Rachel Morin murder: Illegal immigrant suspect denied ever being in Maryland at time of crime

Maryland prosecutors on Friday rested their incident against Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez the illegal immigrant accused of raping and murdering Bel-Air woman Rachel Morin in August Morin a -year-old mother of five was jogging along the Ma Pa Trail in Bel-Air a quaint district northeast of Baltimore when Martinez-Hernandez allegedly ambushed strangled and beat her to death This has been an emotionally grueling experience for Rachel s family but they remain steadfast in their pursuit of justice Randolph Rice the family s attorney reported in a Friday message The State has presented a thorough and powerful matter We now await the Defense s response and look ahead to closing arguments to bring this trial into its final stage Harford County Det Phil Golden testified Friday as prosecutors played a video of his interview with the suspect after Morin's murder facilitated by a Spanish interpreter RACHEL MORIN'S ALLEGED ILLEGAL KILLER LEFT SLAIN JOGGER'S BODY ALONG -FOOT BLOOD TRAILIn the video interview Martinez-Hernandez says he does not know Morin and denied being in Bel Air at the time of her murder according to FOX Baltimore ILLEGAL ACCUSED IN JOGGER RACHEL MORIN'S MURDER SET TO FACE FAMILY JURYWhen pressed about where he was at the time Martinez-Hernandez who is from El Salvador repeated that he was not in the area when Morin was killed I haven't done anything wrong the suspect can be heard saying later in the interview At one point during the interview Golden shows Martinez-Hernandez a photo of him posing with his cousin who lives in Virginia and testified Thursday that Martinez-Hernandez had stayed with her and her husband MARYLAND SHERIFF'S GUT SAYS RACHEL MORIN WAS STALKED BY SUSPECT BEFORE HER MURDERThe suspect first denied knowing about the photo and then later admitted it was him FOX announced WATCH BODYCAM FOOTAGE OF MARTINEZ-HERNANDEZ'S ARREST Martinez-Hernandez would eventually admit to police after his arrest that he was in Bel-Air at the time of the murder after initially lying and providing a false identity When officers searched his phone they disclosed they discovered internet queries for Bel Air Md and Rachel including a misspelled version of Morin's name along with images of Morin and media coverage related to the review WATCH BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE OF MIGRANT ACCUSED IN MURDER RAPE OF MARYLAND MOM RACHEL MORINGolden also reportedly questioned Martinez-Hernandez about his DNA that was allegedly ascertained at the scene of Morin's murder No two people have the same DNA Golden can be heard telling the suspect in the interview ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT INDICTED FOR RACHEL MORIN'S MURDER IN CRUCIAL STEP FAMILY LAWYERDuring his testimony Golden recalled Martinez-Hernandez telling him he didn't know how his DNA got to the crime scene as FOX broadcasted I f someone needed to do him harm they could have taken his DNA and put it somewhere Golden recalled during his testimony Autopsy results revealed that Morin had endured to blows to the head and had died from a combination of strangulation and blunt force trauma Her death was officially ruled a homicide In opening statements on April Harford County State's Attorney Alison Healey disclosed that concerned society members had gone along the walking trail after seeing missing person posters on Facebook ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT SUSPECT IN RACHEL MORIN'S MURDER EXPECTED TO ARGUE FOR A CHANGE OF VENUEAlong the creek line they unveiled a trail that resembled a deer trail with flattened leaves before finding rocks with blood on them The pair walked through two tunnels with overgrown brush where they unveiled Morin's body Healey declared SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER I saw an unclothed human body on her back At first I truly thought it might have been a deer or something that had died in there Evan Knapp who revealed Rachel Morin s body testified So I had to move a bit closer to confirm what I had seen and it was a human I feel like time froze for a second and I didn t know what I was looking at The defense is expected to call spectators on Monday and the judge advised that closing arguments will likely be delivered Monday as well Rachel Morin s family has been present for each day of the trial so far and are expected to stay until its conclusion