A convicted killer was sentenced Monday for the 2023 death of Rachel Morin, a mother of five found dead on Maryland’s Ma and Pa trail. According to WBAL-TV, a Harford County judge sentenced Victor Martinez-Hernandez to serve the rest of his life behind bars, without the possibility of parole. “You are not a candidate for …
The children of a woman brutally murdered on a Maryland jogging trail in 2023 have filed a lawsuit against their grandmother and aunt claiming they’ve not seen a dime from online fundraising intended for them. Rachel Morin was found dead on August 6, 2023, just off the Ma & Pa Trail in Harford County, as …
A Maryland jury has found Victor Martinez-Hernandez guilty on all four counts in the murder and rape of Rachel Morin, a mother of five who disappeared while jogging in 2023. Martinez-Hernandez faced charges of first-degree murder, first-degree rape, third-degree sexual offense, and kidnapping. Prosecutors presented DNA evidence that directly linked him to Morin’s killing, leading …
Opening statements were delivered Friday in the trial for the 2023 murder of Rachel Morin, a mother of five found dead on Maryland’s Bel Air trail. Morin’s mother, Patricia, listened with tears in her eyes as prosecutors recounted the circumstances of the crime, Maryland’s Hartford County court in Bel Air, where suspect Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez …
The trial for a man charged with murdering a jogger last year in Maryland has been delayed to 2025. Harford County Circuit Court Judge Yolanda Curtin granted Victor Martinez-Hernandez’s lawyers’ request for a postponement in his murder trial. Martinez-Hernandez was arrested in June for killing and sexually assaulting Rachel Morin at Bel Air’s Ma and …
Body camera footage released by Tulsa police captures the moment Rachel Morin’s alleged killer is found at an Oklahoma bar, following a months-long search. The video, obtained by The Baltimore Sun, shows officers entering the Los Dos Amigos Sports Bar in Tulsa, approaching three men, then escorting 23-year-old Victor Martinez-Hernandez outside, where they handcuff him. …
The Venezuelan murder suspect charged with killing Maryland mom of five Rachel Morin last year was formally indicted this week by a grand jury. Victor Antonio Martinez Hernandez, 23, was indicted on charges of first and second degree murder, first and second degree rape, third degree sex offense, and kidnapping, WBAL reported. “We are relieved …
The man accused of killing Rachel Morin in Maryland last August reportedly remained in the state for months after the slaying. Victor Martinez-Hernandez’s family allegedly told authorities that he stayed with them in Maryland from December 2023 until May 2024. Martinez-Hernandez left two bags of clothes and a pair of shoes when he left Maryland …
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Rachel Morin’s mother provided a deeper look into her daughter’s life, the family’s grief, and the arrest of a 23-year-old El Salvadoran man, 10 months after Rachel’s murder. “Rachel, from birth on, has been this little spark, like a little fireball. I remember her being like 14 -15 months old, and she’s very petite, fair …
On Thursday, Rachel Morin’s accused killer was extradited to Maryland from Oklahoma — where he was arrested on Saturday after 10 months on the run. KJRH reported that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security took Victor Martinez-Hernandez, 23, from Tulsa County Jail and transported him to Maryland, where prosecutors will seek to have him jailed …
