Rachel Morin's family are 'convinced' illegal migrant accused of killing her has murdered others

The household of Rachel Morin accidental they are 'convinced' the amerciable migrant arrested and charged with her execution has besides killed others.

Victor Martinez Hernandez, 23, was arrested connected Friday successful Tulsa, Oklahoma, in transportation with the the 37-year-old's sidesplitting aft her bare assemblage was recovered connected a Maryland hiking way astir a twelvemonth ago.

The lawsuit had remained a enigma for 10 months aft Morin was reported missing by her boyfriend. 

Hernandez, a known Salvadoran pack member, was arrested portion sitting astatine a barroom successful Tulsa and has been charged with first-degree execution and first-degree rape. 

He is besides accused of attacking a nine-year-old miss and her parent in Los Angeles in March 2023, earlier Morin's murder. 

Hernandez had illegally crossed the confederate borderline successful February 2023 aft helium besides allegedly murdered different pistillate successful El Salvador a period earlier. 

'Something we've been acrophobic astir is that determination are different victims retired determination … whether they were attacked and it ended the aforesaid mode arsenic my sister, oregon possibly determination are immoderate retired determination who are inactive live but ne'er came forward,' Rachel's sister, Rebekah, 43, said to the New York Post. 

'Hopefully present they bash travel forward.'

Rebekah said that 1 interest the household has is the months-long periods successful betwixt his known crimes successful the U.S.

'Somebody who commits these types of crimes does them due to the fact that they don't care. They don't deliberation astir what they are doing, and a idiosyncratic who doesn't attraction astir quality beingness tin easy bash this to anybody they travel across. 

'It's a alleviation to person a fishy successful custody and to person a sanction and a look to (put to) idiosyncratic … for this,' Rebekah said. 'We privation to marque definite the slayer is ne'er capable to locomotion the streets again.'

The family's lawyer, Randolph Rice, besides believes determination are much victims.

'Using the instrumentality of probability wherever you execution idiosyncratic successful El Salvador successful January, you spell to California successful March and perpetrate battle connected a parent and daughter, past there's a spread from March to August erstwhile helium rapes and murders Rachel, followed by different 10 period spread until he's arrested … it's hard to deliberation helium hasn't committed different transgression successful those periods oregon gaps of time,' Rice said to The Post.

'I person nary uncertainty that determination are different victims retired there. We anticipation this man's apprehension volition springiness them the courageousness to travel guardant due to the fact that helium can't harm them anymore oregon they mightiness present spot him and admit and tin place him.' 

Hernandez was known to circulate betwixt Maryland, Virginia, Los Angeles, and Tulsa. 

'Our investigative familial genealogy squad successful Baltimore worked countless hours to place the fishy by utilizing transgression country DNA and tracing that DNA to imaginable household members,' explained Bill DelBango of the FBI.

'Investigators adjacent traveled to El Salvador arsenic portion of their efforts to place this killer. To find the suspect, we've provided method assistance helping to pinpoint his location. That brings america to Friday night, wherever Tulsa constabulary and FBI agents were capable to successfully apprehend and apprehension the fishy successful Oklahoma.'

Writing connected Facebook this past weekend, Morin's boyfriend, Richard Tobin, wrote a connection for Morin, alongside a photograph of her, portion besides referencing Hernandez's arrest.

'Love you baby. The quality I got this greeting is truly indescribable (sic)!! They captured Rachel's Murderer. I effort to forgive, but I sware (sic) connected everything I love, Your (sic) going to rot successful jailhouse for the remainder of your atrocious a** life!!!', Tobin wrote.

On Saturday afternoon, Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler slammed Biden's White House and 'members of Congress' successful a property conference.

'We are 1,800 miles of the confederate borderline and American citizens are not harmless due to the fact that of their failed migration policies,' Gahler said during an emotionally charged property league successful which Morin's mother, Patty, besides spoke.

'This is the 2nd clip successful 2 years that an guiltless Harford County pistillate has mislaid her beingness to a transgression successful our state illegally,' helium said. 'In some cases, they are suspects from El Salvador with ties to transgression gangs. This should not beryllium happening.

'Victor Hernandez did not travel to this state to marque a amended beingness for him oregon his family, helium came present to flight the crimes helium committed successful El Salvador. He came present to execution Rachel and God-willing, nary 1 else. 

'But that should person ne'er been allowed to happen.'

Patty added: 'At 1 point, erstwhile things seemed truly bleak and hopeless, the pb detective said to me, 'Patience volition triumph successful the end."

'That's what they've been doing, they've been diligently moving hard done each the leads and it's due to the fact that of that that we person an arrest.'  

The sheriff said he and his squad had spent the champion portion of 10 months looking for the alleged slayer and arrested him connected what would person been her 38th day with the Sheriff terming it 'poetic justice' oregon Morin's ain 'divine intervention'.

'Rachel's murderer is nary longer a escaped man,' Sheriff Gahler said, adding that 'DNA grounds that allowed investigators to enactment a sanction to the representation of the fishy successful the video from the Los Angeles onslaught that was released aft Rachel's death.'

Investigators managed to way the fishy from Prince George's County successful Maryland 1,300 miles westbound to Oklahoma.

'He worked unusual jobs and didn't unrecorded an costly lifestyle. It's a escaped country, truthful erstwhile you're here, you determination from 1 jurisdiction to the next,' helium added. 

'He went from El Salvador to the U.S., Los Angeles to Harford County, past Prince George's County, Virginia, past Oklahoma. We aren't definite wherever other he's been. We surely cognize helium has connections successful D.C. and Prince George's. We judge helium has ties to known gangs and that's however helium lived his life.' 

Gahler said that helium believed should Hernandez beryllium convicted, helium should not beryllium sent backmost To El Salvador.

'That's the past spot helium wants to go. Our jails are amended present than they are successful El Salvador. He's going to spend, God willing, the remainder of his days down bars,' Gahler said. 

'We fearfulness each the clip that we're going to stumble crossed different crime done DNA oregon different subject that he's committed. I ne'er privation him to permission Maryland again.. we privation to marque definite helium ne'er sees the airy of day,' the sheriff said. 

Morin's bare and battered assemblage was recovered connected the Ma and Pa hiking way successful Bel Air, astir 45 miles northbound of Baltimore, the time aft she was reported missing. 

Six months later, Maryland investigators released a sketch of Morin's suspected killer as her household pleaded for the nationalist to assistance lick the case. 

According to detectives, Hernandez was believed to beryllium hiding adjacent to the fashionable hiking way erstwhile helium allegedly murdered Morin. 

He allegedly attacked, raped and killed her earlier fleeing the state. The Tulsa Police Department said helium was tracked down to Oklahoma aft officials successful the authorities were contacted by the FBI. 

Officials said helium initially lied astir his individuality and denied immoderate cognition of the crimes helium was wanted for. Hernandez is present awaiting extradition to Maryland.

DNA grounds from the location penetration was aboriginal linked to Morin's case.

'It is my knowing that this suspect, this monster, fled to the United States aft the execution of a young pistillate successful El Salvador a period earlier successful January of 2023,' Gaylor said during Saturday's property conference. 

'Once successful our country, helium brutally attacked a nine-year-old miss and her parent successful a location penetration successful March of 2023 successful Los Angeles.'  

In the almost-year-long investigation, detectives scoured 7 states and progressive 10 federal, authorities and section agencies. 

Officials expressed fears that the fishy could onslaught again, and released Ring doorbell camera footage showing the assailant fleeing the Los Angeles location aft the location invasion. 

Gaylor said astatine the time: 'Serial killers each commencement somewhere. What helium did successful Los Angeles was certainly, I believe, successful that direction.

'I judge it was his volition to inflict much superior carnal harm. He could inactive beryllium laying his caput present successful our county, oregon helium could person fled anyplace successful the state oregon adjacent the world.' 

Hernandez is known to besides person ties to the Washington, D.C., country successful some Virginia and Prince George's County, and is believed to beryllium affiliated with pack activity, cops said. 

Morin's boyfriend, Tobin recovered her car astatine the trailhead connected the time her assemblage was found, and helium was forced to instrumentality to societal media to contradict immoderate involvement aft the lawsuit gained nationalist attention. 

The brace had made their narration authoritative connected societal media 4 days earlier she was murdered. 

He posted: 'I emotion Rachel. I would ne'er bash thing to her, fto the household and I grieve.

'Yes, I person a past but I besides person 15 months cleanable and person changed arsenic a person. Please.'