Police arrest man in murder of Maryland mom Rachel Morin

There has finally been an arrest in the high-profile murder of Rachel Morin, the mother of five who was killed along a popular hiking trail in Harford County Maryland last year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Victor Antonio Martinez Hernandez, a 23-year-old undocumented immigrant from El Salvador was arrested on Friday, said Harford County Sheriff Jeff Gahler on Saturday during a news conference. He is being charged with first-degree murder and first-degree rape, and Harford County State’s Attorney Alison Healy will be the prosecutor on the case, Gahler said.

Rachel Morin was found murdered along the Ma & Pa Trail last August. She went missing after going for a walk along a popular trail in Harford County. Law enforcement believe the suspect hid in a drainage culvert and attacked Morin while she was walking. Authorities were able to link her murder to an assault and home invasion in Los Angeles, California, that took place on March 26.

Her family released a commercial plea in April for justice in the investigation. Finally, there is some closure for them.

“At one point when things seemed really bleak and hopeless, the lead detective said to me — he said, ‘Patience will win in the end.’” Rachel’s mother, Patty Morin said.

The Harford County Sheriff’s Office announced Saturday that an arrest has been made in the Rachel Morin murder case.

Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez, a citizen of El Salvador, was apprehended in Tulsa, Oklahoma late Friday night.

Morin, 37, was last seen August 5th after going for a walk on the Ma & Pa Trail.

The next day, authorities were alerted about a body that was discovered on the trail. Officials later identified the body as Morin.

Her death was later determined to be a homicide.

Eleven days later, the Sheriff’s Office released that the DNA found on the crime scene was a match to anassault and home invasion in Los Angeles.

During a presser, Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler told media that case involved a woman and 9-year-old girl who was assaulted.

Officials also released a video of the suspect.

It wasn’t until February 2024 that the sheriff’s office released a sketch of the man suspected in the case.

Not only was he a fugitive in Maryland, Hernandez, 23, was also on an ICE hold, according to online records.

He will be charged with first-degree rape and murder and is currently being held without bond.

Sheriff Gahler says Hernandez will be extradited back to Maryland in the coming days, but no date was confirmed.

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