{"id":2064750,"date":"2023-10-12T12:08:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T16:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woman-accused-of-murdering-elite-cyclist-in-love-triangle-tried-to-escape-custody-authorities-say\/"},"modified":"2023-10-12T12:10:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T16:10:34","slug":"woman-accused-of-murdering-elite-cyclist-in-love-triangle-tried-to-escape-custody-authorities-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woman-accused-of-murdering-elite-cyclist-in-love-triangle-tried-to-escape-custody-authorities-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Authorities say a woman accused of murdering an elite cyclist in a love triangle attempted to flee custody."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwoman-accused-of-murdering-elite-cyclist-in-love-triangle-tried-to-escape-custody-authorities-say%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2064750&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Texas Woman\u200c Accused of Killing a Professional Cyclist\u2062 Attempts to Escape Custody<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The \u200dTexas woman accused of killing a professional cyclist and fleeing to \u2062Costa Rica attempted to escape custody on Wednesday, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, 35, was taken to a doctor\u2019s appointment\u200c by corrections staff when she tried to escape, \u2063CNN\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/10\/11\/us\/kaitlin-armstrong-escape-attempt-texas\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs she and two corrections officers were exiting \u200dthe medical building after the appointment, Armstrong ran,\u201d Travis County Sheriff\u2019s Office spokesman Drew Knight said. \u201cThe officers pursued her on foot for approximately 10 minutes without ever losing sight of \u200cher.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Armstrong was captured and taken to the hospital before being returned to sheriff\u2019s office custody.<\/p>\n<p>Armstrong\u2019s trial is set to begin on October 30.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Love Triangle Gone Wrong<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>She \u2063is accused of\u2063 shooting Anna Moriah \u201cMo\u201d Wilson in Austin, \u2064Texas, in \u2062May 2022 as part of a \u2062love\u200b triangle gone\u2063 wrong. U.S. Marshals, working with Homeland Security Investigations, learned that Armstrong boarded a flight in New Jersey by using a fraudulent passport \u2062and landed in Costa Rica on May 18 \u2013 one week\u200c after Wilson was \u200dmurdered and one \u200dday after an arrest warrant \u2062was issued for Armstrong, NBC \u200bNews <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/suspect-texas-murder-elite-cyclist-anna-moriah-mo-wilson-arrested-cost-rcna36150\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Marshals Service elevated the Kaitlin Armstrong investigation \u200dto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woman-who-went-on-the-run-after-allegedly-killing-boyfriends-ex-caught-in-costa-rica\/\" title=\"Woman Who Went On The Run After Allegedly Killing Boyfriend\u2019s Ex Caught In Costa Rica.\">major case status early<\/a> in this investigation, which likely played a key role \u200bin her capture after a 43-day run,\u201d Susan Pamerleau, marshal for the\u200d Western District of Texas, said in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2022\/06\/30\/metro\/alleged-killer-vermont-cyclist-is-captured-costa-rica\/?camp=bg:brief:rss:MSN&#038;rss_id=MSN_rss_brief\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a statement<\/a> to The Boston Globe. \u200b\u201cThis is an example of combining the resources of local, state, federal and international authorities \u200dto apprehend a violent fugitive, bring an end to that run and hopefully a sense of closure to the victim\u2019s family.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>A Tragic Loss<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Wilson, who was 25\u200d at the\u200c time of her killing, \u2062was a mountain biking\u2063 and gravel racer \u2063who won\u2062 multiple races, even resigning from her position at a bike company \u200bto\u200c compete full-time.<\/p>\n<p>Armstrong is suspected of killing Wilson because they \u2063were both romantically \u200bconnected \u200cto the same man, professional \u2064cyclist Colin Strickland. Strickland\u200c and Armstrong dated for three years before taking a break. During that time, Strickland began\u200c to see Wilson. The relationship lasted just a few weeks, and Strickland and Armstrong got back together a month later.<\/p>\n<p>In January,\u2063 Armstrong learned \u2062about Strickland\u2019s relationship with Wilson and \u201cbecame furious and was shaking in anger,\u201d a friend of Armstrong told \u2064NBC.<\/p>\n<p>An affidavit filed in \u200drelation to the federal case against Armstrong described evidence that Armstrong had allegedly committed the murder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to a witness, Armstrong expressed a\u200b desire to kill [Wilson] in January 2022, based on a personal grievance \u200dtoward [Wilson],\u201d the affidavit said, according to the Globe. \u201cA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-man-fights-bear-at-florida-home-to-protect-his-dogs\/\" title=\"WATCH: Man Fights Bear at Florida Home to Protect His Dogs\">surveillance camera recorded<\/a> what appears to be Armstrong\u2019s vehicle near the scene of [Wilson\u2019s] murder at the approximate time the\u2064 murder occurred.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The filing also said that a pistol belonging to Armstrong \u2062had been retrieved from her home during a search\u200d and that \u201cLaboratory test-firing of Armstrong\u2019s\u200c pistol confirmed that it fired \u2063the spent shell \u200dcasings that [Austin police] found at the scene of the murder.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>A Desperate\u2064 Escape<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Police quickly honed in on Armstrong and brought her in for questioning. Days later, on May 14, Armstrong flew from Austin, Texas, where Wilson was\u2064 killed, \u2062to Houston, and then from Houston to LaGuardia Airport in New \u2064York. \u2064From there she traveled\u200b to Newark\u200c Liberty International Airport in New Jersey and then flew to San Jose, Costa \u2063Rica. A homicide warrant for Armstrong\u2019s arrest was\u200d issued on May 18, the day she flew to\u2063 Costa Rica. On May\u2062 25, a federal warrant charged her \u200bwith unlawful flight\u200c to avoid prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>Armstrong was found at a\u200d hostel in Santa Teresa Beach in Provincia de Puntarenas, the Globe reported.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What potential reasons may have motivated Armstrong to attempt to \u2064escape custody during a doctor&#8217;s appointment<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ntically involved with the same person. The love triangle took\u2063 a deadly turn, resulting \u2062in\u200c the \u200btragic\u2062 loss of Wilson&#8217;s life.<\/p>\n<p>The details of \u2064the crime reveal a chilling sequence of \u200devents. Armstrong allegedly shot Wilson\u200c in Austin, Texas, in May 2022. Shortly after the murder, authorities issued an arrest warrant for \u200bArmstrong. However, she managed to evade capture and\u2064 fled the country\u200d using a fraudulent passport.<\/p>\n<p>It was through the joint efforts\u2064 of the U.S. Marshals and Homeland Security Investigations that Armstrong&#8217;s case was elevated\u2064 to major status. This elevated\u2062 status, \u2064along with the collaboration of local, state, federal, and\u2063 international authorities, eventually led to her capture. After evading law\u200c enforcement for 43 days, Armstrong was \u2062apprehended in Costa Rica.<\/p>\n<p>Susan Pamerleau, \u200cmarshal for the Western District of Texas,\u200b expressed the significance of Armstrong&#8217;s capture in bringing closure to the victim&#8217;s family. The combined resources and efforts of various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-governor-encourages-people-to-call-police-on-neighbors-violating-covid-orders\/\" title=\"Oregon Governor Encourages People To Call Police On Neighbors Violating COVID Orders\">law enforcement agencies<\/a> were instrumental in ending Armstrong&#8217;s run and ensuring the pursuit of justice.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c trial of\u2062 Kaitlin Marie Armstrong is scheduled to begin on October 30, where she will face charges for the alleged murder of Anna Moriah &#8220;Mo&#8221; Wilson. Wilson,\u200b only \u200c25 at the time \u200dof her death, was an accomplished mountain biking and \u2062gravel racer who had decided to compete professionally. Her dedication to the sport was evident as she resigned from her position \u200dat a bike company to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woman-accused-of-murdering-elite-cyclist-in-love-triangle-tried-to-escape-custody-authorities-say\/\" title=\"Authorities say a woman accused of murdering an elite cyclist in a love triangle attempted to flee custody.\">pursue racing full-time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The loss of Wilson&#8217;s \u200blife highlights the devastating consequences\u200c that can result from unresolved conflicts and jealousy. This tragic event \u2064serves as a reminder of the importance of \u200bhealthy\u200c communication and conflict resolution in relationships.<\/p>\n<p>As Armstrong attempts to\u2064 escape custody during a doctor&#8217;s \u200bappointment, it underscores the necessity\u200d of stringent security measures in such situations. The quick response of corrections officers ensured that \u200bArmstrong&#8217;s escape attempt was promptly thwarted.<\/p>\n<p>The accused killer&#8217;s desperate bid for freedom may reveal her apprehension about the upcoming trial and potential consequences she may face. However, it is essential to remember that justice must be served, and the trial will provide an opportunity for all parties involved to present \u2064their case and seek closure.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the case of the Texas woman accused of killing a \u200cprofessional cyclist and attempting to flee custody has captured the\u200c attention of both\u2062 national and international authorities. The tragedy of Anna Moriah Wilson&#8217;s untimely death serves as a poignant reminder of the devastating consequences of unresolved conflicts and jealousy. The upcoming trial will \u200dshed further light on the events\u200d leading to\u200c this tragic loss and provide \u2062an opportunity\u2062 for justice to\u2063 prevail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas woman accused of killing cyclist and fleeing to Costa Rica tried to escape custody during a doctor&#8217;s appointment. 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