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BALTIMORE- A suspect in Maryland mom Rachel Morin's murder was arrested in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the Harford County Sheriff's office said on Saturday
during a news conference.
Victor Antonio Martinez Hernandez, a 23-year-old undocumented immigrant
from El Salvador was arrested in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Friday, said Harford
County Sheriff Jeff Gahler. He is being charged with first-degree murder
and first-degree rape, and Harford County State's Attorney Alison Healy
will be the prosecutor on the case, Gahler said.
Hernandez had illegally crossed the border into the U.S. in February 2023, after murdering another young woman in El Salvador a month earlier in
January 2023, Gahler said. Interpol, the international law enforcement
agency, had issued a warrant for his arrest for the homicide of the woman
that occurred there.
The suspect has connections in the Washington, D.C. area, in both Virginia
and Prince George's County, and ties to known gangs, Gahler said.
Martinez is awaiting extradition to Maryland, which Gahler said could take
30 to 60 days.
Rachel Morin was found murdered along the Ma & Pa Trail last August. She
went missing after going for a walk along a popular trail in Harford
County. Law enforcement believe the suspect hid in a drainage culvert and attacked Morin while she was walking. Authorities were able to link her
murder to an assault and home invasion in Los Angeles, California, that
took place on March 26.
Her family released a commercial plea in April for justice in the investigation.
https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/rachel-morin-murder-suspect-arrest- victor-antonio-martinez-hernandez/
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