remains are Couch's.

WHAS11 published September 18, 2024: Manhunt for I-75 shooter ends after Kentucky couple find body in livestream. Fred and Sheila McCoy helped state troopers locate the body, believed to be Joseph Couch, on Wednesday.

WKYT published September 18, 2024: WKYT interviews couple who found body during YouTube livestream. Fred and Shelia McCoy said they’ve been out searching for Joseph Couch for the past six days, and it all started as a “date night” idea.

*UPDATE*
“Kentucky State Police troopers have located a body in the vicinity of exit 49 in Laurel County and detectives are working to confirm the identity.” -Trooper Scottie Pennington

— KY State Police (@kystatepolice) September 18, 2024

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Initial DNA test on remains believed to be of suspected Kentucky highway shooter is inconclusive

written by Phil Helsel

Thursday September 19, 2024

An initial DNA test on remains believed to be those of Joseph Couch, the suspect in the Interstate 75 shootings, was inconclusive, but an autopsy confirmed the cause of death was a self-inflicted gunshot wound, state officials said.

The soft tissue DNA test was “inconclusive due to extreme decomposition of the body,” and a further DNA test with material extracted from bone will be completed, the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet said in a news release.

Couch, 32, a former Army reservist, had been the subject of a manhunt after five people were shot and seriously wounded as they drove on Interstate 75 north of the small city of London on Sept. 7.

Authorities said he had texted someone about 30 minutes before the shootings and wrote, “I’m going to kill a lot of people. Well try at least.”

At least 12 vehicles were struck, and 20 to 30 rounds are thought to have been fired, officials said.

The remains were found in deep brush by a highway exit in Laurel County, which is where London is and where the shootings occurred, state officials said.

“At this time, we are able to confirm that the autopsy revealed the cause of death to be a wound consistent with a self-inflicted gunshot to the head,” the state chief medical examiner, Dr. William Ralston, said in a statement.

A couple livestreaming the search for Couch's body helped in the effort and the discovery, state police said. Vultures had been circling the body. Personal articles and a gun around the body led investigators to believe it was Couch’s, State Police Col. Phillip Burnett Jr. said.

The couple, Fred and Sheila McCoy, said they have been told they'll receive a $25,000 reward that was offered during the manhunt.

The DNA test from bone is expected to begin Friday and take 24 to 48 hours, the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet said.