Maryland prosecutors have concluded presenting their case on Friday against Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez, who is charged with the rape and murder of Rachel Morin, a woman from Bel-Air, in August 2023.

Morin, aged 37 and a mother of five, was reportedly attacked while she was jogging on the Ma & Pa Trail in Bel-Air, a charming area northeast of Baltimore. Martinez-Hernandez is accused of ambushing, strangling, and beating her to death.

“This has been an extremely difficult time for Rachel’s family, but they are determined to see justice served,” said Randolph Rice, the family’s lawyer, in a statement released on Friday. “The State has conducted a comprehensive and compelling case. We now anticipate the Defense’s reply and look forward to the closing arguments, which will bring this trial into its concluding phase.”

Harford County Det. Phil Golden testified Friday as prosecutors played a video of his interview with the suspect after Morin’s murder, facilitated by a Spanish interpreter. 

The suspect first denied knowing about the photo and then later admitted it was him, FOX 45 reported.

“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 Rachel 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.”

A policeman holds fliers requesting information on the murder of Rachel Morin at the Ma and Pa Trail in Bel Air, Maryland, on Tuesday, August 8, 2023. The trail is where 37-year-old Rachel Morin was found dead on Sunday. (Mega for Fox News Digital)

The defense is expected to call witnesses on Monday, and the judge advised that closing arguments will likely be delivered Monday, as well.

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