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

[Charlot123]

Cyclist whose girlfriend is accused of killing love rival flees Texas


Cyclist whose girlfriend is accused of killing love rival flees Texas

Daily Mail at its finest:

"Armstrong is described as white, with long, curly light brown hair, hazel eyes. She is five-foot-eight inches tall and weighs around 125 pounds.
...
He told DailyMail.com that the red-haired realtor had never raised any red flags and had always been a nice person."

Per statistics, the prevalence of red hair is at least ten times less frequent than brown. And they want the woman to be found!

Next:

"Armstrong had appeared outwardly successful: after a career as a yoga teacher that ended with the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020, she had retrained as a realtor and started work at Sotheby's International Realty in Austin in December 2021.

Alongside her work as a realtor, she also owned three rental properties in the Austin area, helped out with Wheelhouse Mobile and 'could have retired at 34 if she wanted to' according to David."

Sounds nice, right?

Immediately followed by the next pearl:

"Neighbors at the gray-painted three-bedroom home told DailyMail.com they didn't speak with the Armstrong sisters often but noted they had so many people coming and going, 'we thought they were running a meth lab'."

I mean, a realtor for Sotheby's, or a meth dealer?

Strange article..

I feel very sorry for the family of the victim. Whatever decisions she was making, she was 25, ten years younger than the male on top of the love triangle, who probably lied to both women.

 

[Marysmith]

Daily Mail at its finest:

"Armstrong is described as white, with long, curly light brown hair, hazel eyes. She is five-foot-eight inches tall and weighs around 125 pounds.
...
He told DailyMail.com that the red-haired realtor had never raised any red flags and had always been a nice person."

Per statistics, the prevalence of red hair is at least ten times less frequent than brown. And they want the woman to be found!

Next:

"Armstrong had appeared outwardly successful: after a career as a yoga teacher that ended with the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020, she had retrained as a realtor and started work at Sotheby's International Realty in Austin in December 2021.

Alongside her work as a realtor, she also owned three rental properties in the Austin area, helped out with Wheelhouse Mobile and 'could have retired at 34 if she wanted to' according to David."

Sounds nice, right?

Immediately followed by the next pearl:

"Neighbors at the gray-painted three-bedroom home told DailyMail.com they didn't speak with the Armstrong sisters often but noted they had so many people coming and going, 'we thought they were running a meth lab'."

I mean, a realtor for Sotheby's, or a meth dealer?

Strange article..

I feel very sorry for the family of the victim. Whatever decisions she was making, she was 25, ten years younger than the male on top of the love triangle, who probably lied to both women.

Half the articles in the Daily Mail are so oddly written.
I feel badly for them as well and Moriah sounded like a wonderful person by all accounts.

 

[Charlot123]

Crazy how the partner/spouse targets the “other woman” instead of their own partner! Not saying they should kill their spouse, but I always find it interesting that their anger is misplaced.

There are women/men who put too much into the other person; "he's perfect, you know". And one day they'd meet the one who "finally is Mr. Right"; and when yet this one turns wrong, they don't have the capacity to view it for what it is (he is tired of the relationship that is so difficult? Or, he is a plain cheater?). Instead, they view it as "she came and destroyed my perfect love, I'll destroy her".

Even if KA avoids being captured and has a family, it won't be a happy one, because she will take unchanged herself into another relationship.

 

[nao]

Moo...i think that she did this to hurt CS as much as possible. A young woman MW deceased and KA herself gone..Now CS has nothing, only the knowledge, that it was his close proximity to both women, that this became a situation because of his deceitfulness to both women. CS will be looking over his shoulder with fear as long as KA remains hidden. .....moo

 

[SMK777]

***EDIT: On catching up with posts, I see that fleeing the US has been discussed.
I am wondering if KA has any plans in NYC to try and get a false passport and disguise her appearance, and flee the US?

Other than that, if she is staying with someone in NYC, is it likely that anyone would be willing to risk prison time for harboring, aiding and abetting a fugitive from justice wanted for capital murder?

I’m just wondering what her plan is.

 

[SteveP]

Daily Mail at its finest:

"Armstrong is described as white, with long, curly light brown hair, hazel eyes. She is five-foot-eight inches tall and weighs around 125 pounds.
...
He told DailyMail.com that the red-haired realtor had never raised any red flags and had always been a nice person."

Per statistics, the prevalence of red hair is at least ten times less frequent than brown. And they want the woman to be found!

Next:

"Armstrong had appeared outwardly successful: after a career as a yoga teacher that ended with the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020, she had retrained as a realtor and started work at Sotheby's International Realty in Austin in December 2021.

Alongside her work as a realtor, she also owned three rental properties in the Austin area, helped out with Wheelhouse Mobile and 'could have retired at 34 if she wanted to' according to David."

Sounds nice, right?

Immediately followed by the next pearl:

"Neighbors at the gray-painted three-bedroom home told DailyMail.com they didn't speak with the Armstrong sisters often but noted they had so many people coming and going, 'we thought they were running a meth lab'."

I mean, a realtor for Sotheby's, or a meth dealer?

Strange article..

I feel very sorry for the family of the victim. Whatever decisions she was making, she was 25, ten years younger than the male on top of the love triangle, who probably lied to both women.

I have always said about The Daily Mail, pics are great, reporting, not so much. I will say that were it not for the DM, a lot of these type cases may get pushed to the side and not fully and properly investigated, because many are not aggressively covered by lots of other MSM.

 

[Herat]

Maybe she has had a long-planned scheme to totally ruin CS.

I just have to think MW wasn't his first dalliance.

She may have been planning something along these lines since January, or possibly even October, because we haven't heard a story about their October hiatus.

LE needs to check why she and CS "broke up" in October and what KA's behaviour was since then.

I think it's within the real of possibility that she somehow planted the need for 2 guns for each of their safety in his mind, so that he would always be the one that bought the gun she would use. And she left the gun intentionally.

 

[SMK777]

Maybe she has had a long-planned scheme to totally ruin CS.

I just have to think MW wasn't his first dalliance.

She may have been planning something along these lines since January, or possibly even October, because we haven't heard a story about their October hiatus.

LE needs to check why she and CS "broke up" in October and what KA's behaviour was since then.

I think it's within the real of possibility that she somehow planted the need for 2 guns for each of their safety in his mind, so that he would always be the one that bought the gun she would use. And she left the gun intentionally.

It’s possible. <modsnip> Do you think she intended to frame him for the actual murder, and the ring bell cam footage ruined that plan?

 

[Sundog]

I think there probably are legal technicalities they have to consider, as CS hasn’t been charged with any crime.

It must be extremely traumatic for CS to be having all these sponsors pull out, or at least distance themselves so far, as is the case with Red Bull.

It is interesting that CS said that he was helping MW with information on how to secure sponsorships, as the most recent reason for their contact.

 

[SMK777]

It is interesting that CS said that he was helping MW with information on how to secure sponsorships, as the most recent reason for their contact.

Yes, ironic, too, because of how it’s all turned out. KA must have felt very jealous, threatened, and insecure faced with this young, pretty, rising professional champion. But I’m sure CS never dreamt it could lead to murder.

 

[SpanishInquisition]

Yes, ironic, too, because of how it’s all turned out. KA must have felt very jealous, threatened, and insecure faced with this young, pretty, rising professional champion. But I’m sure CS never dreamt it could lead to murder.

I'm wondering if it was ultimately for financial reasons, like depending on how pre-planned her fleeing was, she might have felt she had to kill MW or else she'd go bankrupt. KA to me sounds like she could be in a bad financial place due to COVID, like she couldn't do yoga for years and she also might be heavily in debt from being a landlord during COVID. Meanwhile MW had a six figure job (demand planner at Specialized) and was voluntarily leaving that presumably for the same or more money to be at or near the top of the athletes in her sport.

 

[SMK777]

I'm wondering if it was ultimately for financial reasons, like depending on how pre-planned her fleeing was, she might have felt she had to kill MW or else she'd go bankrupt. KA to me sounds like she could be in a bad financial place due to COVID, like she couldn't do yoga for years and she also might be heavily in debt from being a landlord during COVID. Meanwhile MW had a six figure job (demand planner at Specialized) and was voluntarily leaving that presumably for the same or more money to be at or near the top of the athletes in her sport.

Good observation. Do you mean she’d go bankrupt unless MW were disposed of, because CS would leave her? But didn’t she support CS? Just trying to figure out the financial logistics of needing MW gone…..

 

[SteveP]

I'm wondering if it was ultimately for financial reasons, like depending on how pre-planned her fleeing was, she might have felt she had to kill MW or else she'd go bankrupt. KA to me sounds like she could be in a bad financial place due to COVID, like she couldn't do yoga for years and she also might be heavily in debt from being a landlord during COVID. Meanwhile MW had a six figure job (demand planner at Specialized) and was voluntarily leaving that presumably for the same or more money to be at or near the top of the athletes in her sport.

I don't believe we know enough about KA's financial situation to suggest that she may have been near bankruptcy. The DM said this, as noted by poster @Charlot123 upthread.

"Armstrong had appeared outwardly successful: after a career as a yoga teacher that ended with the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020, she had retrained as a realtor and started work at Sotheby's International Realty in Austin in December 2021.

Alongside her work as a realtor, she also owned three rental properties in the Austin area, helped out with Wheelhouse Mobile and 'could have retired at 34 if she wanted to' according to David."

While it seems she had struggled some during Covid, losing her yoga teaching job, she had retrained and been hired by Sotheby's Realty, an elite realtor in one of the hottest housing markets in the nation. Also, any protection that tenants were offered during Covid, as to inability to pay rent, expired in Sept, 2021 for most renters, and eviction proceedings could begin after that. I assume that she received at least some amount of pay for her work at Wheelhouse Mobile, but even if she did not, I see nothing to suggest she was on the brink of bankruptcy. Aside from everything else, bankruptcy happens everyday without people getting murdered because of it, and bankruptcy is almost assured if you are behind bars for an extended period of time. JMO

 

[SpanishInquisition]

I don't believe we know enough about KA's financial situation to suggest that she may have been near bankruptcy. The DM said this, as noted by poster @Charlot123 upthread.

"Armstrong had appeared outwardly successful: after a career as a yoga teacher that ended with the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020, she had retrained as a realtor and started work at Sotheby's International Realty in Austin in December 2021.

Alongside her work as a realtor, she also owned three rental properties in the Austin area, helped out with Wheelhouse Mobile and 'could have retired at 34 if she wanted to' according to David."

While it seems she had struggled some during Covid, losing her yoga teaching job, she had retrained and been hired by Sotheby's Realty, an elite realtor in one of the fastest growing housing markets in the nation. Also, any protection that tenants were offered during Covid, as to inability to pay rent, expired in Sept, 2021 for most renters, and eviction proceedings could begin after that. I assume that she received at least some amount of pay for her work at Wheelhouse Mobile, but even if she did not, I see nothing to suggest she was on the brink of bankruptcy. Aside from everything else, bankruptcy happens everyday without people getting murdered. JMO

Yes, we don't know enough as things seem all over the place. I for instance really don't know how to take CS's employee/friend saying those things, like this doesn't make any sense based on what we've been told:
He added: 'After it happened, she didn't do what most soap operas would have had her do, which is go back home and kill the one thing you can't have [Strickland]. It's dark.
The one who said she was rich is also acting like KA and CS weren't in a romantic relationship and how would some employee know the details of her financial situation if she herself may have hid such a situation from even CS? Nobody has said - besides the implication from this guy - that KA and CS had broken up at the time of the murder. Being able to evict someone many months later doesn't give you back all the money you've lost before then and you've folded up shop, which she was just starting out being a realtor, so yes, all the money you've lost from COVID could put you in bad financial straits due to accumulated debt even if you're able to get money going forward at some point. Also yes lots of things happen every day without people getting murdered, like people cheat on their significant others without lots of them getting murdered but that's still a motive for murder just as financial reasons are a motive for murder.

 

[SteveP]

Yes, we don't know enough as things seem all over the place. I for instance really don't know how to take CS's employee/friend saying those things, like this doesn't make any sense based on what we've been told:
He added: 'After it happened, she didn't do what most soap operas would have had her do, which is go back home and kill the one thing you can't have [Strickland]. It's dark.
The one who said she was rich is also acting like KA and CS weren't in a romantic relationship and how would some employee know the details of her financial situation if she herself may have hid such a situation from even CS? Nobody has said - besides the implication from this guy - that KA and CS had broken up at the time of the murder. Being able to evict someone many months later doesn't give you back all the money you've lost before then and you've folded up shop, which she was just starting out being a realtor, so yes, all the money you've lost from COVID could put you in bad financial straits due to accumulated debt even if you're able to get money going forward at some point. Also yes lots of things happen every day without people getting murdered, like people cheat on their significant others without lots of them getting murdered but that's still a motive for murder just as financial reasons are a motive for murder.

I agree, but respectfully, how does killing MW change the circumstances of KA's finances for the better? I just can't make that leap to, "If I kill my bf's one-time lover/ex-lover/current lover, I won't go bankrupt." If the implication is that if she doesn't kill MW, then perhaps CS will kick her out and MW will move in, I still don't see motive for murder, as she owned other rental properties, Also, just a personal observation, but I also live in one of the hottest housing markets in the nation right now, and I can assure you, even a moderately successful realtor in that area is likely making money, hand over fist right now. What am I missing? JMO

 

[Charlot123]

Good observation. Do you mean she’d go bankrupt unless MW were disposed of, because CS would leave her? But didn’t she support CS? Just trying to figure out the financial logistics of needing MW gone…..

I see the reason for CS to choose MW over KA. Younger, financially on the rise, a Dartmouth graduate. (And - I am not sure MW was that seriously interested in CS as a longstanding partner). But - a woman of 34 and that of 25 think and operate differently. Settling down and having kids might be a significant motivator at 34, while at 25, the person sees her bright career ahead of her, and tries to get the maximum out of it.

 

[SMK777]

I see the reason for CS to choose MW over KA. Younger, financially on the rise, a Dartmouth graduate. (And - I am not sure MW was that seriously interested in CS as a longstanding partner). But - a woman of 34 and that of 25 think and operate differently. Settling down and having kids might be a significant motivator at 34, while at 25, the person sees her bright career ahead of her, and tries to get the maximum out of it.

Yes, I absolutely agree. But I still can’t see the financial motive of KA.

 

[SpanishInquisition]

I agree, but respectfully, how does killing MW change the circumstances of KA's finances for the better? I just can't make that leap to, "If I kill my bf's one-time lover/ex-lover/current lover, I won't go bankrupt." If the implication is that if she doesn't kill MW, then perhaps CS will kick her out and MW will move in, I still don't see motive for murder, as she owned other rental properties, Also, just a personal observation, but I also live in one of the hottest housing markets in the nation right now, and I can assure you, even a moderately successful realtor in that area is likely making money, hand over fist right now. What am I missing? JMO

If she was afraid of being replaced by MW she could lose whatever income/financial benefits she was getting from CS. Also maybe you didn't see my earlier post, but she's listed as 'inactive' (which isn't a penalty but instead is something a licensee can voluntarily choose) as a real estate agent, so she can't sell real estate. I'm very familiar with realtors/real estate agents/etc and if you can't sell real estate, you can't get real estate commissions. In my prior post on this matter I raised the issue that it would be very valuable information to know when she deactivated her real estate license. She was either abandoning that career at least temporarily if she did it pre-murder or post-murder she thought she could come back and resume her old life. If she wasn't actually selling real estate prior to the murder and her yoga business closed down then that narrows her sources of income and increases her dependence on CS.

 

[Mariposa]

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

Fugitive Kaitlin Armstrong, who is wanted in connection with the May 11 death of 25-year-old cyclist Moriah Wilson in Austin, Texas, was charged with larceny in 2018. The now-34-year-old apparently received a $650 Botox treatment at a spa and left without paying.

www.foxnews.com

“A probable cause affidavit states that on March 6, 2018, Armstrong received a $650 Botox procedure at a Travis County spa. After the procedure was completed, she presented her MasterCard at the spa but said she had another card in her vehicle that she would rather use.

The now-34-year-old apparently left her MasterCard on the counter, walked out of the spa and did not return to pay, according to the affidavit. “

 

[SMK777]

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

Fugitive Kaitlin Armstrong, who is wanted in connection with the May 11 death of 25-year-old cyclist Moriah Wilson in Austin, Texas, was charged with larceny in 2018. The now-34-year-old apparently received a $650 Botox treatment at a spa and left without paying.

www.foxnews.com

“A probable cause affidavit states that on March 6, 2018, Armstrong received a $650 Botox procedure at a Travis County spa. After the procedure was completed, she presented her MasterCard at the spa but said she had another card in her vehicle that she would rather use.

The now-34-year-old apparently left her MasterCard on the counter, walked out of the spa and did not return to pay, according to the affidavit. “

Hmmmmm……very telling.