HARFORD COUNTY, Md. (Court TV/Scripps News Baltimore) — The man convicted of raping and murdering Rachel Morin has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.

Victor Martinez-Hernandez was sentenced Monday, nearly four months after he was convicted of first-degree premeditated murder, first-degree rape, third-degree sexual offense and kidnapping in the August 2023 death of Morin .

Rachel Morin (Rice, Murtha, Psoras Trial Lawyers)

Morin, a 37-year-old mother of five, was killed on the Ma & Pa Heritage Trail in Bel Air, Maryland. Days after her body was found, authorities said DNA from the crime scene was a match to an assault and home invasion in Los Angeles .

Martinez-Hernandez was arrested in Oklahoma in June 2024. At the time of his arrest, officials said he came to the U

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