Arizona suspect in bus stop hatchet attack charged with murder after victim dies

Two weeks aft an unprovoked hatchet onslaught astir decapitated a antheral sitting with his woman astatine a Tucson, Arizona, autobus stop, the fishy has been charged with first-degree murder. 

Daniel Michael, 25, was initially charged with aggravated battle with a deadly limb and aggravated battle with superior wounded earlier this period aft the April 5 onslaught that near Jacob Couch, 32, connected beingness support. 

On Friday, Couch died of his injuries, and Michael present faces first-degree execution charges, the Tucson Police Department confirmed successful a property merchandise Saturday. 

"He's got the biggest bosom that I judge I've ever met," Couch's younger brother, Luke Couch, told Fox News Digital earlier this month. "And I truly bash mean that. He was conscionable a caring person. He loved his family. He was truly large astir his family." 

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Daniel Michael, right, was charged with Jacob Couch's murder. (Go Fund Me/Pima County)

Couch and his wife, Kristen, were successful California mourning the nonaccomplishment of their stillborn son, and they decided to question crossed the state backmost to their hometown of Arab, Alabama, by bus. 

On their mode home, their autobus stopped successful Tucson, Luke told Fox News Digital. 

"Somebody told them to get up, and my member told him to caput his ain business. You know, they weren't doing anything, weren't causing immoderate trouble," helium said. "And past Kristen could archer that the feline was truly agitated, and truthful she told him they were getting up, and they were going to leave."

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A younger Jacob Couch smiles successful a household photograph provided to Fox News Digital. (Luke Couch/ Fox News Digital)

When Couch bent down to stitchery his things, "the antheral came up down him and swung a hatchet. And witnesses said that helium lifted the ax up implicit his caput and swung it," helium said. 

Michael fled aft the alleged attack, which happened astir 10 a.m. He was arrested 3 days aboriginal astatine his Tucson home. 

His lawyer, successful the archetypal enslaved hearing, said self-defense couldn’t beryllium ruled out, but Luke Couch balked astatine that idea, telling Fox News Digital determination was "no evidence" to enactment that. 

Jacob and Luke Couch arsenic young children successful a household photograph provided to Fox News Digital. (Luke Couch/ Fox News Digital)

"And they said that helium was going to beryllium trying to grasp straws, grasp anything. I mean, my member was attacked from down portion helium was bent over. That is not self-defense," Luke stressed. 

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"I privation to marque definite this antheral ne'er does this again and nary different household has to spell done what my household has gone through," helium added. "To spot my member lying successful a infirmary furniture and incapable to move, incapable to bash anything, it hurts truthful atrocious to cognize that I wasn't capable to beryllium determination to support him due to the fact that helium would person done it for maine successful a heartbeat. We arsenic a household privation swift justice."

Couch was the begetter of a 15-year-old girl.