Police in Maryland have released a new sketch of a man suspected of killing Rachel Morin, the mother of five who was found murdered on a hiking trail about six months ago.
Morin’s killer is believed to have been in the area for weeks before his August killing at Ma and Pa Routes in Bel Air, the Hartford County Sheriff’s Office said Monday.
“We believe there are still people who can provide information,” the agency said.
“While he was here, where did he live? Who is he talking to? Where does he work?
The agency released two sketch images of the suspect – one of him wearing a red hat and the other showing his close-cropped hair.
Morin, 37, was reported missing at about 11:20pm on August 5 by her boyfriend, Richard Tobin, after she failed to return home from a run along the Ma and Pa Trail.
A volunteer who joined the search party found her body the next day. DNA from the scene was later matched to a man tied to a sexual assault during a home invasion in Los Angeles.
Rachel Morin was found naked and beaten to death after disappearing while jogging in August 2023. Rachel Morin / Facebook
“Over the past six months, detectives have conducted more than 100 interviews and followed up on more than 1,000 tips,” the sheriff’s office said.
“Their investigation has taken them to seven different states with ten federal, state and local agencies assisting. Thousands of bilingual pamphlets were distributed in Maryland and California. This investigation has not slowed down or stopped,” he added.
Police have released a new sketch of the suspect. Police believe he had been in the area for several weeks prior to the crime. Harford County Sheriff’s Office
Capt. Andy Lane, who led the investigation, and Sheriff Jeff Gahler discussed the case in the agency’s podcast, titled “Into the Sheriff’s Spotlight.
“We’ve interviewed a lot of witnesses here in Harford County,” Lane said.
“[Interviewees] felt like they saw someone who looked very similar to the video on the trail in the weeks leading up to Rachel’s death, and the number of people we’ve spoken to who told us they saw someone on the trail who looked similar to our suspect in the weeks leading up to the crime that makes me believe that this individual was here in our district for several weeks before this incident,” he said.
The 37-year-old man was found in a drainage ditch. Facebook/Rachel Morin
Lane said the sketch is “the closest rendering we’re going to have,” adding that investigators believe the attack happened on the trail, and the man dragged her into a wooded area before killing her in a drainage ditch. .
Gahler said his “gut” told him Morin had been stalked, but cautioned that the motive remains unclear, according to the Baltimore Sun.
He previously said he was worried the suspect could be a serial killer and could kill again.
A suspected killer has been caught on security camera footage leaving the scene of an assault and robbery in Los Angeles. Harford County Sheriff’s Office
“We know the suspect was here in Harford County before this incident. He didn’t come in that day and leave that day,” Lane said.
“There are people who live in this community or were in this community at the time of the incident that will definitely interact and see the suspect,” he added.
The captain said in the roughly 40-minute podcast that interviews of people on the trail mentioned an “individual who was standing in the wood line on a little high ground” before Morin was killed.
The two men also said that a DNA link to the LA crime scene came from genetic material on a hat that police in California had recovered.
Morin, 37, is a mother of five. Facebook / Rachel Morin
Authorities described the suspect as a 5-foot, 9-inch man in his mid-20s to 30s who weighs about 160 pounds and has dark hair.
Tobin, who has a long rap sheet including second-degree assault, violating a restraining order and resisting arrest, has denied that he was involved in Morin’s death.
The mother of five was killed just over a week after her 4-month-old niece, Lily Beth Morin, died of SIDS.
Morin’s mother appealed for the public’s help to track down the suspect.
Morin and her boyfriend, Richard Tobin. Facebook / Rachel Morin
“I can’t live with pain for the rest of my life, like, I can’t do that. There has to be something to help us move forward,” Patty Morin told 11 News. “We just need to find this guy. I’m so tired of crying. I’m so tired of being sad, and I’m so tired.”
He continued: “We need to find this person. We need to have some kind of resolution so we can have some kind of process for healing. He’s just going to keep doing it because he thinks he can get away with it, and other people are going to feel this pain that we’re feeling — and it should not be so.
“Arresting this person will not take away my grief. It won’t take away my sadness. I have lost a daughter. I can’t take him back. No one can take him back. But it will prevent him from hurting others,” added the grieving mother.
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