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

[Sundog]

She would have to have a current passport, though. They expire. They can also presumably be revoked. Plus, there are many countries that require visas.

I wonder, though, if KA and CS would have kept their passports from expiring, since it sounds like there were races and biking events they attended around the world. I would imagine that LE knows by now if KA had a valid, unexpired passport and if it is missing from their home.

You raise an interesting point about many other countries requiring a visa from them in order to enter, along with a U.S. passport. One of the reasons I travel to NYC every year is to update my visa to the PRC, since that is the consulate that is assigned to my state, even though I am much closer to Chicago. Your post, and my experience with having to go to New York City to renew my visa every year, makes me wonder if KA went to NYC to get a visa. An expedited visa at the consulate I go to in NYC takes a few days. You pay more, but you can stay in town and then pick it up in person. It is not overnight, but 2-4 days makes sense. Interesting thought...

 

[Sundog]

I'd like to hear what an FBI or USM criminal psychologist has to say about KA's behavior and likely next steps, especially if she could first interview CS, and KA's family or friends. KA found out about the fling in January. And she was seemingly still angry and obsessed in May. Call me crazy (others have) but I think she's still angry. I know it's silly, but I'm a little nervous that she was so close to Vermont and I agree with the Marshall's that she's dangerous.

Although KA found out about CS's intimate relationship with MW in January, the relationship wasn't over, CS was still lying to KA and hiding things from her over the course of the next five months, apparently. I am not excusing the murder of MW at all, but CS was lying to both of these women throughout that time.

 

[Cryptic]

And what if she is using a British, or EU passport? Something allowing her to travel visa-less all over the world? I am thinking it might be the case.

You could be right. In the case of a high quality counterfeit passport, I would hope that mega super computers using data crunching and AI algorithms would catch her. For example:

- Ticket purchaser has a British passport, but big brain computer quickly determines that she does not have say, a British National Health Insurance card. Combination is strange and worthy of additional checks.

- Big brain computer determines strange travel pattern- traveler appears to have "popped up" in US. Strange total travel history

- Deeper and more sophisticated algorithms uncover other strange, but possible circumstances.

Then, I would hope that the traveler would get pulled aside and talked to by somebody, somewhere.

 

[Curiousobserver]

I’m also wondering who will help her when her money runs out. She obviously can’t use her own bank or credit cards, and did she really withdraw enough cash to continue on and on without help? She can’t sell her properties or receive those monies without a huge rigmarole.

Yes, she can work, but that’s risky and problematic too because she’s the subject of an international manhunt. Was she thinking clearly when she set herself up for a hand-to-mouth existence?

If she owns a business or is even a partner in a business outside the US it is easy to open a bank account in that country and easy to use whatever name you like for it. Her business partner might not even know what name she uses in-country. She could have substantial assets outside the US that nobody would know about.

Example: I have a friend who lives in the US but owns a legit business in South America, he has bank accounts and credit cards for the business in both countries and is able to access and spend from them remotely. All perfectly legal. He shifts the amount in these accounts and the credit cards to minimize his taxes in the US. It would be easy for him to transfer money to build assets into either of those accounts and then go to Brazil and spend them. It would take a forensic accountant months to find the accounts and by then he could move it all to cash and live the rest of his life anonymously.

If she is very intelligent, which I think we collectively may have discounted initially, she didn't need months or years to plan this escape as a backup to her getting away with the crime.

 

[SMK777]

If she owns a business or is even a partner in a business outside the US it is easy to open a bank account in that country and easy to use whatever name you like for it. Her business partner might not even know what name she uses in-country. She could have substantial assets outside the US that nobody would know about.

Example: I have a friend who lives in the US but owns a legit business in South America, he has bank accounts and credit cards for the business in both countries and is able to access and spend from them remotely. All perfectly legal. He shifts the amount in these accounts and the credit cards to minimize his taxes in the US. It would be easy for him to transfer money to build assets into either of those accounts and then go to Brazil and spend them. It would take a forensic accountant months to find the accounts and by then he could move it all to cash and live the rest of his life anonymously.

If she is very intelligent, which I think we collectively may have discounted initially, she didn't need months or years to plan this escape as a backup to her getting away with the crime.

I guess you’re right. I’m afraid Moriah and her family will not receive the justice and closure which is their due.

 

[Curiousobserver]

I guess you’re right. I’m afraid Moriah and her family will not receive the justice and closure which is their due.

I wouldn't get too discouraged.

We don't know that she did any of this, she could still be in New Jersey for all we know.

Most criminals make a fatal mistake that reveals where they are.

 

[SMK777]

I wouldn't get too discouraged.

We don't know that she did any of this, she could still be in New Jersey for all we know.

Most criminals make a fatal mistake that reveals where they are.

Thanks, I guess that’s the hope. In a way, I feel sorry for her. But at the same time, she gunned down Moriah in cold blood.

 

[Cryptic]

Per the Colorado theory, as a former resident of Breckenridge, if she had any sort of contact with a remote residence say between Copper Mtn and Leadville as an example, it seems like a place she could hide for a while. Utah or any state out West, same possibility. This scenario may be she has "help" with "shelter". I kinda of lean that way in that it has been 3 weeks. AMOO

I like this possibility more than escaping overseas.

At the end of the day, TSC has vast resources and all seeing cameras are everywhere at airports. As a result, one would think that, even if disguised, they could determine that she went through a certain security line at a certain time with a fake or stolen passport. They then could learn the name she used and where she went.

Fleshing out the Colorado possibility, maybe....

KA has kept in touch with "BFF", a former romantic interest of her own from the Mountain Bike circuits. Unlike other amateur racers who live hand to mouth, "BFF" is both an amateur racer and a corporate level software engineer.

After falling in love with mountain bike racing, the overall fitness scene, and related social life, BFF purchased a vacation home in the area to use as a "base of operations" when escaping from his work demands via vacations timed to the circuit. BFF is contacted by a desperate KA, he gives her the key while pretending not to know she is wanted.

As a side note, the Big Bear, CA area has two thousand or so usually unoccupied vacation homes ranging in size from very basic cabins to mini mansions. I bet some Colorado areas may also have large numbers of vacation homes as well.

 

[SMK777]

I like this possibility more than escaping overseas.

At the end of the day, TSC has vast resources and all seeing cameras are everywhere at airports. As a result, one would think that, even if disguised, they could determine that she went through a certain security line at a certain time with a fake or stolen passport. They then could learn the name she used and where she went.

Fleshing out the Colorado possibility, maybe....

KA has kept in touch with "BFF", a former romantic interest of her own from the Mountain Bike circuits. Unlike other amateur racers who live hand to mouth, "BFF" is both an amateur racer and a corporate level software engineer.

After falling in love with mountain bike racing, the overall fitness scene, and related social life, BFF purchased a vacation home in the area to use as a "base of operations" when escaping from his work demands via vacations timed to the circuit. After being contacted by a desperate KA, he gives her the key and pretends not to know she is wanted.

As a side note, the Big Bear, CA area has two thousand or so usually unoccupied vacation homes ranging in size from very basic cabins to mini mansions. I bet some Colorado areas may also have large numbers of vacation homes as well.

Does LE patrol these unoccupied vacation homes to see if anyone is breaking in and occupying them?

Years ago in our family we were told that our unoccupied cabin was being broken into by high school kids who were using it as a private place to drink and hold parties.

I realize you envision KA having been given a key but LE might not be aware of that. Just brainstorming….

 

[PrairieWind]

I'm a bit surprised we have seen more photos of KA put out to help recognize her. But I am guessing her family maybe just isn't sharing any.

 

[SMK777]

I'm a bit surprised we have seen more photos of KA put out to help recognize her. But I am guessing her family maybe just isn't sharing any.

Yes, but for her own safety they should want this to end. I’m not sure I’d recognize KA in public because she looks so different in different photos. Add to that dyed and cut hair, sunglasses, hat. I’d fear I was calling Marshals on some anonymous, innocent woman.

 

[spangled]

I don't have much useful to add as I don't live in the US so no useful info on travel ideas.

But it blows my mind how 'lucky' she got with her escape... considering she went back to her place after, then the police got hold of her and she was out by chance.

Given that it sounds like she's just winging it, either in extreme panic or cool as a cucumber who knows?!

Map and timeline: Last hours of slain bicyclist Moriah Wilson

The suspect disappeared after leaving a police interview and is now being sought by U.S. marshals.

www.mercurynews.com

hours-of-slain-bicyclist-moriah-wilson

 

[PrairieWind]

She is very pretty and that often causes people to take a second look. But I don't think it would take much (hat, glasses, different make-up) so that most people wouldn't make a connection unless they really looked. Also, Covid masks are really useful in this regard to cover her features and no one even thinks twice.

I also just noticed that the US Marshal poster for her says she was last "seen" being dropped off at Newark. So she was actually spotted by someone. But no indication of what she was wearing, unless indeed it was the same clothes she was seen in before.

 

[SMK777]

She is very pretty and that often causes people to take a second look. But I don't think it would take much (hat, glasses, different make-up) so that most people wouldn't make a connection unless they really looked. Also, Covid masks are really useful in this regard to cover her features and no one even thinks twice.

I also just noticed that the US Marshal poster for her says she was last "seen" being dropped off at Newark. So she was actually spotted by someone. But no indication of what she was wearing, unless indeed it was the same clothes she was seen in before.

Could you provide a link? I have seen it said that she was “seen” being dropped off at Newark by the media, but never by the US Marshals, thanks.

 

[Kittybunny]

I wonder, though, if KA and CS would have kept their passports from expiring, since it sounds like there were races and biking events they attended around the world. I would imagine that LE knows by now if KA had a valid, unexpired passport and if it is missing from their home.

You raise an interesting point about many other countries requiring a visa from them in order to enter, along with a U.S. passport. One of the reasons I travel to NYC every year is to update my visa to the PRC, since that is the consulate that is assigned to my state, even though I am much closer to Chicago. Your post, and my experience with having to go to New York City to renew my visa every year, makes me wonder if KA went to NYC to get a visa. An expedited visa at the consulate I go to in NYC takes a few days. You pay more, but you can stay in town and then pick it up in person. It is not overnight, but 2-4 days makes sense. Interesting thought...

Great thought about her going to NYC to get a visa. Very possible.

 

[SteveP]

She is very pretty and that often causes people to take a second look. But I don't think it would take much (hat, glasses, different make-up) so that most people wouldn't make a connection unless they really looked. Also, Covid masks are really useful in this regard to cover her features and no one even thinks twice.

I also just noticed that the US Marshal poster for her says she was last "seen" being dropped off at Newark. So she was actually spotted by someone. But no indication of what she was wearing, unless indeed it was the same clothes she was seen in before.

Even for most of us following this case, I doubt that many would recognize her if she walked right by, especially if she had her trademark hair up, (which I do NOT think she would cut) , or was wearing a hat or cap. I agree, she is pretty, but aside from her long mane of curly red hair, I think she looks like countless other young women I see everyday, and would hardly get noticed. As to the NG comment about her being seen at the Newark Airport, wearing the same clothes as before, that video clearly WAS the same video as before. If she is still traveling wearing the same thing, I think the description would be amended to "last seen wearing formerly white jeans", or "Last seen wearing dirty jeans".

She will be found. As @Curiousobserver noted in a post upthread, most criminals eventually slip up and make a mistake, and the longer she is on the run, and the more pressure that is put on her by LE, the more likely that will happen. KA's time is running out, and I believe her run from the law will soon come to a halt. JMO

 

[RickshawFan]

Interesting how many countries don’t require visas for “powerful” passports

Here are the most powerful

Nr 1 are Japan and Singapore (199 countries…)
Nr 2 South Korea and Germany
Nr 3 Finland, Italy, Luxembourg and Spain
Nr 4 Austria, Denmark, Netherlands and Sweden
Nr 5 France UK
Nr 6 US, Belgium, New Zealand, Norway and Switzerland.

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Those are countries that hold weight when trying to enter another country. I was referring to countries that require visas for US citizens. There are many, including many that would be helpful to run away to so as to drop out of sight.

 

[SMK777]

She will be found. As @Curiousobserver noted in a post upthread, most criminals eventually slip up and make a mistake, and the longer she is on the run, and the more pressure that is put on her by LE, the more likely that will happen. KA's time is running out, and I believe her run from the law will soon come to a halt. JMO

I hope you’re right. Do you think this holds true even if she’s in Indonesia?

 

[RickshawFan]

is she? who is looking other than the US Marshalls?

A reward like that is a bonanza of a lifetime for someone in a developing country. And yes, there are many reasons for other countries to be looking for US fugitives, including for prisoner swap.
And then there's Interpol.

 

[jash]

I have been thinking about the private car thing. Another possibility to consider is that there are a lot of illegal taxis/car service drivers hanging around Penn Station, Grand Central Station and other places in New York where they aggressively ask people if they need a ride. This would be an easy way for her to get a ride from somebody in an unmarked taxi, some of them just look like black cars. That ride would definitely not be tracked. If this was what she did, the question becomes how do they know this? They must've had some surveillance video from outside the terminal. Otherwise we're back to a potential accomplice she used to get a ride from somebody in an unmarked taxi, who turned in a tip. I suppose it's possible that one of these jitney drivers turned her in but that's low probability given they want to say under the radar.

I had a similar thought. I posted this a few pages back:

The only way it can make sense to me is if the person who called in the tip wasn't the one who actually dropped her off at the airport but knew that was KA's plan. Hypothetically KA could have been staying with this person and when it was time for KA to move on, KA made her own arrangements to be driven to EWR. This person may have seen her depart in a "private vehicle" (illegal cab maybe?) and subsequently called it in as a tip.