Brother of man nearly decapitated at Arizona bus stop by hatchet wielding suspect speaks out
A hatchet-wielding suspect nearly decapitated 32-year-old Jacob Couch at a Tuscon, Arizona, bus stop earlier this month while he was traveling with his wife back home to their native Alabama. The alleged assailant – 25-year-old Daniel Michael – was ordered held on a $1 million cash bond in Pima County on felony assault charges in the seemingly random crime.He awaits another court hearing at the end of the month. Couch, meanwhile, has been hospitalized on life support for the past two weeks since the April 5 attack, and officials have said he is not expected to survive his injuries. He and his wife, Kristen Couch, were in California mourning the loss of their stillborn son a year ago.The couple decided to travel cross-country back to their hometown of Arab, Alabama, when their lives were upended in Tucson. The attack happened in broad daylight at 10 a.m.
about two miles from the University of Arizona campus and just blocks away from Tucson police headquarters. “He’s got the biggest heart that I believe I’ve ever met,” Couch’s younger brother, Luke Couch, told Fox News Digital.“And I really do mean that.
He was just a caring person.He loved his family.
He was really big about his family.” Authorities have released few details about the potential motive for the crime.Michael’s lawyer in the initial bond hearing claimed “self-defense” couldn’t be ruled out in asking the judge for a lesser bond. The victim’s brother, however, told Fox News Digital that detectives said they determined “there is no evidence to support any claims of self-defense.”“And they said that he was going to be trying to grasp straws, grasp anything.
I mean, my brother was attacked from behind while he was bent over.That is not self-defense,” Luke Couch said. “I want to make sure this man never does this again and no other family has to go through what my family has went through.
To see my brother lying in a hospital bed and unable to move, unabl...