On Saturday, police in Maryland announced that an illegal immigrant from El Salvador is responsible for the murder of Rachel Morin, a mother of five.
Harford County Sheriff Jeffery Gahler announced in a Saturday press conference that Victor Martinez-Hernandez had been arrested late Friday night, and has been charged with first-degree murder and first-degree rape.
“Five hours after meeting with [Morin’s] family and just before midnight our time, police in Tulsa, Oklahoma assisted by our federal partners, located and arrested Rachel’s murderer: Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez,” Gahler said.
Police said that the 23-year-old had illegally crossed into the United States in February 2023.
“We all suspected that Rachel was not his first victim,” Gahler said. “It is my understanding that this suspect, this monster, fled to the United States illegally after committing the brutal murder of a young woman in El Salvador a month earlier, in January of 2023.”
“Once in our country, and likely emboldened by his anonymity, he brutally attacked a nine-year-old girl and her mother during a home invasion in March of 2023 in Los Angeles,” Gahler said. “And as everyone I believe is aware, that was our first DNA match linking Rachel’s case to the one in Los Angeles.”
Gahler then discussed the border crisis, directing his comments at the White House and “both members of Congress.”
“We are 1800 miles of the southern border,” Gahler said. “And American citizens are not safe because of their failed immigration policies.”
“This is the second time in two years that an innocent Hartford county woman has lost her life to a criminal in our country illegally,” he said. “In both cases, they are suspects from El Salvador with ties to criminal gangs. This should not be happening.”
“Victor Hernandez did not come to this country to make a better life for him or his family, he came here to escape the crimes he committed in El Salvador. He came here to murder Rachel and God-willing, no one else,” he said. “But that should have never been allowed to happen.”
Last year, Morin was last seen heading out to the Ma and Pa Trail, in Bel Air, MD, at around 6 p.m. on August 5, according to the Harford County Sheriff’s Office.
Morin’s vehicle was located the next morning near the entrance of the trail, law enforcement combed the area and found a woman’s dead body at 1:07 p.m.
Fox News reported that Police released new sketches of Martinez-Hernandez in February, after DNA evidence linked him to the scene of a home invasion in Los Angeles, CA.
Martinez-Hernandez allegedly broke into the home in the middle of the night and assaulted the family inside before being chased out. He left shirtless through the front door, according to video footage.
“I’m going to make this short because I’m very emotional,” said Rachel’s mother, Patricia, per Fox News. “I just want to take this time to thank all the law enforcement for all their hard work.”
“They just really cared for our family and for our daughter,” she said. “They were going to diligently work and find the person who murdered her.”
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