The Maryland sheriff overseeing the homicide investigation of Rachel Morin, who was found dead Sunday on a popular hiking trail, told Fox News Digital that she was murdered and urged the public to come forward with tips.
“This is not an accidental death or an incident where she took her own life. This is foul play on the part of another,” said Harford Sheriff Jeff Gahler.
Morin, 37, left her home about 6:30 p.m. Saturday to take a walk on the Ma & Pa Heritage Trail in Bel Air, Maryland, about 30 miles north of Baltimore.
Her lifestyle was active,” Gahler told Fox News Digital. “This wasn’t unusual for her to be out.”
When the mother of five didn’t return, her boyfriend, Richard Tobin, called police about 11:30 p.m. to report her missing. The next day, a person found her body on the side of the trail a little after 1 p.m.
Gahler wouldn’t disclose the exact location where Morin’s body was recovered, but he said it was in the dense woods that are on either side of the walking path, which was once a railroad track.
Investigators don’t yet know whether the killing was targeted or random, Gahler added.
She walked the trail regularly as part of an exercise routine. “It could be someone who came to learn that routine and knew where she might be at that time, or it could be a random person,” he said.
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