Kentucky Couple Discovers Remains of Suspected Interstate Mass Shooter

A couple in Kentucky, known for their YouTube videos about the Hatfield-McCoy feud, have assisted authorities in locating the remains of the alleged gunman responsible for a mass shooting on Interstate 75 earlier this month. The unidentified body was found in the vicinity of exit 49 off the interstate in Laurel County.

A Kentucky couple known for their YouTube videos about the Hatfield-McCoy feud have played a key role in the discovery of the remains of the alleged gunman suspected of shooting at vehicles on Interstate 75 earlier this month.

Kentucky Couple Discovers Remains of Suspected Interstate Mass Shooter

Fred and Sheila McCoy, who typically spend their retired days creating YouTube videos on the infamous feud, spent days in rugged terrain before locating the body of who authorities suspect is Joseph Couch.

"For one week we turned into bounty hunters," Fred McCoy told The Associated Press on Thursday. "The more we was watching the news and saw lockdowns and school closings, the more we were compelled to search for him."

Kentucky Couple Discovers Remains of Suspected Interstate Mass Shooter

Couch, 32, is suspected of opening fire on the freeway and wounding five people on Sept. 7. The alleged shooter fired 20 to 30 rounds. The victims were expected to survive, but some sustained serious injuries, authorities said.

Local, state, and federal law enforcement teams searched thousands of miles of acres of woods for the gunman. On Wednesday, the Kentucky State Police confirmed that a body had been found in the vicinity of exit 49 off Interstate 75 in Laurel County.

Kentucky Couple Discovers Remains of Suspected Interstate Mass Shooter

State police said Wednesday night that the McCoys would receive a $25,000 reward for the find. The body is being sent to the coroner's office for positive identification.

Gov. Andy Beshear on Thursday said authorities believe the body is Couch.

Kentucky Couple Discovers Remains of Suspected Interstate Mass Shooter

In a YouTube livestream video made on Wednesday, the McCoys filmed a wooded area being searched when Sheila McCoy, 59, said she smelled a foul odor.

"Oh, Lord, this is nasty. Oh, my goodness, this is gross," she is heard saying.

The couple identified themselves to officers searching the same area about 12 minutes before they found the remains. They also warned police and friends they’d be there, and were livestreaming on YouTube in case something went wrong, Fred McCoy, a retired police officer, said.

"We didn’t know we was going to find him like that," he said. "We could’ve found him with a gun pointed at us."

The McCoys decided to help in the search after a Friday night date, said Fred McCoy.

"We were just a crippled old man and crippled old woman walking in the woods," he said Thursday. Fred McCoy said he is a descendant of a Hatfield-McCoy marriage and they run a small museum related to the history of the feud.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.