Maryland Sheriff Jeff Gahler, who is investigating the August 2023 murder of Rachel Morin, suggested pedestrians “break” their routines following the Feb. 22 killing of Augusta University student Laken Riley on the University of Georgia campus.

Both women – Morin, a 37-year-old mother of five, and Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student – were murdered while jogging on popular pedestrian trails.

“We put out a lot of recommendations following Rachel’s case. Break your routine. Don’t be a creature of habit. Don’t be on the trail… at that location at the same time every single day,” Harford County Sheriff Gahler told Fox News Digital. “Always, if you can, be with a friend. Go out when the trails or the parks are more crowded.

“I live on a section of the mine trail here in our county where Rachel was killed. The same trail. And I’ll pass by younger ladies, older ladies…  and they’ll have their headsets in, and they won’t know someone’s beside them until you’re beside them.”

The Harford County Sheriff’s Office does not know what brought the suspect from LA to Maryland, but they do know he was in Bel Air prior to Morin’s murder. And they are asking members of the public who may have seen or communicated with the suspect during the summer of 2023 to come forward. Authorities believe he still poses a threat to the public.

Authorities are offering a $35,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in Morin’s case. Anyone with information is asked to contact RMTips@harfordsheriff.org.