A.'s mother Maryland woman Killed in a brutal attack — allegedly by an illegal immigrant who committed other suspected crimes on multiple continents and in multiple states — she will attend President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday after saying the tragedy led to an unlikely friendship with the returning commander-in-chief.
“It has been a surreal experience over the past year and a half. Losing my daughter in such a horrific and unexpected way, the waiting and fear that a suspect would be arrested, and the international attention that Rachel's case gained, all culminated in the congressional hearings,” Patty Morin told Fox News Digital. And friendship with President Trump.”
Her 37-year-old daughter, Rachel Maureen, was reported missing in August 2023 after failing to return from her daily jog. Rachel, a mother of five, was later found brutally injured, pinned in a stream near the road.
US Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump comforts Patty Morin, mother of Rachel Morin, who was killed by an illegal immigrant, at the US-Mexico border on August 22, 2024, south of Sierra Vista, Arizona. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)
It took a law enforcement effort to identify and arrest the suspect, Victor Antonio Martinez Hernandez, 23, border “escape” They are accused of a series of violent crimes targeting women.
He was wanted for the murder of another woman in his native El Salvador and is accused of breaking into a home California house A woman and her nine-year-old daughter were raped there.
“I never imagined life would take such a turn. And now on the horizon is a new Trump administration with renewed hope for the safety and security of our families and our nation…Who would have thought that Rachel's story and life would help change our country, bringing us back to the facts,” Morin said. “Basic principles and common sense, and we look forward to what the next four years will bring.”
Rachel Morin was dragged from a hiking trail on August 5, 2023, and brutally murdered. (family bulletin)
She has visited the Capitol several times over the past year, testifying before Congress and demanding tough action against immigrant crimes.
Earlier this month, some of those efforts paid off with the passage of the Laken-Riley Act, named after another young woman whose suspected killer was an undocumented immigrant. Like Rachel Morin, Nursing student Georgia Riley He was attacked by a stranger while jogging.
Victor Martinez Hernandez after his arrest in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He has since been extradited to Maryland to face justice for Rachel Morin's murder. (Tusla Police Department)
“By amending federal law as provided by the Laken-Riley Act, it provides stronger provisions to catch criminals Illegal immigrants “It provides judicial relief for states and citizens who have suffered under the Biden-Harris open border debacle,” Morin said. “I am very encouraged that Congress is finally taking action to protect American families and ensure safer communities.”
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“It was a slap in the face to American citizens who lost loved ones when 159 Democrats chose to protect criminal illegal immigrants instead of the American citizens they were elected to protect. It is shameful!” She added.
