Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez, left, is suspected of killing Rachel Morin, right. In the center is a composite sketch of the suspect released during the lengthy manhunt. (The image on the left is from Tulsa police; the sketch and Morin photos are from Harford County Sheriff’s Office — Maryland)
The family of a man accused of sexually assaulting and beating to death a mother of five on a Maryland hiking trail provided the evidence that authorities said linked the suspect through DNA to the gruesome crime.
The family of Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez, 23, who faces murder, rape and assault charges in the August 2023 death of Rachel Morin , 37, turned over a bag of clothes and shoes to investigators on June 13. DNA from some of the clothing matched the DNA recovered from the crime scene, according to the charging document in the case. The evidence was collected after investigators learned the suspect had been staying with his family in Maryland between December 2023 and May 2024, when he left the location — and his belongings — and never returned, the document said his family told authorities.