Shocking allegations made against mother who appeared at White House after illegal migrant murdered her daughter

Daily Mail​

06-05-2025

The family of Maryland mom Rachel Morin has filed a lawsuit against the murdered woman's mother claiming she stole money from a fundraiser meant for the orphaned children.
Eldest daughter Faye McMahon, 19, is suing her grandmother Patty Morin, who recently visited the White House and spoke with President Trump over the death of Rachel at the hands of an illegal migrant.
McMahon is also and her aunt Rebekah Morin, alleging that the two took over $50,000 she says was donated to her murdered mom's children.
According to filings seen by The Baltimore Sun, there was tens of thousands of dollars raised on GoFundMe to help Rachel's kids after she was found dead in 2023.
McMahon, along with the fathers of Morin's younger kids Joseph Custer and Jonathan Alderson, filed the suit saying didn't receive any of the money raised in the wake of the brutal rape and murder.
'To date, even after requests for funds for childcare and health reasons, the trustees have refused the immediate needs of the trust requests,' the lawsuit states.
'Defendants, by their actions, have committed fraud by misrepresenting the intended use of the funds raised through the GoFundMe account and other fundraisers.'
It adds that after Morin's remains were found a GoFundMe page was started by aunt Rebekah Morin, who retained control of the trust account linked to the fundraiser.
According to a screenshot of the online fundraiser at the time, it said 'if there are any remaining funds, they will go toward things her five children may need'.
The lawsuit states that just over $54,000 was raised on the site, which then went into a controlled account ran by Rebekah and Patty Morin.
After that, a law firm saw the funds directed into a Interest on Lawyer Trust Account controlled by Rice, Murtha and Psora, LLC - the suit says.
The suit says that the money was then transferred to a bank account titled 'Honor of Rachel Morin Trust', which was set up by Patty and Rebekah.
It adds: 'The In Honor of the Rachel Morin Trust was not designed for the immediate needs and benefits of the children.
'The trustees of [the fund] have the unfettered ability to deplete the trust for 'trust expenses' even though it is for the benefit of the Rachel Morin Children.'
McMahon, Custer and Alderson have asked the courts to order the two to hand over the money and provide a full accounting breakdown.
They are also seeking compensatory and punitive damages in the case, which they hoped to be determined at a trial.
Rachel Morin's illegal immigrant killer Victor Martinez-Hernandez was found guilty last month of first degree murde r, first degree rape and kidnapping.
Jurors had heard Morin was on the Ma and Pa Trail in Bel Air when she was dragged into the woods and savagely brutalized.
Her body had been stuffed in a tunnel drain. An autopsy revealed Morin died from a combination of strangulation and blunt-force trauma.
Police say Hernandez had been living in the United States illegally since February 2023 - just months before targeting his victim.
Harford County Sheriff Jeff Gahler slammed the immigration system which allowed Hernandez to enter the country and stay in the US despite committing other crimes.
He said: 'The failure here, again, is the immigration system that allowed this person to enter our country illegally and remain in our country and commit crimes in Los Angeles and then here in Harford County.
'We all suspected that Rachel was not his first victim. It is my understanding that this suspect, this monster, fled to the United States illegally after committing the brutal murder of a young woman in El Salvador a month earlier in January of 2023.'
Morin's murder inflamed debates about illegal immigrants after details of his previous alleged crimes emerged.
Trump weighed in on the conviction in a Truth Social post, paying tribute to the 'beautiful mother of five' who was 'heinously murdered.'
Following that, Patty was invited to the White House and even spoke at a press briefing alongside Trump's Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
'Moments ago, the Illegal Criminal, who was allowed into our Country by Crooked Joe Biden, was convicted of the heinous murder of Rachel Morin,' he wrote.
'Rachel was a beautiful mother of five from Maryland, and her life was taken at the hands of a monster who should have NEVER been here in the first place.'
Trump said Hernandez is 'actually an MS-13 Gang Member and Foreign Terrorist from El Salvador.
'We will never forget Rachel Morin, and are committed to protecting women like her across our Country. We will deport Illegal Murderers, Rapists, and Criminals.'
Martinez-Hernandez went on the run after the crime and was ultimately arrested in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in June 2024 after his DNA was found at the scene.
A search of his phone showed he had searched for the terms 'Bel Air,' 'Rachel' and an incorrect spelling of her surname after the murder, the court was told.
Martinez-Hernandez is set to be sentenced for the heinous murder in August of this year.
A legal representative for Patty and Rebekah declined to comment further on the suit when approached by DailyMail.com.