TX - Moriah Wilson, 25, Cyclist Fatally Shot Before Race, Austin, 2022 *arrest* #6

[Walela]

The Travis County Court Public portal does not give access to the docs and there is a gag order in place until the trial is over so MSM is also not accessing court docs and linking them for viewing.

Thanks...I've been spoiled by other trials with document dumps. No cameras makes this one doubly hard to follow.

 

[BUF]

Geez. Colin leaving the courtroom in Covid mask and dark glasses (he's in the khaki colored shirt). A media photographer walking backwards backs into a traffic blockade thingie and falls down. Colin basically steps over him and continues on! Screenshots from video here for those not on Twitter.

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1720576051984629908

Guess he couldn’t wait to get out of there!

 

[CrimeDawg123]

What odd characters these people are. What a day.

 

[jash]

Guess he couldn’t wait to get out of there!

Too bad for him he will be coming back on Monday to finish up (I assume). Hopefully that doesn't spoil his weekend too much.

 

[Seattle1]

Ex-boyfriend Colin Strickland testifies at Kaitlin Armstrong trial Friday

The first two days of Kaitlin Armstrong’s murder trial involved graphic crime scene images, home surveillance video of the night the Anna Moriah “Mo” Wilson was killed, and in-dep…

www.kxan.com

Updated: Nov 3, 2023 / 06:49 PM CDT

Colin Strickland testifies​

Colin Strickland took the stand in Kaitlin Armstrong’s murder trial Friday afternoon.

He began by talking about his relationship with Armstrong. He called it a “sometimes tumultuous” relationship that was “at times extremely comfortable and loving.”

The State asked him about how he met Wilson and about when their brief romance took place. Strickland said their relationship was entirely platonic for about the first year they knew each other, but they went on a date in late 2021 when Wilson spent some time in Austin, at a point where Strickland and Armstrong had been broken up.

Strickland said he and Armstrong broke up because they got in a fight about Strickland going on a mountain bike ride with Wilson and some others after a race in Arkansas.

After Wilson left town, Strickland said he and Armstrong eventually got back together in December of 2021. The two had lived together during portions when they were broken up.

Strickland testified about Mo telling him of a phone call she received from Armstrong while Armstrong and Strickland were broken up, confronting Wilson about her relationship with Strickland.

“She was upset,” Strickland said of Wilson’s reaction.

Strickland said Armstrong had access to his email and social media passwords and therefore access to his text messages.

He also addressed a time in December of 2021 when he purchased two handguns after Armstrong told him she was paranoid about certain things, like going on bike rides alone in the woods and a homeless camp near their home.

The State asked if Strickland knew Caitlin Cash, the woman Wilson was staying with in town. Strickland said yes and spoke very highly of Cash.

Strickland testified about spending the day with Wilson on May 11, saying he dropped her off at Cash’s after they went to Deep Eddy and Pool Burger and never went inside the apartment.

His testimony will continue Monday.

 

[BUF]

Just an fyi…Alex Caprariello usually does a segment on Banfield @ 10:00 (News Nation). If he’s on tonight, it should be interesting with CS on the stand today.

 

[Blue_Painting]

Geez. Colin leaving the courtroom in Covid mask and dark glasses (he's in the khaki colored shirt). A media photographer walking backwards backs into a traffic blockade thingie and falls down. Colin basically steps over him and continues on! Screenshots from video here for those not on Twitter.

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1720576051984629908

This was awful and the second photographer that was in his cross hairs. He pushed a female photographer who was not in his way.

 

[Kemug]

So I wonder if KA didn't decide to flee until she realised that LE wasn't fixed on CS being the perpetrator?

 

[Marysmith]

This was awful and the second photographer that was in his cross hairs. He pushed a female photographer who was not in his way.

He’s like super angry it seems like to me. Yes this attention sucks. He didn’t expect this. Neither did Mo.

 

[carolmaria]

He’s like super angry it seems like to me. Yes this attention sucks. He didn’t expect this. Neither did Mo.

Also, facing Mo’s parents.

 

[Mert]

@alcaprari23

Now Colin is being asked to review a receipt from Pool Bar. Shows a number of alcoholic beverages and food. Colin Strickland's name is on the credit card receipt. A different receipt now with more beverages. Mo Wilson's name is listed on this receipt.

5:54 PM · Nov 3, 2023

He wanted to welcome Mo to his city, yet appears too cheap to treat her to a pool meal and drink. This guy is something else. * My opinions.

 

[Marysmith]

He wanted to welcome Mo to his city, yet appears too cheap to treat her to a pool meal and drink. This guy is something else. * My opinions.

It all just shows what a class act Mo was.

 

[carolmaria]

At :57, more extensive clip of CS’s departure(!)

Ex-boyfriend Colin Strickland testifies at Kaitlin Armstrong trial Friday

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The first two days of Kaitlin Armstrong's murder trial involved graphic crime scene images, home surveillance video of the night Anna Moriah "Mo" Wilson was killed, and in-depth questioning about the process of gathering evidence at the scene.

www.kxan.com

 

[Megnut]

Her vehicle smelled like gas???? Did it really? Why?

Did KA expect to find CS with Mo? Double murder plus arson?

Double murder plus arson plus a new life in Costa Rica.

Jmo

 

[Seattle1]

1:48 min kxan news video recap of today's court proceedings noting the Jeep was swabbed for DNA, evidence, etc., but no mention of "gas" smell.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1720589439078977871

 

[Seattle1]

Kaitlin Armstrong’s then-boyfriend testifies about ‘tumultuous’ relationship

Colin Strickland told the court Friday that he had an “on-again-off-again” relationship with Kaitlin Armstrong.

www.newsnationnow.com

Elizabeth Vargas, Reporter Alex, and Matt Murphy recaps all at link above.

Wow -- the nerve of KA. A couple of days before trial on 10/30, the defense filed an "Application For Community Supervision" in the event she's convicted!

 

[Luna20]

Also quick Q about why the audio of CS being questioned the next morning (on the body cam) wasn’t allowed to be played earlier. The defense objected on the grounds that it was hearsay and the judge agreed they should remove that audio. But how is CS relaying his own interactions with MW the day she was murdered considered hearsay? Anyone know?

If it’s body cam it should be released in my opinion. CS was giving a statement that has lined up so I’m not sure why that is considered hearsay. Watching NewsNation now and they said when they went to tell CS what happened that he looked shocked but KA was in the background with no reaction at all.

 

[Herat]

Kaitlin Armstrong’s then-boyfriend testifies about ‘tumultuous’ relationship

Colin Strickland told the court Friday that he had an “on-again-off-again” relationship with Kaitlin Armstrong.

www.newsnationnow.com

Elizabeth Vargas, Reporter Alex, and Matt Murphy recaps all at link above.

Wow -- the nerve of KA. A couple of days before trial on 10/30, the defense filed an "Application For Community Supervision" in the event she's convicted!

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Community service for pre-meditated stalking and first-degree murder with illegal flight from the country?

Sure, Jan.

 

[Mariposa]

Did we know that KA and CS met on a dating app? I wonder which one. Something tells me CS would have been looking for something more casual (Tinder?) versus looking for long-term relationship (Match).

They met on Hinge according to this article

The Murder of Moriah Wilson

How did one of the best young bike racers in the country wind up dead in an Austin apartment? Our writer unravels the tangled story of a crime that shocked the world.

www.outsideonline.com

Cringe I feel like CS sure does think a lot of himself. The quality goods/repair his own clothing:
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In 2019, back before Strickland had met Armstrong, he often worried that a deep emotional attachment could be counterproductive to his cycling ambitions. But that year, following his most successful racing season yet, he felt a renewed urgency to meet somebody he could get serious about. He downloaded the dating app Hinge, which touts itself as the anti-Tinder, geared toward singles looking for real connection instead of casual hookups. In October 2019, he found Armstrong.
They met for a glass of wine at the Meteor on South Congress, then went for a stroll along the boardwalk beside Lady Bird Lake, with the Austin skyline sparkling on the water. Though Strickland saw Armstrong as sweet and intelligent, and certainly thought she was attractive, he didn’t sense an immediate romantic connection.
Superficially, they seemed quite different. She didn’t share his eclectic interests in music and art. He bought quality goods and repaired his own clothing; she didn’t mind shopping at cheap chain stores. He grew up on an organic farm and thought deeply about food; she didn’t really cook. He went to a hippie-style Waldorf school; she grew up in Livonia, a middle-class suburb of Detroit.
During the first few months they dated, Strickland considered breaking it off before things got too far along. But Armstrong’s kindness, patience, and positivity kept him from cutting ties.

 

[Kemug]

Community service for pre-meditated stalking and first-degree murder with illegal flight from the country?

Sure, Jan.

Well OK then, I'm coming for a couple of people, you know who you are!