Illegal immigrant charged in killing of Harford County mother Rachel Morin
by Digital Producer/ Maxine StreicherSat, June 15th 2024 at 2:09 PM
Updated Sat, June 15th 2024 at 11:09 PM
Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez (Photo courtesy of{ }Harford County Sheriff’s Office)
Rachel Morin (Greater Grace Church)
Still images from a video of the man (left) police say killed Rachel Morin (right) (Harford County Sheriff's Office)
BEL AIR (WBFF) — Law enforcement have arrested Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez in Tulsa for the killing of Rachel Morin, a Harford County mother of five who was found dead near a hiking trail in August of 2023.
In a press conference announcing the arrest on Saturday, Harford County Sheriff Jeffery Gahler said that Martinez-Hernandez was arrested late Friday night and booked on Saturday morning; he is 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," Sheriff Gahler said.
Sheriff Gahler went on to say that Martinez-Hernandez is a "23-year-old citizen of El Salvador." He said that Martinez-Hernandez crossed the border into the United States in February of 2023, and that he believes that Morin was not his first victim.
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