When a gunman perched atop a cliff’s ledge opened fire on a dozen cars on Kentucky’s Interstate 75, wounding five people, it permeated surrounding communities with fear – and sent one couple into the woods to join the dayslong manhunt for the assailant.

Officials are working to confirm the identity. It was not clear if the discovery was related to the shooting this month that led to an intense manhunt.

Kentucky authorities said the discovery of a deceased body is presumed to be Joseph A. Couch, the prime suspect in the I-75 shooting on Sept. 7.

Kentucky State Police troopers and two civilians on Wednesday came across a deceased person police believe to be 32-year-old Joseph Couch, police said.

Kentucky police are working to confirm the identity of a body found near where a suspect opened fire Sept. 7 on vehicles on I-75, injuring multiple people before fleeing into the woods and evading authorities.

Kentucky authorities believe they've located the body of Joseph Couch, suspect in the I-75 shooting in Laurel County.

A body found near Exit 49 in Laurel County off Interstate 75 is believed to be that of suspected gunman Joseph Couch. A couple searching for Couch, along with Kentucky State Police Troopers found the body in a heavily wooded area after seeing vultures flying overhead.

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