GUILTY! RACHEL MORIN'S KILLER AWAITS SENTENCING

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 24 May 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Emotions ran high for Rachel Morin’s loved ones after police arrested Victor Antonio Martinez Hernandez in connection with her murder.

Authorities found the suspect casually sitting in a Tulsa, Oklahoma bar. During the arrest, Hernandez initially lied about his identity and denied involvement in the attack on a 9-year-old girl in Los Angeles and the murder of Morin.

Police discovered Rachel Morin’s body nearly five months after she went missing. Another 10 months passed before Hernandez’s arrest. More than a year of his time in the United States remains unaccounted for.

While the arrest brought some closure, Morin’s sister, Rebekah, said it also felt like “day one all over again.”

Matt McMahon, the father of Morin’s eldest daughter, said the Ma and Pa Trail now feels like it “belongs to Rachel again.”

Victor Antonio Martinez Hernandez is scheduled for sentencing in August.

Joining Nancy Grace today:

Patty Morin - Rachel Morin’s Mother
Randolph Rice - Morin Family Attorney - Rice, Murtha & Psoras, LLCPH Website: https://RiceLawMd.com
Dr. Bethany Marshall – Psychoanalyst (Beverly Hills); X: @DrBethanyLive/ Instagram & TikTok: drbethanymarshall; Appearing in “Paris in Love” on Peacock; BOOK: “Deal Breaker: When to work on a relationship and when to walk away”
Chris McDonough – Director At the Cold Case Foundation, Former Homicide Detective; Host of YouTube channel: “The Interview Room”
Vincent Hill – Anchor/Reporter for FOX 45 in Baltimore, Former Police Officer and Private Investigator; Author: “Playbook to A
Dave Mack - CrimeOnline Investigative Reporter

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0:00.0	You're listening to an I-Heart podcast.
0:05.7	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace.
0:12.0	Bombshell verdict in the case of an illegal immigrant, accused of the rape and murder of a beautiful young mother of five, Rachel Morin.
0:23.5	I'm Nancy Grace.
0:24.5	This is crime stories.
0:25.7	Thank you for being with us.
0:27.2	An illegal migrant found guilty of, quote, viciously raping and murdering a Maryland mom of five,
0:35.9	Rachel Morin after the jury deliberated less than an hour.
0:41.2	Victor Martinez-Hernandez-24 convicted, guilty, a first-degree murder, first-degree rape,
0:48.9	first-degree sex offense, and kidnapping. This after Rachel 37 was murdered along a hiking trail about 30 miles northeast of Baltimore.
1:01.0	Again, the guilty verdicts handed down in less than an hour of deliberation.
1:07.3	Martinez Hernandez set to spend the rest of his life behind bars.
1:11.6	What were the facts that convinced this jury?
1:15.6	Trail mom, Rachel Morin's killer, caught in a Tulsa bar, the suspect Victor Hernandez
1:21.6	on the run from his native El Salvador for yet another murder.
1:26.6	Today, Rachel Morin's mom speaks out.
1:29.8	You know, everywhere I look, I see him.
1:32.4	I see him everywhere I look.
1:35.4	Why do I have to keep seeing him?
1:37.2	I want to see Rachel Moran.
1:41.4	Beautiful on the inside, beautiful on the outside. No question about that. But in my mind,
1:50.3	more important than her striking beauty, she is the mother of five, the mother of five children.
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