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

[steeltowngirl]

Love this perspective. 30 yrs tho is completely different. Pretending she has the ability to get out at her first opportunity, she may still have a few decades to make up for the missed sunrises and sunsets. I’m old enough to remember 30 yrs ago, and some of those memories seem just like yesterday. But, I assume 30 yrs in prison is more like a million years.

True. Perhaps she will find redemption within 30 years, as Mo’s mom so gracefully wished for her.

 

[Megnut]

Has KA been moved to her nearly-forever home?

 

[steeltowngirl]

Has KA been moved to her nearly-forever home?

Looks like there are two more hearings scheduled. Will they just keep her in jail until these are complete?

Case No. D-1-DC-23-500357
ESCAPE CAUSE BODILY INJ
Hearings
12/04/2023
Unindicted 2nd Designation (9:30 AM) (Judicial Officer: 403RD, DISTRICT COURT)

Case No. C-1-CR-18-150969
Theft of Service
Hearings
12/12/2023
Jail Docket Call (9:30 AM) (Judicial Officer: County Court at Law, #5)

Register of Actions

odysseyweb.traviscountytx.gov

 

[Howl]

Has KA been moved to her nearly-forever home?

I think Texas female death row inmates go to the Mountain View Unit near Gatesville, Tx, but I don't know about other women convicted of murder.
I wonder if they will factor in her escape attempt as a determining factor on where she is sent.

 

[arielilane]

KA is not on death row (she won't be joining DarlieR). in my opinion, probably remain in jail until the other two hearings are complete. moo

 

[steeltowngirl]

KA is showing up on Travic County Sheriff site’s ‘find an inmate’ at Travis County Correctional Complex

Find an Inmate

Travis County Sheriff's Office

www.tcsheriff.org

 

[arielilane]

These young lives were living out their dreams (exception being KA) ... KA shattered lives beyond repair -changed lives forever, and she shall have to pay the piper, it's called justice. For me biking gives you total freedom like no other, and (imo) only MW is truly at peace now.

moo

 

[Megnut]

KA is showing up on Travic County Sheriff site’s ‘find an inmate’ at Travis County Correctional Complex

Find an Inmate

Travis County Sheriff's Office

www.tcsheriff.org

Is Booking Number the same as Inmate Number?

 

[jash]

I've been checking this site: https://inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/start

But I this it's too early for it to have been updated since Friday afternoon. The bottom of the page says " This website is updated on working days only and the information is at least 24 hours old."

 

[Megnut]

KA lived a life of generous entitlement, no real crime in that, it's just sickening that she didn't choose to make a life for herself as a strong woman, as a single woman, as a real estate agent, as an investor.

She didn't own CS. Only CS owns CS....

Taking Mo's life stole Mo's future -- and stole Mo and Mo's future from those who loved her most, but KA did not succeed in diminishing Mo, her life or her legacy. She diminished her own.

Instead of making a name for herself, she's got an ugly rap sheet and no more Kaitlin Kait Kai Allison Arie going forward. Just Inmate #00...

Saddest of all, memorialized in the profound words of Mo's mother, Mo would have talked with her...

This. Didn't. Need. To. Happen.

JMO

 

[mewmew]

Someone previously posted this article which was published 13 days before the murder. I didn’t initially look at the photo gallery but noticed KA in one of the article’s photos. In looking through the gallery, I now see KA is in several photos. In addition to her jealousy regarding CS, I think MW had two things that were unattainable for KA… cycling prowess and youth.

Art on Wheels: Colin Strickland’s Retirement Plan – Gideon Tsang & Colin Strikland

Colin Strickland’s path to becoming a Red Bull cycling athlete started by scooting around on a 20-inch huffy, throughout the dirt paths of his family's 23-acre organic farm near Austin, TX. As a young child, the sensation of losing traction and skidding tires on dusty trails foreshadowed a...

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These pictures are enlightening. To me, she looks the same in these pictures as she does at the trial. In most of the other articles I saw/read, they used the picture of her face with the blue background (I assume it was a license/ID photo) where she is smiling and looks quite lovely. But these pictures here show her in a completely different light. She looks….empty, even before any of this transpired. I wondered if maybe the light got sucked out of her after she did what she did, but now I kinda wonder if it was ever there at all.

All JMO.

 

[jash]

These pictures are enlightening. To me, she looks the same in these pictures as she does at the trial. In most of the other articles I saw/read, they used the picture of her face with the blue background (I assume it was a license/ID photo) where she is smiling and looks quite lovely. But these pictures here show her in a completely different light. She looks….empty, even before any of this transpired. I wondered if maybe the light got sucked out of her after she did what she did, but now I kinda wonder if it was ever there at all.

All JMO.

At one point (pre CS anyway) she looked happy and carefree. Here's her old Facebook. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=562450359

 

[steeltowngirl]

Is Booking Number the same as Inmate Number?

I don’t believe so. Looks like inmate number is TDCJ number and KA is not showing up with one yet.

Offender Search · Customer Self-Service

ivss.tdcj.texas.gov

Search Hints:

* Only inmates who are currently incarcerated in a TDCJ facility are included in the online search.

The minimum input required for a successful search is either of the following:

• the last name AND at least the first initial of the first name, or
• the TDCJ number, or
• the SID (state identification) number

If you provide names, the system searches for an exact match of the last name you provide.

https://inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/start.action

 

[Seattle1]

I don't think she should get parole, regardless. With her escape attempts, she put others at risk -- LE and even her own sister. The murder was planned (not well, but planned) and vicious. Society isn't going to be safe from her.

I could not agree more. Life sentence should mean life. I felt the same when Heidi Broussard's killer was given a deal which reduced her capital murder charge to 2nd degree murder where she too will be eligible for release after serving 30 years. She was facing the death penalty. How can a guilty individual go from facing death to being eligible for release, ever?
So much for "don't mess with Texas!" JMO

 

[Seattle1]

Has KA been moved to her nearly-forever home?

All state DOC's have a first stop for convicted inmates leaving jail otherwise known as the "reception and diagnostic center" before assigned their permanent DOC home. Generally, an inmate spends about 6-8 weeks here. It might be less time for female inmates given the smaller population.

ETA: The following link is for CA but I imagine TX would be similar.

What to Expect - Office of the Ombudsman

RECEPTION AND CLASSIFICATION PROCESS What takes place when an inmate first arrives to the prison?Upon arrival to a prison Reception Center, the inmate must g

www.cdcr.ca.gov

 

[Seattle1]

6/15/2023 -- if it deters an escape attempt, I don't have a problem here. JMO

Texas prison officials change 'strange' policy that kept some women in solitary in gowns

Prison researchers were shocked to learn that women were issued a thick white gown instead of the two-piece uniform that men are issued. Now, inmates said they are receiving those two-piece uniforms too.

www.tpr.org

 

[Seattle1]

Perhaps if KA minds her warden, she'll get to teach yoga sooner or later....

Texas Government Code § 501.027 requires the Texas Department of Criminal Justice(TDCJ) to develop and implement policies that increase and promote female inmates’ access to programs, including educational, vocational, substance use treatment, rehabilitation, life skills training, and pre-release programs, without are duction or limitation to male inmates’ access to a program. The statute requires the TDCJ to prepare a written report describing any policies that were created, modified, or eliminated during the preceding year, as well as a list of programs available to female inmates in the custody of the department during the preceding year.

https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/documents/rpd/RPD_Annual_Report_Female_Programming2021.pdf

 

[Seattle1]

KA is a controlling opportunist. Thinking about her training hard in the yard just before her orthopedic appointment where she ran for nearly 30 minutes w/o breaking a sweat!...

IMO, she also manipulated a volunteer jail staffer to testify on her behalf during the sentencing phase and I see her using this in an effort to secure her prison housing for better privileges than a lifer should receive. MOO

https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/news/2010_gva/g4.html#:~:text=G4%20offenders%20are%20classified%20as,result%2C%20live%20with%20certain%20restrictions.

The G4-Faith Based Row is an off-shoot of the very successful Faith-Based Dorm program that is being implemented at units across the state. The difference in this program is in the classification of the offenders that participate. G4 offenders are classified as medium custody because of behavioral problems, and as a result, live with certain restrictions. A G4 offender wrote "If you can't act right in society, you go to prison. If you can't act right in prison, you go to medium custody."

Through the innovative efforts of Warden Vernon Pittman of the Wynne Unit, his staff, and some very dedicated and motivated volunteers, a row in the medium custody wing on the Wynne Unit became a faith-based row and lives began to change. The G4 offenders began to meet with offenders in the Faith-Based Dorm each week in Life Change Groups.

 

[jash]

I don't remember reading about this in any of the trial tweets (the use of and objection to the expletive).

On the stand, [JC] described a post-race party in Bentonville, Arkansas, in January 2022, where she and Armstrong shared a drink. At the party, Armstrong told [JC] that she’d found out Strickland had pursued an intimate relationship with Wilson a few months prior—and that Armstrong and Strickland had been broken up when it occurred.

[JC] also told the court that Armstrong said she’d wanted to “[f---ing] kill” Wilson. That testimony prompted an immediate interjection from Armstrong’s defense attorney. There was a brief debate over whether Armstrong used the expletive or not. [JC] maintained Armstrong had used the word. Judge Kennedy was visibly fighting back laughter.

The Evidence and Emotions That Led to Kaitlin Armstrong’s Murder Conviction

Over the nine-day trial, Texas prosecutors presented GPS and DNA data, and Armstrong’s own friends gave damning testimony

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[jash]

I also didn't catch any tweets about this. Rickey Jones is my idol!

On cross-examination, prosecutor Rickey Jones asked Christie if she saw Matt Wilson’s best friend, Moriah Wilson, in the courtroom. Christie replied no. To which Jones said, “His best friend is not here because your sister killed her.”

www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/biking/kaitlin-armstrong-murder-trial-analysis/