TX - Moriah Wilson, 25, prized cyclist, fatally shot before race, Austin, May 2022 #2

[ElGato]

They should have done something along those lines, and they surely regret not doing so now. I hope the latest revelations will lead to her capture.

There's a Dwight Shrute quote from The Office, "Better a thousand innocent men are locked up than one guilty man roam free."

 

[SteveP]

For a Grand Jury indictment to have been made, they are pretty sure of KA committing the crime. There are several curious things about this case:
1. Why would you buy a gun for someone that is emotionally unstable. However maybe if there was a warrant she could not buy it herself. What precipitated the purchase of TWO guns?
2. If you commit a crime (like murder) why do you return the gun to your home?
3. If you have mucho funds isn't it a possibility that you could pay someone to do this? Could this sister and KA look enough
alike to pose for one another?
4. How do you return home to your boyfriend and resume a normal stance at life after you just committed murder?
5. Why does someone stash the bicycle after committing a crime, I would think you would want to get the hell out of there.
6. What is the significance of the suitcase or bicycle bag being moved?
7. Why is CS worried for his personal safety? Sounds like he is armed.
8. Why does CS not know where his girlfriend is? Do they not communicate?

I may be wrong, but I think what most people believe the bicycle bag to be is a small strap-on bag that could hold a wallet, phone, keys, few protein bars, maybe bottle of water, etc, but what I believe the bicycle bag actually to be is the bag that she placed her bike in to transport it on the plane. MW had only arrived earlier that day. Most airlines require bikes to either be bagged or boxed in order to go in the cargo hold. If that is indeed what this bicycle bag is, then the significance of it having been moved may be as simple as, the bike may have still been inside it, and KA had to open it to get it out, and then just left it at the foot of the stairs, where she jumped on the bike and left to ditch it. That also may explain why her friend CC reminded her to not leave it out when she left. JMO

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[JerseyWasHome2]

I may be wrong, but I think what most people believe the bicycle bag to be is a small strap-on bag that could hold a wallet, phone, keys, few protein bars, maybe bottle of water, etc, but what I believe the bicycle bag actually to be is the bag that she placed her bike in to transport it on the plane. MW had only arrived earlier that day. Most airlines require bikes to either be bagged or boxed in order to go in the cargo hold. If that is indeed what this bicycle bag is, then the significance of it having been moved may be as simple as, the bike may have still been inside it, and KA had to open it to get it out, and then just left it at the foot of the stairs, where she jumped on the bike and left to ditch it. That also may explain why her friend CC reminded her to not leave it out when she left. JMO

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I'm glad you mentioned that, and thanks for the link, because the link confirms what I've thought as well - that the bike would have been disassembled to a degree inside that bag. KA wouldn't have had time to pop wheels and pedals back on and ride off with it, assuming she RODE off with it and then ditched it. The landlord claimed to have possibly heard a bike riding off. She would have been able to grab the whole bag, though, or most of the bike, and literally carry it off disassembled and ditch it. Anyone's thoughts on this? I don't believe we've learned what status the bike was in when found.

 

[NOLAScottie]

I'm glad you mentioned that, and thanks for the link, because the link confirms what I've thought as well - that the bike would have been disassembled to a degree inside that bag. KA wouldn't have had time to pop wheels and pedals back on and ride off with it, assuming she RODE off with it and then ditched it. The landlord claimed to have possibly heard a bike riding off. She would have been able to grab the whole bag, though, or most of the bike, and literally carry it off disassembled and ditch it. Anyone's thoughts on this? I don't believe we've learned what status the bike was in when found.

It seems to read generally like it was an effort to guise the whole thing as a robbery gone bad and the bike movement and the bag being tossed down the stairs might look like that absent the other evidence like a gun tied to KA and the video of the SUV. Insofar as the bike IN the bag, the indications that the CC (the friend MW was staying with) told her to bring the bag in off the deck really imply the bike was already out of the bag and in the house and the bag itself was the issue. (Travel bags for bicycles can be very expensive in their own right). It seems very unlikely that a pro cyclists heading to an event would not immediately remove and check their race bike from its travel bag upon arrival and assemble it to 1) start some riding locally to prepare for the race and 2) make sure it was all operational and not damaged. Someone killing her and wanting it to look like a robbery gone wrong might want to leave behind a bit of a "mess" (i.e. throwing the big bag down the stairs) and taking something of value (like a pro cyclist's bike) to further that impression. Pro bikes oftentimes have very peculiar pedals that are made to connect to the shoes worn so a random thief might try to ride away and abandon the bike as too difficult to ride. All of this might have appeared as a robbery until the other information (i.e. videos) started to be known.

 

[JerseyWasHome2]

It seems to read generally like it was an effort to guise the whole thing as a robbery gone bad and the bike movement and the bag being tossed down the stairs might look like that absent the other evidence like a gun tied to KA and the video of the SUV. Insofar as the bike IN the bag, the indications that the CC (the friend MW was staying with) told her to bring the bag in off the deck really imply the bike was already out of the bag and in the house and the bag itself was the issue. (Travel bags for bicycles can be very expensive in their own right). It seems very unlikely that a pro cyclists heading to an event would not immediately remove and check their race bike from its travel bag upon arrival and assemble it to 1) start some riding locally to prepare for the race and 2) make sure it was all operational and not damaged. Someone killing her and wanting it to look like a robbery gone wrong might want to leave behind a bit of a "mess" (i.e. throwing the big bag down the stairs) and taking something of value (like a pro cyclist's bike) to further that impression. Pro bikes oftentimes have very peculiar pedals that are made to connect to the shoes worn so a random thief might try to ride away and abandon the bike as too difficult to ride. All of this might have appeared as a robbery until the other information (i.e. videos) started to be known.

All good information!

 

[Curious_in_NC]

It seems to read generally like it was an effort to guise the whole thing as a robbery gone bad and the bike movement and the bag being tossed down the stairs might look like that absent the other evidence like a gun tied to KA and the video of the SUV. Insofar as the bike IN the bag, the indications that the CC (the friend MW was staying with) told her to bring the bag in off the deck really imply the bike was already out of the bag and in the house and the bag itself was the issue. (Travel bags for bicycles can be very expensive in their own right). It seems very unlikely that a pro cyclists heading to an event would not immediately remove and check their race bike from its travel bag upon arrival and assemble it to 1) start some riding locally to prepare for the race and 2) make sure it was all operational and not damaged. Someone killing her and wanting it to look like a robbery gone wrong might want to leave behind a bit of a "mess" (i.e. throwing the big bag down the stairs) and taking something of value (like a pro cyclist's bike) to further that impression. Pro bikes oftentimes have very peculiar pedals that are made to connect to the shoes worn so a random thief might try to ride away and abandon the bike as too difficult to ride. All of this might have appeared as a robbery until the other information (i.e. videos) started to be known.

As a cyclist, I completely agree with your analysis. The bike bag would indicate to some that a high value bike had been transported there. Based on the Strava screen shot published in the Sun article, MW had already done one or more training rides around Austin, so the bike was clearly already assembled and ready. If KA did this, she would undoubtedly also be familiar with the "clipless" pedals (it's an oxymoron, sort of, they aren't the old style loop type clips) that you describe. There's several styles of these that are not genrally compatible with each other. But nearly everyone who rides fast on the road or gravel would use these, pro or amateur. So, I wouldn't entirely rule out a second person coming across the bike and being confounded by them, but chances are good KA did this just to add to the confusion.

 

[SMK777]

Is it possible that KA really didn’t imagine her vehicle being caught on ring camera, or felt that it wouldn’t be noticed or that neighborhood footage wouldn’t be searched? Or that no mention of CS and MW and her own jealousy would come up?

Just trying to figure out why she had confidence in the staged robbery scenario.

 

[JerseyWasHome2]

Is it possible that KA really didn’t imagine her vehicle being caught on ring camera, or felt that it wouldn’t be noticed or that neighborhood footage wouldn’t be searched? Or that no mention of CS and MW and her own jealousy would come up?

Just trying to figure out why she had confidence in the staged robbery scenario.

I know... And what was her alibi if she planned this, just in case? Supposedly CS texted her a few times, making up his own lying alibi (saying he just dropped off flowers north of so-and-so, asked if she wanted to get food later). Did she reply to any of those texts? If not, why not? Where's her friend or neighbor who chimed in to say, "She was with me"? Did she not think her cell phone pings may give her location away, or did she leave her phone at home? That could be yet another piece of evidence we haven't been privy to. While they caught a dark vehicle on camera that looked like hers, maybe they tracked her phone immediately and also found it in the same location, so she couldn't claim someone else was driving her car while she was miles away doing god knows what. Edited to add - OR, she turned her phone off during that time period, which authorities would find out, which makes her look even guiltier.

 

[SteveP]

Is it possible that KA really didn’t imagine her vehicle being caught on ring camera, or felt that it wouldn’t be noticed or that neighborhood footage wouldn’t be searched? Or that no mention of CS and MW and her own jealousy would come up?

Just trying to figure out why she had confidence in the staged robbery scenario.

This is strictly speculation, and be warned, it is a bit graphic, but I kinda think that the killing was premeditated to the extent that KA took a loaded gun with her to the home where MW was staying, with every intent to kill her, but once she fired the shots, she was not prepared for what that may look like. She probably instantly saw MW crumple to the floor, blood pouring out of her chest from 3 rounds into her, perhaps making gurgling noises as she lay there dying, I think the reality of what she had just done smacked KA in the face like a ton of bricks. At that point, I think any forethought went out the window, and in panic mode, she quickly decided she must make it look like someone other than her did this, and her first thought was...a robbery. So she took the most valuable thing she could quickly find, MW's bike, she tossed it into bamboo some 60 feet away from the door, she jumped in her Jeep, and she proceeded to quickly get away from the scene, and ride around for some half hour, trying to calm herself down and gather her wits, so that when she walked into her home with CS, she wouldn't have the appearance of a person who just killed someone. JMO

 

[SMK777]

I know... And what was her alibi if she planned this, just in case? Supposedly CS texted her a few times, making up his own lying alibi (saying he just dropped off flowers north of so-and-so, asked if she wanted to get food later). Did she reply to any of those texts? If not, why not? Where's her friend or neighbor who chimed in to say, "She was with me"? Did she not think her cell phone pings may give her location away, or did she leave her phone at home? That could be yet another piece of evidence we haven't been privy to. While they caught a dark vehicle on camera that looked like hers, maybe they tracked her phone immediately and also found it in the same location, so she couldn't claim someone else was driving her car while she was miles away doing god knows what. Edited to add - OR, she turned her phone off during that time period, which authorities would find out, which makes her look even guiltier.

Looking at all you mentioned, I guess she really wasn’t thinking out all the various possibilities. It wasn’t carefully premeditated, it seems. It was probably more so rage at finding they were together behind her back, mixed with past fantasies of getting rid of her rival. But not planned carefully like a bank heist.

Very hard these days to get around things like neighborhood door cam footage, cell phones, etc.

 

[JerseyWasHome2]

Looking at all you mentioned, I guess she really wasn’t thinking out all the various possibilities. It wasn’t carefully premeditated, it seems. It was probably more so rage at finding they were together behind her back, mixed with past fantasies of getting rid of her rival. But not planned carefully like a bank heist.

Very hard these days to get around things like neighborhood door cam footage, cell phones, etc.

Agreed.

 

[SMK777]

This is strictly speculation, and be warned, it is a bit graphic, but I sometimes think that the killing was premeditated to the extent that KA took a loaded gun with her to the home where MW was staying, with every intent to kill her, but once she fired the shots, she was not prepared for what that may look like. She instantly saw MW crumple to the floor, blood pouring out of her chest from 3 rounds into her, perhaps making gurgling noises as she lay there dying, I think the reality of what she had just done smacked KA in the face like a ton of bricks. At that point, I think any forethought went out the window, and in panic mode, she quickly decided she must make it look like someone other than her did this, and her first thought was...a robbery. So she took the most valuable thing she could quickly find, MW's bike, she tossed it into bamboo some 60 feet away from the door, she jumped in her Jeep, and she proceeded to quickly get away from the scene, and ride around for some half hour, trying to calm herself down and gather her wits, so that when she walked into her home with CS, she wouldn't have the appearance of a person who just killed someone. JMO

I think you’re right. The reality is different from fantasy. She deliberately took a loaded gun to the location to shoot MW, but other than that, no careful planning. And no preparation for the horrific reality of seeing a person bleeding and dying. I think it must haunt her dreams.

 

[JerseyWasHome2]

This is strictly speculation, and be warned, it is a bit graphic, but I sometimes think that the killing was premeditated to the extent that KA took a loaded gun with her to the home where MW was staying, with every intent to kill her, but once she fired the shots, she was not prepared for what that may look like. She instantly saw MW crumple to the floor, blood pouring out of her chest from 3 rounds into her, perhaps making gurgling noises as she lay there dying, I think the reality of what she had just done smacked KA in the face like a ton of bricks. At that point, I think any forethought went out the window, and in panic mode, she quickly decided she must make it look like someone other than her did this, and her first thought was...a robbery. So she took the most valuable thing she could quickly find, MW's bike, she tossed it into bamboo some 60 feet away from the door, she jumped in her Jeep, and she proceeded to quickly get away from the scene, and ride around for some half hour, trying to calm herself down and gather her wits, so that when she walked into her home with CS, she wouldn't have the appearance of a person who just killed someone. JMO

That could be. And she also had no clue that a landlord could be home, living on the first floor, hearing the shots and calling 911, or a close neighbor who could have done the same, or the camera issue not only near Cash's home but on neighboring streets. She just got herself into some manic rage zone and then had to act.

I also assume she dumped Mo's bike because her own vehicle was parked nearby to where the bike was found. She wasn't planning to take it miles away but had to run quickly back to her own car, so may as well just dump it there. MOO?

 

[azure]

DBM

 

[RickshawFan]

Well, there was other footage that was much closer, taken in daylight, with the vehicle moving more slowly. Can’t find it at the moment, but it appeared in msm.

If the vehicle was moving more slowly, it could have been because it was tailing the motorcycle, and maybe the motorcycle wasn't moving fast for some reason.

 

[Mariposa]

I wonder if his “alibi” text (the one he said he pulled over on his motorcycle to send to KA soon after dropping off MW, the one where he lied about where he had just been) might have been read by KA and really enraged her. To the point of her making the irrevocable choice to move from stalking to killing.
(Or maybe that was the plan all along, who knows. )

But the timeline is interesting.
Adapted from the affidavit re timings on the night of the murder:

-8:16 PM ~ CS and MW leave the parking lot of Pool Burger on his motorcycle (video evidence)

-8:26 PM - KA’s vehicle drives northbound on Maple Ave and then westbound on East 18th St (video evidence)

- 8:35 PM - CS drives northbound through the alleyway, north of East 18th St, on his motorcycle. (video evidence)

- 8:36PM- Unique code given to MW by her friend is used to unlock the friends door (affidavit also says the door system alerts the friend when door is locked, and it was apparently not relocked after this opening)

Also at 8:36: text sent from CS to KA:
"Hey! Are you out? I went to drop some flowers for . at her sons house up north and my phone died. Heading home unless you have another food suggestion"

- 8:37PM: A dark colored SUV drives past a residence with surveillance cameras and slowed down, appearing to come to a stop directly next to the residence where MW was staying. The SUV had features similar to KA’s vehicle (“The SUV appeared to have a large bicycle rack mounted on the trailer hitch ofthe vehicle, a luggage rack mounted on the roof, and what appeared to be chrome around. the windows. No other vehicles were observed on video surveillance passing by until marked emergency vehicles arrived.”)

-8:43PM— CS sends another text to KA before he arrives at their residence [pulls the motorcycle over for a second time to send a text?]. Content of text not described.

- somewhere between 8:30 and 9:30PM: Owner of the property that includes friends apartment tells police sometime during this timeframe he walked into his garage and partially raised his garage door, and he heard what he described as someone running down the stairs that lead to the apartment. He believes he observed a bicycle travel southbound through the alleyway from the apartment.

-8:45PM - A dark SUV drives away quickly as seen on another neighbors video (not in affidavit, from post above).

- 8:48PM - CS drives southbound at a location about 8 mi from crime scene (assuming this is near his residence). (video evidence)

- 9:21PM- CS tells police he sends a third text (content not described) to KA while he is working on bikes in their garage. Per CS, KA arrives at their house shortly after.

- 9:56PM- police respond to 911 call from MW’s friend

(Link to affidavit in this article

Austin woman accused of killing of cyclist Moriah Wilson spotted in New York, authorities say

Anna Moriah Wilson, 25, was found dead May 11 in an East Austin home on Maple Avenue. She was staying in town before riding in a gravel race in Hico.

www.statesman.com

 

[Sundog]

I wonder if his “alibi” text (the one he said he pulled over on his motorcycle to send to KA soon after dropping off MW, the one where he lied about where he had just been) might have been read by KA and really enraged her. To the point of her making the irrevocable choice to move from stalking to killing.
(Or maybe that was the plan all along, who knows. )

But the timeline is interesting.
Adapted from the affidavit re timings on the night of the murder:

-8:16 PM ~ CS and MW leave the parking lot of Pool Burger on his motorcycle (video evidence)

-8:26 PM - KA’s vehicle drives northbound on Maple Ave and then westbound on East 18th St (video evidence)

- 8:35 PM - CS drives northbound through the alleyway, north of East 18th St, on his motorcycle. (video evidence)

- 8:36PM- Unique code given to MW by her friend is used to unlock the friends door (affidavit also says the door system alerts the friend when door is locked, and it was apparently not relocked after this opening)

Also at 8:36: text sent from CS to KA:
"Hey! Are you out? I went to drop some flowers for . at her sons house up north and my phone died. Heading home unless you have another food suggestion"

- 8:37PM: A dark colored SUV drives past a residence with surveillance cameras and slowed down, appearing to come to a stop directly next to the residence where MW was staying. The SUV had features similar to KA’s vehicle (“The SUV appeared to have a large bicycle rack mounted on the trailer hitch ofthe vehicle, a luggage rack mounted on the roof, and what appeared to be chrome around. the windows. No other vehicles were observed on video surveillance passing by until marked emergency vehicles arrived.”)

-8:43PM— CS sends another text to KA before he arrives at their residence [pulls the motorcycle over for a second time to send a text?]. Content of text not described.

- somewhere between 8:30 and 9:30PM: Owner of the property that includes friends apartment tells police sometime during this timeframe he walked into his garage and partially raised his garage door, and he heard what he described as someone running down the stairs that lead to the apartment. He believes he observed a bicycle travel southbound through the alleyway from the apartment.

-8:45PM - A dark SUV drives away quickly as seen on another neighbors video (not in affidavit, from post above).

- 8:48PM - CS drives southbound at a location about 8 mi from crime scene (assuming this is near his residence). (video evidence)

- 9:21PM- CS tells police he sends a third text (content not described) to KA while he is working on bikes in their garage. Per CS, KA arrives at their house shortly after.

- 9:56PM- police respond to 911 call from MW’s friend

(Link to affidavit in this article

Austin woman accused of killing of cyclist Moriah Wilson spotted in New York, authorities say

Anna Moriah Wilson, 25, was found dead May 11 in an East Austin home on Maple Avenue. She was staying in town before riding in a gravel race in Hico.

www.statesman.com

I wondered about that, too, if CS's texts further enraged KA, but the timeline you provided seems to make that less likely. Great timeline, thanks for posting.

 

[charminglane]

The warrant had the incorrect birthday written as a mistake of LE, correct?
It wasn't the birthday of the sister by any chance, given by KA?

 

[Mariposa]

The warrant had the incorrect birthday written as a mistake of LE, correct?
It wasn't the birthday of the sister by any chance, given by KA?

The old misdemeanor warrant did not have an incorrect DOB.

The misdemeanor warrant is linked in the article below and has the exact same DOB as the US Marshals Wanted Poster and the murder affidavit - 11/27/87.

What had the incorrect DOB was the police “report management system”.


Warrant info: Fugitive Kaitlin Armstrong previously charged with larceny after not paying for $650 Botox procedure

Story citing the “report management system” DOB was mistaken: Murder suspect flew out of Austin to New York days after cyclist’s death

 

[charminglane]

The old misdemeanor warrant did not have an incorrect DOB.

The misdemeanor warrant is linked in the article below and has the exact same DOB as the US Marshals Wanted Poster and the murder affidavit - 11/27/87.

What had the incorrect DOB was the police “report management system”.


Warrant info: Fugitive Kaitlin Armstrong previously charged with larceny after not paying for $650 Botox procedure

Story citing the “report management system” DOB was mistaken: Murder suspect flew out of Austin to New York days after cyclist’s death

Thank you, @Mariposa.
I appreciate the facts.