He was probably making a face for the photo.
His picture in the blue Nike t-shirt is at least five years old (posted on his fb in 2019 when he would be 18). So he didn't slim down since the LA attack as some were speculating.
Well, he did have a minor run-in w/police at least one other time that we know of, and that turned out to be what got him arrested at the bar in Tulsa and led to the end of his running. I was confused how Tulsa police knew to find him sitting in that bar in Tulsa, and I finally found out how. It was also mentioned in an earlier post in this thread:It's almost hard to believe this guy hasn't had any run-ins with police during his time across multiple states doing God knows what.
The FBI contacted Tulsa Police Department Special Investigations Division detectives Friday after receiving information that Morin was in the Tulsa area.
According to the report, the FBI and TPD detectives found Morin at a bar located at 21st Street and Garnett Road, where he allegedly lied about his true identity and denied any knowledge of the crimes for which he is wanted.
International murder suspect arrested in Tulsa
Authorities in Tulsa arrested a man in a Tulsa bar late Friday who was described as an international murder suspect, a report statestulsaworld.com
VMH is likely a member of the MS-13 gang.
Interesting information at link; including the location - a park, and the way the victim was killed - a rock, as well as a stream.
The motivation for the murder isn't the same, but interesting nonetheless.
MS-13 Gang Member Sentenced for Racketeering Conspiracy
A Maryland man was sentenced today to 26 years in prison for racketeering conspiracy, including murder, connected to his participation in La Mara Salvatrucha, a transnational criminal enterprise also known as MS-13.www.justice.gov
Thanks @PommyMommy - clearly he wasn't expecting anything. That makes it all the sweeter, only wish he could be deported back to El Salvador to face charges there. A sentence in a US prison will be a cakewalk in comparasion
JMO, a theory - feel free to remove. I don’t think it violates anything, just an idea.
In March 2024, Scott Kay Bridge in Baltimore port collapsed with six victims whose bodies were recovered slowly. I noticed that at one point, the name of one victim was withheld from the public per family request (see Wikipedia), but now we know all six.
They were from different countries, Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, but as I imagine, you can live in Honduras and have a second cousin in El Salvador, like you can live in the US and have a second cousin in Germany, for example.
The way genetics works, you may have a second or third cousin who you have no idea about, you may be the most law-abiding citizen ever and have a cousin who spent years in jail (welcome to my tree; an unexpected discovery), you can be absolutely unaware of the person. All that criminology needs is a close enough match to find a common ancestor (2-3 cousin is great!) or two more distant matches to find a CA and build a tree. After that, you go down and look at potential suspects - ages, genders, place of living. Usually you don’t get one, you get several and work with their stories. So maybe when they traveled to El Salvador, it was to rule out other suspects, not rule anyone in.
What i am thinking of: there is going to be a lawsuit against Dali, and of course the names of the victims had to be confirmed by DNA tests.
Could it be so that in the process of confirming the victims, LE unexpectedly found the DNA of a close enough relative of the rapist/murderer that they could work with to build a tree?
The last victim was found on May 4th, but of course, DNA tests take much longer. Maybe everything was finished by May 20 and this is how LE got a hit?
Two clues: one, the withheld name of the third victim that is now known, and, the location, Maryland…
BTW, two of the victims have Hernandez as part of their name, but that is not indicative of anything as the name is super common, so I don’t think that should be paid attention to. Plus, naming convention differs between Spain and Portugal (order reversed), and here, people from Mexico/Central/South America would simply drop one of their family names not to confuse us. It is that piece of DNA. Moreover, I suspect LE might have already had one hit in their system, and what they got could be the remaining piece of the puzzle.
Again, a hit says nothing about yourself, your moral qualities or whether you are a law-abiding taxpayer. Genealogy just needs: either one or better, two close enough matches that could be traced up to common ancestors and build a tree; and, the hits need to know their family history well enough.
Dude is so barbaric I wouldn't be surprised if he killed someone for their driver's license. MOO
Facts are facts.
In my opinion, these women would certainly be alive today if…
The FBI contacted Tulsa Police Department Special Investigations Division detectives Friday after receiving information that Morin was in the Tulsa area.
According to the report, the FBI and TPD detectives found Morin at a bar located at 21st Street and Garnett Road, where he allegedly lied about his true identity and denied any knowledge of the crimes for which he is wanted.
International murder suspect arrested in Tulsa
Authorities in Tulsa arrested a man in a Tulsa bar late Friday who was described as an international murder suspect, a report statestulsaworld.com
I don't recall anything about a car being stolen but here's the article that refers to the LA incident as a "hot prowler" burglary.Sounds like he is a coward and only assaulted. killed Mothers with young children. But, I'm sure we will find out soon enough...wasn't there a report of a HOT PROWL involving stealing their car? Then that info was dropped?
No group is tricky but there is a question of enough representation/not enough representation in databases. What happened was that a year ago, there were no close enough relatives in the databases to build a tree, and now they got a new DNA match. One good match could be enough, but then it has to be at a really close level. Or two, at the farther ones. Here is an example: a first cousin, and the Y-haplogroup matches. That means, father's side and common ancestors are paternal grandparents. The genetic criminologists go at the CA level and make the tree for all descendants and rule out/in possibilities. If it is a cousin and mito DNA match, it is a direct maternal line. Same thing. The two other versions could be when neither Y nor mito match in cousins, but it is doable. In endogamous communities the level of the match is closer than in reality (e.g., fifth cousins on both maternal/paternal lines may look like third cousins), but this factor disappears at the level of first-dergee or second-degree relative. So either the LE hit a paydirt and somehow got the good DNA ofp one close relative, or they had one match, but not close enough, and now they got a second one.This is the news that I've been waiting for. And jfc this man is evil. I believe the best way to deal with him is to lock him up and throw away the key. Deportation would just enable Victor to commit more heinous crimes in his home country. My thoughts go out to his victims including the woman he killed in El Salvador.
It seems like genetic genealogy was the key to solving this case. That really surprises me considering that Hispanics are a tricky group when it comes to GG. Did a relative of his had DNA in GEDMatch or something?
Rachel Morin killing: Police arrest Victor Hernandez in connection to murder
I think he would have been identified a lot sooner if he was related to the people he assaulted in LA. It wasn't until genetic genealogy was used that they identified him. ImoDo you think he was staying with extended family and then assaulted them? Then fled to Maryland and assaulted/murdered Rachel?
I think he would have been identified a lot sooner if he was related to the people he assaulted in LA. It wasn't until genetic genealogy was used that they identified him. Imo
True, but it was reportedIf my extended family member or a close friend of the family assaulted or threatened me with gang affiliations NOT sure I would snitch.
Do you think he was staying with extended family and then assaulted them? Then fled to Maryland and assaulted/murdered Rachel?