A Texas girl suspected within the deadly capturing {of professional} bike owner Anna Moriah Wilson at an Austin residence has been arrested in Costa Rica, the U.S. Marshals Service stated Thursday.
The U.S. Marshals Service stated that Kaitlin Marie Armstrong (proven), who’s suspected within the deadly capturing {of professional} bike owner Anna Moriah Wilson at an Austin, Texas, residence, has been arrested in Costa Rica.
U.S. Marshals Service through AP, File
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U.S. Marshals Service through AP, File
The U.S. Marshals Service stated that Kaitlin Marie Armstrong (proven), who’s suspected within the deadly capturing {of professional} bike owner Anna Moriah Wilson at an Austin, Texas, residence, has been arrested in Costa Rica.
U.S. Marshals Service through AP, File
Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, 34, was arrested Wednesday at a hostel on Santa Teresa Seashore in Provincia de Puntarenas, the Marshals Service stated in an announcement. Armstrong was anticipated to be returned to the USA, the place she faces a homicide cost, the company stated.
“The Marshals Service elevated the Kaitlin Armstrong investigation to main case standing early on this investigation, which seemingly performed a key position in her seize after a 43-day run,” stated U.S. Marshal for the Western District of Texas Susan Pamerleau.
Wilson, 25, was discovered useless Might 11, and Austin police on Might 19 issued a homicide warrant for Armstrong.
Authorities stated Armstrong offered her car Might 13, then flew from Austin to Houston shortly after being questioned that day by authorities about Wilson’s demise. She then flew to New York earlier than utilizing a fraudulent passport to fly from Newark, New Jersey, to San Jose, Costa Rica, on Might 18, the service stated.
Wilson, a aggressive gravel and mountain bike racer and Vermont native often known as “Mo,” had been in Austin for a biking occasion. In response to an affidavit, Wilson had beforehand dated Armstrong’s boyfriend, bike owner Colin Strickland, who has cooperated with investigators and isn’t a suspect.
In response to the affidavit, Armstrong’s SUV was seen on surveillance video outdoors the house the place Wilson was discovered shot to demise.
