A former FBI special agent gave an inside look into how federal and state law enforcement apprehended the El Salvador migrant suspect in the multi-state homicide investigation of Rachel Morin.
Retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent Scott Duffey told Fox News Digital that, at the beginning of any homicide investigation, law enforcement starts with those closest to the victim.
“First and foremost, you start with loved ones, whether it be a spouse, a partner or a romantic partner,” he said. “And then once you exclude them, then you move outward.”
Duffey, who met with Morin’s family in Harford County, Maryland, after her murder, said the FBI’s Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) allowed law enforcement across state lines to stay on the same page as the 10-month investigation progressed.
CODIS is a database used by federal and state law enforcement to compile DNA profiles of convicted offenders, unsolved crime scene evidence and missing persons.
A break in Morin’s homicide case came after a piece of DNA evidence showed up thousands of miles from Morin’s Maryland hometown in Los Angeles weeks after her disappearance.
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