Rachel Morin’s alleged illegal killer left slain jogger’s body along 150-foot blood trail: prosecutors

Community members found the 150-foot blood stain, causing Rachel Morin Accused of Immigration Killer.

Opening statements at Harford County Circuit Court began Friday morning Bell Air, Maryland In the trial of Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez, 23, from El Salvador, who was charged with murdering Morin, 37, in 2023.

Morin’s family, including her mother, Patty Morin, arrived in court on Friday.

Martinez-Hernandez is accused of raping and killing five-year-old Harford County mother Morin, whose body was found on a popular walking trail in August 2023.

Rachel Morin, jogger in the jury

Moline was reportedly missing after some evening practices on the MA&PA Trail in Bel Air on August 5.

Harford County State Attorney Alison Healey said in an opening statement Friday that community members walked along the walkway after seeing posters of missing persons on Facebook.

Along the creek line, they found a path similar to a deer with flat leaves, and found blood on the rocks above. Healy said the two walked into two tunnels with their overgrown brushes and they found Morin’s body.

Community members call 911 immediately. Authorities recovered the dragged road after cruelty Rape and murder. Police also collected large bloody rocks that authorities said she was slammed.

Healy said Morin’s right shoes and socks were left, and her left shoes and socks were discarded. She pointed out that Maureen’s bra was pulled to her breasts.

Healy said the defendant Martinez-Hernandez forced Morin to hit her in the tunnel wall and raped her. She said there was evidence that the brutal attack occurred between 7:04 and 7:10 pm.

Authorities found her cell phone was immersed in water and completely collapsed with the destroyed Apple watch. Nearby, they also found her Apple Airpods.

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The autopsy results showed that Morin endured 15 to 20 hits in the head and died from a combination of ransomware and blunt trauma. Her death is formal Rule to kill.

Her body bruised around her neck, and according to Healey, the DNA profile matched Martinez-Hernandez.

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On June 14, 2024, authorities called Martinez-Hernandez’s cell phone Bars in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Authorities said he eventually admitted his identity after initially lying to police and providing a false name.

When authorities searched his phone, they said they found an internet query “Bel Air,” [Md.]”and “Rachel”, including the misspelled version of Morin’s name – and images of Morin and media reports related to the investigation.

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They said Martinez-Hernandez repeatedly told authorities that he had never been to Maryland, only in Texas and Oklahoma.

“Healy said Friday that you will be sure that all of this is the defendant’s DNA.

You will be sure that he left her there, fulfilling his mother’s worst nightmare.

– Alison Healey, Harford County Attorney

Sawyer Hicks, a defense attorney representing Martinez-Hernandez, used his opening remarks to express doubts about the DNA game and suggested the incident was a crime of passion.

Hicks reiterated that the state had a burden of proof and pointed out that his client was considered innocent until it was proved that he killed Morin.

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“When you retire to make a deliberate attitude, we are confident that in this case you will see reasonable suspicion and Hernandez is not guilty,” Hicks said.

Martinez-Hernandez and Morin are strangers who seem to be putting the foundations for her then-boyfriend, Richard Tobin, he said.

Hicks raised a sharp question to challenge the jury: “Where is the motivation? Where is Richard Tobin’s DNA?”

Tobin was never charged with any misconduct in this case.

Who is Rachel Morin?

Morin reportedly disappeared by her boyfriend in August 2023, who said she never returned after going out to run on the MA&PA trail, a pedestrian trail in Bell air, a quiet town that is usually about 28 miles northeast of Baltimore on August 5, 2023.

Discover her body The next day near the trail.

In February, police released a new sketch of Martinez Hernandez.

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The sketch is here After DNA evidence Link Martinez-Hernandez to the location of the Los Angeles home invasion. Police used the merged DNA index system (CODIS), which allowed them to participate in a DNA match of an unidentified Hispanic male.

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) collected a hat at the scene of a house invasion in March 2023 that turned violent and hurt a nine-year-old girl and her mother.

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The suspect allegedly broke into the home late at night and attacked his family before being chased. Surveillance video captured the man who left in front door.

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Morin’s mother said before: “I’m going to do this brief because I’m so excited.” “I just want to take the time to thank everyone law enforcement Do your best.

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“They really take care of our family and our daughter,” she said. “They will work hard to find the person who murdered her.”

Fox News’s Alexandria Hoff and Sally contributed to the report.