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Video shows arrest of suspect in Maryland mom Rachel Morin's murder
By Adam ThompsonKelsey Kushner,
13 hours ago
Video shows the arrest of Rachel Morin's suspected killer in Oklahoma 02:54
BALTIMORE -- WJZ obtained video from the night police in Oklahoma arrested Victor Martinez Hernandez, the man charged in the murder of Rachel Morin , a Maryland mother of five.
Martinez Hernandez was taken into custody in June at a bar in Tulsa, Oklahoma, 10 months after Morin was found murdered off the Ma & Pa Trail in Harford County.
The video shows Martinez Hernandez being escorted out of the bar, put in handcuffs and into the patrol car.
Martinez Hernandez had been hiding out in Maryland during some of the months-long nationwide manhunt, court documents revealed.
"Grateful they didn't give up"
Law enforcement officers say Martinez Hernandez illegally crossed into the United States after an arrest warrant was issued for a murder in his native country of El Salvador.
He was also connected to a home invasion assault of a child in Los Angeles, where DNA matched what was found at Morin's crime scene, according to police.
Through the DNA testing and surveillance video of Martinez Hernandez breaking into the Los Angeles home, he was pinned as the prime suspect.
Days after Martinez Hernandez was arrested, Morin's mother spoke exclusively with WJZ , saying she is thankful that police never gave up on the search.
"I was just so very grateful that they didn't give up, that she wasn't the folder on the desk that I was afraid might happen," Patty Morin said.
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