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(NewsNation) — The parent of a Maryland woman who was raped and murdered by an undocumented migrant successful 2023 is bracing for the killer’s sentencing proceeding Monday, which she predicts volition beryllium “emotional.”
Patty Morin tells “NewsNation Prime” she has spent the past 2 weeks penning a victim-impact connection to stock publically arsenic Victor Martinez-Hernandez appears earlier a judge. A jury successful April convicted Martinez-Hernandez successful the brutal sidesplitting of Rachel Morin, 37, a azygous parent of five, whom helium attacked arsenic she jogged connected a way successful suburban Baltimore.
“I am, astatine the moment, doing well. I deliberation I’m each cried out,” Patty said Sunday evening.
While the process of penning her connection has progressive reliving the crime, determination has been an upside, too, the parent said.
“You besides are reliving each the memories that you’ve shared with Rachel — similar erstwhile I recovered retired I became pregnant, erstwhile I was carrying her, the dreams and hopes I had for her … what she was similar arsenic a child,” Patty said. “All those things travel rushing into your mind.”
Her goal, she said, was to “convey it truthful the justice sees however precious and invaluable Rachel was.”
In summation to her ain statement, Patty said immoderate of Rachel’s children, including the teen daughter who was the past idiosyncratic to talk with her, volition marque statements astatine the sentencing hearing.
“That’s going to beryllium a precise affectional clip tomorrow,” Patty said.
Martinez-Hernandez entered the U.S. illegally aggregate times from his autochthonal El Salvador, wherever helium was accused of murdering a pistillate successful December 2022. He was expelled each clip helium crossed the borderline successful aboriginal 2023, authorities said.
After yet getting in, helium was linked to the battle of a pistillate and her 9-year-old girl successful Los Angeles.
