GUILTY TX - Moriah Wilson, 25, Cyclist Fatally Shot Before Race, Austin, 2022 *arrest* #9

[whitelilac]

This is so very hard to read.

 

[Gypsy Road]

I hope KA is listening to every single word of this! Grrrrr

 

[BUF]

I hope KA is listening to every single word of this! Grrrrr

Sadly, right now I think she is just thinking about herself and the guilty verdict she just got.

 

[arielilane]

@JessicaTaylorTX

“I think as a father, you’re kind of a protector right.”“Moriah was away living in California, but I think when I heard about it I was on my way to a meeting […] my heart sank. I knew. I knew something happened to one of the kids.”


5:00 PM · Nov 16, 2023

 

[arielilane]

@alcaprari23

"I think, as a father, you are kind of the protector, right? That's one of the roles we assume for our family and, of course, we can't be with adult children 24/7 or even very often sometimes. Moriah was away living in California but I think when I heard about it, I was on my way to a meeting in a town about 20 miles away and my colleague called me and said, 'you gotta come back. Karen is here with the state police.' My heart sank. I knew something happened to one of the kids. And by the time I got back, they were out in the parking lot and I got down there and Karen told me and my heart just sank. You can't explain the devastation that you go through.""You're living through a bad nightmare, a bad dream... this is not a bad nightmare, this is reality. I think about it every night."


5:02 PM · Nov 16, 2023

 

[steeltowngirl]

@JessicaTaylorTX

Moriah’s mother is testifying now. She talks about the day Wilson was born. “She had power in her. She screamed so loud.” She said she was just a little body that wanted to move. As she became a little girl, she realized she just needed to move, and shine.


4:39 PM · Nov 16, 2023

This is bringing me to tears.
Every mother here knows what this means. Your baby.
Who you care for, love, teach, watch grow, dream, and hope.
Mother’s worst nightmare.
Ripped away senselessly.

 

[Odeto BJ]

Wow. Just wow.
I had a feeling the Jury decided the outcome of this phase over pizza; but they may need some discussion after hearing all this.

 

[whitelilac]

"He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind." — Buddha

May KA suffer torment of her mind till the day she dies.

 

[arielilane]

@JessicaTaylorTX

Wilson says it’s been difficult for all of them, they’re grieving together but in different ways at different times. “It’s so hard to watch them live through this. I was so concerned about Matt.”


5:03 PM · Nov 16, 2023

 

[arielilane]

@alcaprari23

"It's so hard to watch [Karen and Matt] go through this," Eric says. "I'm so grateful Matt has done so well considering what he's had to live with.""She was a beautiful girl, a beautiful young woman. She was just coming into her own really as a cyclist in that last year and I knew that she wanted to be a professional cyclist. And she achieved that dream..."


5:04 PM · Nov 16, 2023

 

[arielilane]

@JessicaTaylorTX

Eric tells jurors that Moriah was a beautiful young girl who wanted to be a professional cyclist. She had achieved that dream and was weeks away from leaving her job to do it.


5:04 PM · Nov 16, 2023

 

[arielilane]

@alcaprari23

Recounting the last few calls he had with his daughter, he says he was so happy for her and she was doing so well. She was winning every race that year and he says he made it a point to tell her that he was proud of her. He said he told her that she had "come to be what you're meant to be."


5:05 PM · Nov 16, 2023

 

[arielilane]

@alcaprari23

"It feels so right," he remembers Mo telling him about her pursuits of her professional cycling career."To have that taken, to a senseless, premeditated, planned... to take her life, for what? Why? For what? She didn't deserve that."


5:08 PM · Nov 16, 2023


All witnesses have ended their testimonies. There will now be a 10 minute recess.


5:08 PM · Nov 16, 2023

 

[Megnut]

@alcaprari23

Cash now recounting Mo Wilson's last few days on earth. Shares a funny anecdote about how excited they were to see each other in Austin that Mo even forgot her bag at the airport. They retrieved the bags and shared Cash's king bed as they caught up about everything.On 5/11, she remembers how Mo spoke to Matt on the phone. When Mo left for her bike ride, Cash took a photo of her and sent it to her mom. Cash wrote, "your girl is in safe hands here in Austin." Mrs. Wilson lets out an audible sob at that painful memory.


4:16 PM · Nov 16, 2023

Collective heart break.

 

[Megnut]

@alcaprari23

"I have held a lot of guilt for not being able to protect her that night," Cash says.Cash says she did not realize that she gave chest compressions to her friend more than 100 times. She did not know that she was already dead when she was giving CPR.Cash says she moved back in to that apartment because she didn't want the darkness to take over that home. She calls it a safe place because she feels Mo there. But admits its challenging to live there. "Every time I park my car and I walk up my stairs, I have to talk myself into doing it. I have to tell myself that there is nothing that's scary on the other side of the door. Every time I go to put in a load of laundry, I see the dent that the bullet left when she was shot in the head. Every time I get something out of my pantry, I think of her standing right here."

As frequently as we see the darkest side of humanity here, it is a privilege to see the bright side. Resiliency and grace. That Cash stays in that apartment, as a way to honor Mo, it's extraordinary.

Class acts all around in the courtroom, except for the black hole sitting at defense table.

I'm sorry, Mo. The world lost a lot when it lost you.

Jmo

 

[arielilane]

@alcaprari23

We are back. The defense calls Mike Armstrong, Kaitlin Armstrong's father.Kaitlin doesn't show much emotion when her father walks up and takes his seat at the stand.


5:24 PM · Nov 16, 2023

Mike describing Kaitlin's childhood, calling her a very special person who he's loved since the day she was born. He acknowledges his other daughter, who he calls Christie, and how much he loves her, too.


5:26 PM · Nov 16, 2023

Describing Kaitlin's interest in yoga, Mike says she has always cared about health, well-being and other people's health and well-being. Says she eats a lot of vegan food and is very healthy.Says Kaitlin was athletic, ran track and played volleyball. Said she wanted to be a veterinarian.


5:28 PM · Nov 16, 2023

Says that she "fiercely stuck up for her friends." Supported her family and would watch out for everybody. Says he was always in awe of her willingness to travel and go places and live without fear.


5:29 PM · Nov 16, 2023

Describes her education and experience in real estate and banking. Says she was always very intelligent.About the murder trial: "It's a very difficult time. It's been a tragic time. But I also want to say that it's far worse for the Wilson family. I can't imagine what they are going through. I've always known that it's horrible what we are going through, but I know what they are going through is worse."


5:33 PM · Nov 16, 2023

Mike Armstrong has been dismissed. Next witness: Dr. Judith Knotts. She works in the chaplaincy program for the Travis County Jail.Knotts says Armstrong has enriched her life beginning 7 months ago when she first met her. Says she feels honored to have met her. Says she meets with Kaitlin on Mondays and they have a Catholic church service together.


5:35 PM · Nov 16, 2023

 

[Seattle1]

16 NOV 2023 -- LIVE TRIAL BLOG​

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‘She was just coming into her own'​

Eric Wilson says he was very close to his daughter and recounted his heart “sinking” when he found out that she had been killed.
“It’s so hard to watch [Karen and Matt] go through this,” Mr Wilson said. “I’m so grateful Matt has done so well considering what he’s had to live with.”
He also said: “She was a beautiful girl, a beautiful young woman. She was just coming into her own really as a cyclist in that last year and I knew that she wanted to be a professional cyclist. And she achieved that dream.”
Andrea Blanco16 November 2023 22:16
32 minutes ago

‘She did not deserve a death like that'​

Ms Wilson said her daughter began biking as rehabilitation after sustaining a knee injury that ruined her career in skiing.
Ms Wilson says that Moriah’s daughter has irreparably changed her family’s life, but that she has found in Caitlin Cash another daughter.
“When you love somebody so much, and if any of you are parents, you understand what that means... when you love someone that much, and it’s taken from you, the depth of the joy of that love is equal to the depth of the pain you have to live with,” Ms Cash says. “
I just miss her so much and nothing here can bring her back and I knew that coming down here. I would have done anything to stand in the way of that bullet and I wasn’t there to protect her. And she died all alone on the floor of her friend’s house. She did not deserve a death like that.”
Andrea Blanco16 November 2023 21:57
37 minutes ago

Wilson’s mother gives heartbreaking victim impact statement​

Karen Wilson says her daughter was strong, independent and delicate.
The day she gave birth to Moriah, Ms Wilson said, she screamed so loud because her daughter had been born wanting to “climb and live” but was trapped in the body of a newborn.
Ms Wilson says that Moria hated inconveniencing others and always worked hard to accomplish her goals.
Andrea Blanco16 November 2023 21:53
47 minutes ago

Matthew Wilson recounts moment he learned about sister’s murder​

“He said, we lost Moriah. And I just freaked out. I ran out of the building and ran up the stairs into the street, punching walls... my mom looks at me crying and I’m crying and she says, it gets worse,” Matthew Wilson said.
“I thought maybe something happened to Cash, too. She looks at me and she says, she was murdered.”
Andrea Blanco16 November 2023 21:44
50 minutes ago

Wilson’s brother gives victim impact statement​

Matthew Wilson opened up about his struggle with depression, and how his sister had made it her personal mission to be there for him.
Wilson had suggested they’d text each other their three favourite things about their day, every day.
So in the days leading up to Wilson’s murders, the siblings had talked every day on the phone.
Andrea Blanco16 November 2023 21:41
53 minutes ago

Caitlin Cash speaks of panic attacks, fear, and grief​

“It’s been 554 days since she was killed and I cannot tell you how many times I have relived that night,” Ms Cash tells the court.
She says she can’t look at ambulances, look at stains or hear sirens. Ms Cash spent 10 minutes giving CPR to Wilson, without realising she was dead.
The longest 10 minutes of her life, Ms Cash says.
Andrea Blanco16 November 2023 21:39
1 hour ago

Caitlin Cash says she felt guilty she couldn’t protect Wilson​

“Every time I park my car and I walk up my stairs, I have to talk myself into doing it,” Ms Cash says.
Ms Cash still lives in the apartment where Wilson was killed.
“I have to tell myself that there is nothing that’s scary on the other side of the door.”
“Every time I go to put in a load of laundry, I see the dent that the bullet left when she was shot in the head. Every time I get something out of my pantry, I think of her standing right here.”
Andrea Blanco16 November 2023 21:28

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Caitlin Cash says Wilson 'moved her beyond belief’​

Ms Cash is now telling the court about the time she picked up Wilson at the airport just days before she was killed.
They were so excited to see each other, Ms Cash says, that they forgot to claim Wilson’s luggage.
Ms Cash remembers texting a picture of Wilson to the cyclist’s mother on 11 May 2022.
“...your girl is in safe hands here in Austin,” Ms Cash says she wrote, prompting an audible sob from Wilson’s mother.
Andrea Blanco16 November 2023 21:24

Sentencing to unfold shortly​

Armstrong is brought back to the courtroom. Wilson’s father is staring at her.
The Wilson family will now present their victim statements.
Caitlin Cash, who discovered Wilson’s body, will go first.
Andrea Blanco16 November 2023 21:12

Kaitlin Armstrong sentenced to 90 years for murder of cyclist Mo Wilson

Jurors returned guilty verdict against Kaitlin Armstrong on Thursday for shooting death of star cyclist Moriah ‘Mo’ Wilson

www.independent.co.uk

 

[jash]

Deliberation time 2:22:37

Almost the same amount of time KA had her phone turned off (2 hours and 17 minutes).

 

[arielilane]

@alcaprari23

Kaitlin always read the gospel to the group. Kaitlin was very insightful about what they were reading. The group would talk it through.Knotts recalls a certain conversation:"I said to her, 'Kaitlin, what do you do all day [in isolation]?'""Well, I meditate, I do yoga and I read."Knotts helped her get new books to read in jail since she had read most of the ones already in the jail library. Knotts said it's been a delight to converse with her.


5:38 PM · Nov 16, 2023


What words would be used to describe Kaitlin?Extremely positive. Very kind. But most impressive? Her empathy.


5:39 PM · Nov 16, 2023

 

[jash]

Mike Armstrong has been dismissed. Next witness: Dr. Judith Knotts. She works in the chaplaincy program for the Travis County Jail.Knotts says Armstrong has enriched her life beginning 7 months ago when she first met her. Says she feels honored to have met her. Says she meets with Kaitlin on Mondays and they have a Catholic church service together.


5:35 PM · Nov 16, 2023

I'm sure this woman is a nice lady but puh-lease.