Mother of Maryland woman killed by Salvadoran fugitive is ‘special guest’ at White House briefing
Updated: 4:15 PM CDT Apr 16, 2025
Alex Brandon
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Tuesday, April 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Mother of Maryland woman killed by Salvadoran fugitive is ‘special guest’ at White House briefing
Updated: 4:15 PM CDT Apr 16, 2025
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt held a press briefing with Patty Morin, whose daughter, Rachel, was killed in 2023 while exercising on a popular hiking trail northeast of Baltimore.Victor Martinez-Hernandez was convicted of raping and killing Rachel Morin and concealing her body in a drainage culvert.Leavitt previously announced the unscheduled briefing with a “special guest”Leavitt has highlighted the Morin case for days. She has expressed anger, saying it received less attention than that of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to a notorious El Salvador prison.Democrats have criticized the Trump administration for failing to heed a Supreme Court order that it must “facilitate” Abrego Garcia’s release.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt held a press briefing with Patty Morin, whose daughter, Rachel, was killed in 2023 while exercising on a popular hiking trail northeast of Baltimore.
Victor Martinez-Hernandez was convicted of raping and killing Rachel Morin and concealing her body in a drainage culvert.
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Leavitt previously announced the unscheduled briefing with a “special guest”
Leavitt has highlighted the Morin case for days. She has expressed anger, saying it received less attention than that of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to a notorious El Salvador prison.
Democrats have criticized the Trump administration for failing to heed a Supreme Court order that it must “facilitate” Abrego Garcia’s release.