Update: Police Open Homicide Investigation After Body Found During Search For Missing Woman Who Disappeared While Hiking

Update:Police are now conducting a homicide investigation after discovering a body, believed to be missing 37-year-old Rachel Morin, near a Bel Air trail on Sunday afternoon. Harford County Sheriff Jeff Gahler stated that the medical examiner will determine the cause and manner of death, but investigators have “no doubt” the woman found was killed, The Baltimore Sun reported Sunday night.

Original Story:

Investigators searching for a Maryland woman who disappeared while out for a hike early Saturday evening have a found the body of a woman just off the trail she was hiking.

The Harford County Sheriff’s Office has not yet released the identity or the cause and manner of the death of the woman they found just after 1 p.m. Sunday afternoon, and they asked the public to “refrain from posting any details you may know (or guess).

Police had been searching for 37-year-old Rachel Morin, who was last seen at about 6 p.m. Saturday when she left for a walk on the Ma and Pa Trail in Bel Air.

Investigators found her car at the Williams Street entrance to the trail.

They described Morin as 5 feet 2 inches tall, 107 pounds with blone hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing a blue or black tank top, black sports bra, black spandex shorts, and gray sneakers.

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[Featured image: Rachel Morin/Harford County Sheriff’s Office]