Rachel Morin’s Family Reacts to Illegal Migrant Killer’s Sentence
by Olivia Rondeau 11 Aug 2025
The grieving family of Rachel Morin, the Maryland woman who was murdered by an illegal El Salvadoran immigrant in 2023, shared powerful words ahead of and after the perpetrator’s Monday sentencing.
Hours before the hearing, mom Patty Morin told Fox News that she was not sure if she would be able to believe an apology from 24-year-old Victor Martinez-Hernandez, who is also accused of murdering a woman in his native country before crossing the southern U.S. border.
“To be honest, I don’t know, because even if he spoke, would I believe what he said? If he said he was sorry, could I believe that he actually is or if he’s just saying that to you know, to hope for a lesser sentence,” Patty told the Fox & Friends anchors when asked if she wanted an apology.
Rachel, a 37-year-old mother of five, was found brutally raped, bludgeoned, and strangled to death on the side of the Ma & Pa Heritage Trail in Harford County in August 2023. Martinez-Hernandez was arrested in Tulsa, Oklahoma, nearly a year later, in June 2024.
https://www.alipac.us/f41/rachel-morin%92s-family-reacts-illegal-migrant-killer%92s-sentence-432351/
