Rachel Morins mom fights tears as prosecutors describe 150-foot bloody trail that led to murdered daughters body

The mom of Rachel Morin — the Maryland woman who was allegedly raped and murdered by an illegal migrant from El Salvador — stoically fought back tears in court as prosecutors described the 150-foot trail of blood that led to the discovery of her daughter’s lifeless body.Morin’s horrific murder is “a mother’s worst nightmare,” prosecutor Alison Healey told a jury during opening remarks Friday as Morin’s heartbroken mother, Patricia Morin, sat in the courtroom gallery holding back tears, according to the Baltimore Sun.Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez, 24, is on trial for allegedly attacking the 37-year-old mom of five while she was out on a jog on the Ma & Pa Trail in Bel Air, Maryland on Aug.5, 2023.“That place that she loved so much ended up being the place she lost her life at the hands of this defendant,” Healey charged, the Baltimore Banner reported.The prosecutor then told the jurors about how volunteers found Morin’s body the next day by following a bloody trail that stretched 150 feet — after her attacker dragged her lifeless body.Community members went out looking along the hiking trail after a post on Facebook said Morin hadn’t returned home from her run that evening, the prosecutor explained, according to Fox News.The two volunteers eventually stumbled upon rocks that had blood on them and followed the trail through two brush-covered tunnels before eventually discovering Morin’s unclothed body, Healey said.Martinez-Hernandez allegedly bashed Morin’s head with rocks some 15 to 20 times and also strangled her, according to an autopsy report.

But before he killed her, the brute allegedly raped her, leaving his DNA behind at the crime scene inside the drainage culvert where she was found, Healey said.She was “left to die in a puddle of water,” the prosecutor said.Her body was left with her right shoe and sock on but her left shoe and sock had been tossed by her attacker.

Her bra had been pulled over her breasts, Healey a...