Rachel Morin murder: Jury finds illegal immigrant guilty of killing jogger

"This has been an emotionally grueling experience for Rachel's family, but they remain steadfast in their pursuit of justice," Randolph Rice, the family's attorney, previously said in a Friday statement.

Morin's family has been present for each day of the trial so far and is expected to stay until its conclusion.

Witnesses who were walking along the Ma & Pa Trail when Morin was still considered missing said they found a path resembling a deer trail flattened by leaves, but they soon discovered rocks with blood on them near the trail and followed the unusual markings through two tunnels near the trail with overgrown brush. 

That's where they came across Morin's naked body, Harford County State's Attorney Alison Healey said in her opening statements.

"I saw an unclothed human body on her back. At first, I truly thought it might have been a deer or something that had died in there," Evan Knapp, who found Morin's body, testified. "So, I had to move a bit closer to confirm what I had seen, and it was a human. I feel like time froze for a second and I didn't know what I was looking at."

Martinez-Hernandez, who is from El Salvador, allegedly fled the scene and the state of Maryland after Morin's murder. Authorities said during his trial that they found DNA matching the suspect's at the crime scene and were eventually able to trace him to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where police arrested him.

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The 23-year-old migrant illegally crossed into the United States in February 2023, police announced.

Gahler added that officials' first DNA match for Martinez-Hernandez was from a Los Angeles home invasion and attack in March 2023.

Fox News' Jake Gibson contributed to this report.