Alabama Man Dies After He’s Nearly Decapitated In Horrifying Arizona Hatchet attack

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The Alabama father who was nearly decapitated by a hatchet-wielding maniac died of his injuries Thursday night, almost two weeks after the unprovoked attack at an Arizona bus stop, his family announced.

Jacob Couch was pronounced dead at Banner University Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona, where he had been on life support since April 5 until his heart gave out, KOLD reported.

“I can’t believe we made it 11 years. I always thought we would have so many more. I’ll love you forever and always,” his wife Kristen Couch wrote on Facebook.

The 32-year-old was left in critical condition after being attacked by suspected murderer Daniel Michael.

Couch and his wife were sitting at a bus stop in Tucson’s downtown area when Michael, 25, confronted and yelled at them before pulling out the weapon.

Kristen Couch said her husband had bent down to collect their belongings to leave when Michael launched his attack.

Michael cut an artery in Couch’s neck, and the sharp blade struck his skull during the disturbing attack.

Michael fled the scene.

Michael was arrested three days later at his home and initially charged with two counts of aggravated assault before the charges were upgraded to first-degree murder.

He is being held at the Pima County Jail on a $1 million bond.

Alabama dad Jacob Couch dies after he’s nearly decapitated in suspect’s horrifying Arizona hatchet attack

The 32-year-old was left in critical condition after being attacked by suspected murderer Daniel Michael.

nypost.com

 

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Couch and his wife were in California mourning the loss of their stillborn baby and were traveling via bus to their native Alabama when they made a stop in Tucson, his brother Luke Couch told Fox News Digital. According to the brother, the suspect came over unprovoked and demanded that the couple get up. Since the man seemed agitated, Jacob Couch and his wife started to move away, his brother said.

Then Michael “came up behind him and swung a hatchet.”

“And witnesses said that he lifted the ax up over his head and swung it,” Luke Couch told Fox News.

The victim’s family wants “swift justice.”

“I want to make sure this man never does this again and no other family has to go through what my family has gone through,” the victim’s brother told Fox. “To see my brother lying in a hospital bed and unable to move, unable to do anything, it hurts so bad to know that I wasn’t able to be there to protect him because he would have done it for me in a heartbeat.”

Father mourning loss of baby is murdered by stranger while waiting for bus with wife: Cops

Detectives learned the suspect allegedly "initiated a confrontation" with Couch and his wife and took out a "sharp-edged weapon" and struck the victim. He then left in a public streetcar, cops said.

lawandcrime.com

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[BuffettGirl]

It's time to open the asylums back up...

 

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and also to get the drugs off the streets...

 

[Ella Mayo]

This is a love crime. If it were a hate crime, perp and vic would be reversed.

Full disclosure:
I am not certified in law, so my opinion in the matter is null and void.

 

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