FRANKFORT, Ky. — A body found in rural southeastern Kentucky is believed to be the man suspected of shooting and wounding five people on along Interstate 75 on Sept. 7, authorities said Wednesday night.
Kentucky State Police Commissioner Phillip Burnett Jr. said at a news briefing that the body discovered earlier in the day is believed to be Joseph Couch, of Woodbine . Burnett said accessories found with the body led authorities to conclude it is him.
He had no details on the cause of death , but he said a weapon was found at the site. Authorities said the body was found in the vicinity of the Interstate 75 exit near London, a city of about 8,000 people about 75 miles south of Lexington. NEW YORK — Lawyers for asked a judge Wednesday to let him await his at his luxury home on an island near Miami Beach, rather than a grim federal jail in Brooklyn.
Combs’ lawyers offered a $50 million bail package — using his mansion as collateral — in exchange for releasing him to home detention with GPS monitoring and strict limitations on who could visit him . The hip-hop mogul was arrested Monday after an of using his to induce and male sex workers into drugged-up, elaborately produced sexual performances dubbed “Freak Offs” that Combs arranged, participated in and often recorded . The indictment for years, helped by a network of associates and employees, while using blackmail and violent acts including kidnapping, arson and physical beatings to keep victims from speaking out.
