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

[Sundog]

… she went to EWR to do one of six things.
1) Board an international flight. This was May 18 - was her warrant issued May 18? Possible she made it out before her passport got flagged? If she did this they know where she went.
2) Board a domestic flight. Texas DL not yet flagged at TSA? Higher likelihood that she could get through with a fake drivers license and ticket, but even then, TSA has pictures of her and facial recognition and they know where she went and if she boarded.
3) Rent a car. This is the one that intrigues me. I think any fake drivers license, anyone’s credit card, a very long-duration booking, she would’ve ridden a shuttle bus to most of the lots, low probability she’s on camera if she never entered a terminal …
4) Take a shuttle bus to NYC or Philadelphia, Coach USA or similar. She would’ve been memorable to a driver appearing without at least a carry-on.
5) Take NJ Transit. Difficult without an app and a cc.
6) Stood on the curb and got picked up by someone else.

I fly to Newark International Airport often and when I arrive I take the bus into NYC. I never have luggage, just a backpack. Nothing unusual about this that the driver would notice.

 

[SMK777]

I seem to read that a lot here, that folks think so and so must be in Mexico or Canada by now, and then we read they had no elaborate plan and were nowhere near any such place when they're finally apprehended

Absolutely, with Brian Laundrie and Vicky and Casey White, recently.

 

[JerseyWasHome2]

Absolutely fabulous question and one I haven’t thought about at all. Welcoming theories. I think about someone like Ted Cruz, who went to the same college I did - his freshman year roommate (successful man in his own right) hated his guts so acutely that he has made a twitter career out of sharing his Ted Cruz observations. CS has no one talking at all. He had roommates at Texas State. He had high school friends. He was an environmental engineer at a reputable firm. Where is everyone? Radio silence. Is this telling? Was he such a reptile that all recoil - or was he so self absorbed that those who knew him think this was just comeuppance - or is this story not well known enough in MSM to galvanize a response? Hard to say. Curious.

p.s. in case you are of the flavor where Ted Cruz amusement amuses you: https://twitter.com/clmazin

And why does Colin have to hide assuming his being afraid of her is accurate? If a woman's husband murdered her lover and then disappeared, wouldn't she have police protection for at least a few weeks until he is located? Just seems odd that Colin claims to have gone underground.

 

[jash]

I will update with a link shortly but I just caught a bit on CNN and they said the US Marshals are trying to figure out who dropped her off in Newark. They said she did not take mass transit; it was a private car.

I am so stumped by all of this. Do they have her on video? Is this all based on an anonymous tip?

 

[JerseyWasHome2]

Absolutely, with Brian Laundrie and Vicky and Casey White, recently.

Yessssss...

 

[Sundog]

I will update with a link shortly but I just caught a bit on CNN and they said the US Marshals are trying to figure out who dropped her off in Newark. They said she did not take mass transit; it was a private car.

I am so stumped by all of this. Do they have her on video? Is this all based on an anonymous tip?

Could it have been an uber ride?

 

[SMK777]

I will update with a link shortly but I just caught a bit on CNN and they said the US Marshals are trying to figure out who dropped her off in Newark. They said she did not take mass transit; it was a private car.

I am so stumped by all of this. Do they have her on video? Is this all based on an anonymous tip?

Yes, it’s been confusing from the beginning. Even though media kept saying she was “spotted at Newark airport”, US Marshals said only that she was “dropped off” and admitted to having no time, no footage— ergo it had to be a phone tip. And now perhaps anonymous? What ??

 

[SMK777]

Could it have been an uber ride?

But would an Uber driver know for certain, in a city of millions, that it was Kaitlin Armstrong? And why did US Marshals admit there was no time stamp, no images??

 

[caradana]

But would an Uber driver know for certain, in a city of millions, that it was Kaitlin Armstrong? And why did US Marshals admit there was no time stamp, no images??

Uber for sure knows. Lyft for sure knows. This is a data science question that Dara Khosrowshahi or Logan Green could answer in 15 minutes, on May 18. It’s June 8th. It wasn’t a ride share. It’s something else

 

[JerseyWasHome2]

If she had obtained fake ID by the time she requested a ride to Newark, how would anyone know it was KA other than by video? Uber or Lyft would only have her paying under a fake ID, right?

 

[Sundog]

But would an Uber driver know for certain, in a city of millions, that it was Kaitlin Armstrong? And why did US Marshals admit there was no time stamp, no images??

Might the uber driver have called in the tip him/herself? perhaps the driver saw KA's photo on the news or heard about her case on the radio while working/driving, and realized s/he had dropped off this passenger at the airport and called it in, didn't want to be involved, thought it might hurt his/her job or somehow have a negative impact on his/her life.

 

[SMK777]

Might the uber driver have called in the tip him/herself? perhaps the driver saw KA's photo on the news or heard about her case on the radio while working/driving, and realized s/he had dropped off this passenger at the airport and called it in, didn't want to be involved, thought it might hurt his/her job or somehow have a negative impact on his/her life.

It’s possible, but wouldn’t he have captured an image? I’m always seeing these YouTube videos with Uber and Lyft drivers filming their drunk and belligerent passengers….

 

[jash]

If she had obtained fake ID by the time she requested a ride to Newark, how would anyone know it was KA other than by video? Uber or Lyft would only have her paying under a fake ID, right?

The only thing that makes sense to me is if they're going off an anonymous tip (which seems crazy to me).

I am furiously refreshing the CNN site waiting for them to post tonight's clip but Randi Kaye reported that US Marshals are going over video from outside and inside the airport trying to find her and perhaps determine if she's disguised herself. It sounds to me like they've got a whole lot of nothing.

 

[SMK777]

The only thing that makes sense to me is if they're going off an anonymous tip (which seems crazy to me).

I am furiously refreshing the CNN site waiting for them to post tonight's clip but Randi Kaye reported that US Marshals are going over video from outside and inside the airport trying to find her and perhaps determine if she's disguised herself. It sounds to me like they've got a whole lot of nothing.

Yeah, it’s not looking promising.

But would US Marshals actually put out a press release to dozens of major news networks saying Armstrong had been dropped at Newark Liberty international airport on May 18, if it was only an anonymous tipster who said so?

 

[SMK777]

Uber for sure knows. Lyft for sure knows. This is a data science question that Dara Khosrowshahi or Logan Green could answer in 15 minutes, on May 18. It’s June 8th. It wasn’t a ride share. It’s something else

But what else? And why didn’t they get her image?

 

[JerseyWasHome2]

Yeah, it’s not looking promising.

But would US Marshals actually put out a press release to dozens of major news networks saying Armstrong had been dropped at Newark Liberty international airport on May 18, if it was only an anonymous tipster who said so?

Probably not! Which makes me question the anonymous tip earlier from someone who said she was a friend of hers and when KA learned of the affair with Moriah, she was furious and said she wanted to kill her. They seem to be riding on that... but wouldn't they need proof? Anyone can be anonymous and call in a tip like that.

 

[caradana]

If she had obtained fake ID by the time she requested a ride to Newark, how would anyone know it was KA other than by video? Uber or Lyft would only have her paying under a fake ID, right?

They’ll pull a report of every ride that inbounded to EWR over a period [T-180, T+180] (T=time of law enforcement interest, minutes)
Probably something like 3K records at Uber and 1K at Lyft
Run subreport of all profiles [age <32 days]
(look first at trip records for profiles less than one month old)
Run subreport of all profiles [gender=f]

Right away you’re down to hundreds each
look at those first. Call drivers. Wavy hair? Skinny? Got a pic? Lot of them have cameras in the cars now for their own security and safety.

If nothing after that, run permutations.
Regress [destination=EWR; -180<T<180]
against
[ride>0 within zip=60 miles of 78784]
### what that looks for is, any rider to Newark in that three hour period who has ever had a logged ride within sixty miles of the bar scene in Austin, TX

The data science is insane. I gave a couple examples here but a creative dev can find anything.

 

[caradana]

But what else? And why didn’t they get her image?

They got her image unless she didn’t enter a terminal. She didn’t enter a terminal if she entered a car rental shuttle bus, entered a taxi, or got picked up by someone else.

 

[SMK777]

They got her image unless she didn’t enter a terminal. She didn’t enter a terminal if she entered a car rental shuttle bus, entered a taxi, or got picked up by someone else.

But I mean an Uber driver — wouldn’t he have gotten her image in the car?

 

[cujenn81]

Yeah, it’s not looking promising.

But would US Marshals actually put out a press release to dozens of major news networks saying Armstrong had been dropped at Newark Liberty international airport on May 18, if it was only an anonymous tipster who said so?

IMO, no. An anonymous tipster may have called and reported the drop off, but the US Marshals wouldn’t confirm the airport as her last known location without having indisputable evidence that she was really there.