Spray-Tan, Dating Sites, AA Meeting? Trail of Clues in Hiker-Mom Murder
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 15 August 2023
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
While many questions remain unanswered, new details are emerging in the murder of mom-of-5, Rachel Morin. We are learning that Morin stopped in a tanning salon she frequented before hitting the gym with new boyfriend, Richard Tobin. Tobin reportedly dropped Morin at home before she drove herself to one of two 'Ma and Pa' trailheads. In a now deleted Facebook comment, Tobin stated that he and Morin's children began searching for her around 9 p.m. and Tobin called in a missing person's report around 11:30 p.m.
Employees at the tanning salon where Morin reportedly kept a "daily appointment" say that Morin would keep them updated on her dating life, and was still actively using multiple dating sites, despite announcing her relationship with Tobin online. Police may be looking to men Morin matched with as potential suspects.
Police are also asking the community to submit tips on any information possibly related to the case. 5 dog walkers on the trail at the time of Morin's hike have been identified and questioned, hopefully helping investigators establish if Morin was alone, narrow down the timeframe in which the murder occurred, and find who did this to Rachel Morin.
Joining Nancy Grace Today:
- Jessica Garth- Chief, Special Victims & Family Violence Unit, State's Attorney's Office, Prince George's County, MD
- Dr. Bethany Marshall - Psychoanalyst (Beverly Hills, CA), DrBethanyMarshall.com, @DrBethanyLive
- Ron Bateman- Sherriff- Former Homicide and Undercover Narcotics, RonBatemanBooks.com, Author of crime trilogy ‘Silent Blue Tears.’ Currently directing and producing a film documentary on the murders at the Capital Gazette Newspaper in Annapolis. Twitter: @Ronbatemanbooks
- Dr. Jan Gorniak- Medical Examiner, Clark County Office of the Coroner/Medical Examiner (Las Vegas, NV), Board Certified Forensic Pathologist
- Vincent Hill- Anchor/Reporter for FOX 45 in Baltimore, Former Police Officer and Private Investigator, Author: “Playbook to A Murder”, Twitter & IG: @VincentHillTV
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| 0:00.0 | A beautiful young mom murdered on a local hiking trail. |
| 0:18.0 | What happened? |
| 0:19.0 | In the last hours, we learned that law enforcement out on ATVs looking for her killer and also |
| 0:28.0 | asking for the public's help. |
| 0:31.0 | Take a listen to our friends, Fox Baltimore. |
| 0:33.0 | More than a week has passed since the body of Rachel Warren was found on the mom pot trail |
| 0:38.0 | in Hartford County. |
| 0:39.0 | Police have made no arrest in her murder and they're asking the community for help. |
| 0:43.0 | Meanwhile, speculation about what happened is running rampant on social media. |
| 0:47.0 | Guys, you are hearing our friends at Fox Baltimore talking about the fact that social media |
| 0:54.0 | has run rampant. |
| 0:56.0 | Her words not mine regarding the murder of Rachel Warren. |
| 1:00.0 | But what are the facts as we know them at this hour? |
| 1:04.0 | I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. |
| 1:07.0 | Thank you for being with us here at Fox Nation and serious exam 111. |
| 1:12.0 | Again, you are hearing our friends at Fox Baltimore talking about what's happening online, |
| 1:18.0 | but what's happening in reality? |
| 1:20.0 | Take a listen to Rob Weinhold, crisis leadership expert with Fulston Group, our cut eye. |
| 1:28.0 | Well, I'm quite certain the Sheriff's Department is working around the clock doing everything possible to identify the suspect, |
| 1:33.0 | but the longer this goes on, the more it exacerbates the fear in the community, right? |
| 1:37.0 | And also speculation and conversation, a lot of which may be inaccurate. |
| 1:41.0 | And so the Sheriff's Department has its job cut out for it and has to move methodically, move slow, |
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