Family Of Slain Mom Has Hope Killer Might Be Caught After Sketch Of Suspect Released

Maryland authorities on Monday released a sketch of a man they believe is responsible for the killing of a mother of five whose body was found on a hiking trail last summer.

Rachel Morin, 37, was reported missing Aug. 5, 2023, by her boyfriend, who told police she went for a run on the Ma & Pa Trail in Bel Air, Maryland, but never returned home.

Morin’s body was discovered by a volunteer search party the following day, and investigators reported that her death was a homicide.

Authorities suspected that Morin was attacked on a bend in the hiking trail and then pulled into a hidden drainage culvert, where her remains were found, Harford County sheriff’s Capt. Andy Lane said on Monday’s episode of “Into the Sheriff’s Spotlight,” a podcast hosted by Harford County Sheriff Jeff Gahler.

Lane said he thought the killer stalked Morin and waited to attack her, but he did not think she was targeted. Authorities believe the killer was in the Bel Air area in the days before Morin’s death.

Authorities later announced that DNA found at the crime scene in Maryland matched an unidentified male suspected in a March 26, 2023, home invasion in Los Angeles.

Lane told “Into the Sheriff’s Spotlight” that law enforcement got the DNA sample from a hat left behind in the Los Angeles home invasion.

The captain described the Los Angeles crime as a “violent attack,” adding, “There were multiple people within that home who were injured, and there were minor children injured as well in that attack.”

Morin’s mother, Patty Morin, told Baltimore’s WBAL-TV she is determined to find her daughter’s killer.

“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 to move forward,” she said.

“He’s just