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

[SMK777]

So sometime after KA was in Newark, someone changed her Strava profile from public to private. Hopefully LE can get Strava to give them the IP address linked to the change. Strava Cyclist Profile | Kaitlin A.

What if she used a VPN which can give you an IP for a country far away from where you are?

 

[SMK777]

I totally get that -- but then I think the US Marshals must have more to go on than just an anonymous tip. Otherwise who is to say KA herself didn't arrange for a false tip to be made to keep them busy looking in the wrong place.

Actually that’s possible. I’ve read true crime cases where the killer made a false tip. In the Skylar Neese case, agents received several anonymous tips about a planned bank robbery, stating that Skylar’s foreknowledge of this robbery is what got her killed. They spent months investigating, and in the end realized that the killers had made those calls as a red herring to throw the investigators off. So KA indeed could make an anonymous tip.

 

[Curious_in_NC]

So sometime after KA was in Newark, someone changed her Strava profile from public to private. Hopefully LE can get Strava to give them the IP address linked to the change. Strava Cyclist Profile | Kaitlin A.

I missed the fact that she rode the morning of the murder. Curious if she was near where MW was staying.

Her account on Strava — an online cycling and fitness platform — remains public and shows that she last cycled on May 11, the day Wilson died.

Woman accused of killing cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson mistakenly freed from custody, police 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

You're right - I think that is KA's Strava account. My guess, however, is that Strava locked down all three accounts (KA, CS, MW) at the request of LE after MSM reported that info. And if their rides were ever on any Strava leaderboards, they are now removed. MOO

 

[caradana]

Thought an overhead look at Newark Airport (EWR) with some notes might interest a few. For context, I’ve got about 600K lifetime flight miles on United out of EWR - this is my professional home away from home.

Someone made a great point earlier about walking in parking lots being common. Totally true. Beyond the lots though the airport itself is hemmed in by swamp, runways, secured airline hangars and Routes 9 and 1/9S - which are multi lane, kamikaze and not crossed on foot by anyone who values their life (It’s the kind of road where if I saw someone try I’d consider calling 911). You can see how far the airport train station is and that it takes a monorail to get there, and getting to the monorail from the terminals involves passing through TSA. There’s only one walkable hotel in my view, a Marriott. I hope they have spoken with the front desk and bartenders there.

Last note: she flew Southwest from Austin to LaGuardia on the 14th, through Hobby. Southwest has no presence at EWR. If indeed she was trying to fly, she was trying to fly another airline, which I am going to posit would most likely be United, which handles more than 70% of departures out of Newark.

Hoping LE has been very curious about the sister’s passport. That is a fascinating theory.
If I’m a US Marshal I’m looking really closely at United to Jakarta and Singapore on 5/18.

 

[steeltowngirl]

You can't typically track someone from their app in real time. They have to upload a ride or other event over wifi, bluetooth, or other methods to Strava. Many athletes use settings for automatic uploads when they finish a ride. One can also send alerts to friends when starting a ride, abrupt stops (accident alerts) etc. But these settings are easily turned off. Although you can record events directly with Strava on a phone, most people record directly with a GPS device (watch, bike computer, etc.) then transfer the info to Strava.

KA undoubtedly had a watch or other device. MW's settings were probably for auto uploading. Her and CS's Strava accounts are locked now, but a a screen shot from an earlier MSM reposrt from MW's Strava home page showed she had just done a PR on a segment called "Chipseal Rollercoaster" which is just outside of Austin. Most pros, like MW and CS, would use on bike computer GPS units that track power, heart rate, etc. KA may have used one of these too, or just a watch.

Not sure this has come up before, but KA is a pretty capable cyclist. She finished in the middle of the pack at the Steamboat Springs Gravel Race in August 2021 (https://www.athlinks.com/event/300676/results/Event/982822/Course/2111404/Bib/33?source=internal). CS finished 7th, with former World Tour cyclist, Alex Howes, winning. MW doesn't seem to have been there. At these events there's usually a handful of pros racing for the win and the rest of the field are mostly talented amateurs. KA did the 144 miles in 9:22, a pretty respectable time.

Interesting.. thank you! Steamboat Springs brings another Colorado connection. MW had just flown back from CO to TX. CS talked about his dream of taking a tiny home up to Boulder. Colorado has a well-developed cycling community. If New York was a decoy, might she have friends in CO who would be willing to shelter her?

Meet Colin Strickland, King of Kanza - CyclingTips

From Red Hook podiums to conquering Dirty Kanza, Colin Strickland knows a thing or two about what it takes to be the best. We spoke to him at home in Austin to get his reaction to a particularly muddy edition of The Mid South gravel race and find out what he’s up to with gravel racing rivalries...

cyclingtips.com

 

[steeltowngirl]

I doubt KA cut her hair, also, as I think it is a big part of her identity. I think she can wear it up under a cap or disguise herself without cutting her hair, maybe dye it darker, though, perhaps black, so it would be really different. Maybe tie it up and wear glasses with black hair.

Could she be looking to change her identity?

 

[caradana]

Could she be looking to change her identity?

I think absolutely. The easiest way to do that would be to get herself back to Indonesia or Singapore and build it out there.

 

[steeltowngirl]

“Kaitlin is out there watching this, listening to this or reading this information,” Filla told the outlet. “She needs to surrender to law enforcement.”

The “major case” upgrade will give access to “a lot of manpower and money and state-of-the-art equipment,” Lenny DePaul, a retired commander of the marshalls’ fugitive task force in New York and New Jersey, told Fox News.

Hunt for love-triangle murder suspect Kaitlin Armstrong now ‘major case’

The hunt for love-triangle murder suspect Kaitlin Armstrong has been upgraded to a “major case” — with at least 70 tips pouring in about the fugitive who fled to New York after be…

nypost.com

 

[steeltowngirl]

List of United States extradition treaties - Wikipedia

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[GDawg89]

Thought an overhead look at Newark Airport (EWR) with some notes might interest a few. For context, I’ve got about 600K lifetime flight miles on United out of EWR - this is my professional home away from home.

Someone made a great point earlier about walking in parking lots being common. Totally true. Beyond the lots though the airport itself is hemmed in by swamp, runways, secured airline hangars and Routes 9 and 1/9S - which are multi lane, kamikaze and not crossed on foot by anyone who values their life (It’s the kind of road where if I saw someone try I’d consider calling 911). You can see how far the airport train station is and that it takes a monorail to get there, and getting to the monorail from the terminals involves passing through TSA. There’s only one walkable hotel in my view, a Marriott. I hope they have spoken with the front desk and bartenders there.

Last note: she flew Southwest from Austin to LaGuardia on the 14th, through Hobby. Southwest has no presence at EWR. If indeed she was trying to fly, she was trying to fly another airline, which I am going to posit would most likely be United, which handles more than 70% of departures out of Newark.

Hoping LE has been very curious about the sister’s passport. That is a fascinating theory.
If I’m a US Marshal I’m looking really closely at United to Jakarta and Singapore on 5/18.

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@caradana...great post here, several days ago I looked up one way last minute plane tickets to Thialand and Singapore on mid week departures and KA would be in ballpark of $1200-$1400....interesting info here.

 

[Cryptic]

What if she used a VPN which can give you an IP for a country far away from where you are?

Things then might get fuzzy with such factors as:

- Can local IT resources be supplemented by national level resources?
- How prioritized is the national effort in finding her?
- How advanced is the "anonymizer"?
- How knowledgable is KA IT wise?

In short, depending on the amount of resources being applied towards finding her, she could be either "untraceable" to Austin PD could be pretty traceable if federal level IT gets involved backed by super computer time.

I think absolutely. The easiest way to do that would be to get herself back to Indonesia or Singapore and build it out there.

I would pick Indonesia over Singapore.

Singapore is a small, very advanced country that was run by a benevolent dictator with a knack for business, but who also had constant security concerns and and a willingness to implement draconian punishments for minor law and order type offenses. Today, his legacy still lives on (maybe like Ross Perot?).

Anyways, I imagine the tools needed to create false identities do exist in Singapore, but they may cost a premium and be hard to get in contact with. A false identity would also need to pass the extremely thorough Singaporean police. Meanwhile, in far larger and far poorer Indonesia, obtaining those resources may involve a trip to the market place notary public.

 

[GDawg89]

Interesting.. thank you! Steamboat Springs brings another Colorado connection. MW had just flown back from CO to TX. CS talked about his dream of taking a tiny home up to Boulder. Colorado has a well-developed cycling community. If New York was a decoy, might she have friends in CO who would be willing to shelter her?

Meet Colin Strickland, King of Kanza - CyclingTips

From Red Hook podiums to conquering Dirty Kanza, Colin Strickland knows a thing or two about what it takes to be the best. We spoke to him at home in Austin to get his reaction to a particularly muddy edition of The Mid South gravel race and find out what he’s up to with gravel racing rivalries...

cyclingtips.com

Rado is possible...What if CW is hiding in Colorado and KA took one way Amtrak Newark to Denver? I checked one way last minute tickets booked 1 to 3 days in advance just to see availability and coach seats for this week to Saturday were sold out, but it's June and kids are out of school. There were rooms on train available at $1569 one way.

Mid May, mid week prolly was a good chance of last minute coach seat. AMOO

 

[steeltowngirl]

Rado is possible...What if CW is hiding in Colorado and KA took one way Amtrak Newark to Denver? I checked one way last minute tickets booked 1 to 3 days in advance just to see availability and coach seats for this week to Saturday were sold out, but it's June and kids are out of school. There were rooms on train available at $1569 one way.

Mid May, mid week prolly was a good chance of last minute coach seat. AMOO

There’s also Greyhound bus, or Craigslist always has ads for people driving somewhere long distance and looking for help with driving / gas / tolls. Toll booths have license readers, but I’m unsure how well they do with passenger facial recognition.

 

[SMK777]

Things then might get fuzzy with such factors as:

- Can local IT resources be supplemented by national level resources?
- How prioritized is the national effort in finding her?
- How advanced is the "anonymizer"?
- How knowledgable is KA IT wise?

In short, depending on the amount of resources being applied towards finding her, she could be either "untraceable" to Austin PD could be pretty traceable if federal level IT gets involved backed by super computer time.

I would pick Indonesia over Singapore.

Singapore is a small, very advanced country that was run by a benevolent dictator with a knack for business, but who also had constant security concerns and and a willingness to implement draconian punishments for minor law and order type offenses. Today, his legacy still lives on (maybe like Ross Perot?).

Anyways, I imagine the tools needed to create false identities do exist in Singapore, but they may cost a premium and be hard to get in contact with. A false identity would also need to pass the extremely thorough Singaporean police. Meanwhile, in far larger and far poorer Indonesia, obtaining those resources may involve a trip to the market place notary public.

I really am feeling, since they can’t determine whether Kaitlin left Newark International Airport 3 weeks ago by airplane, car, train, or bus — that she’ll be apprehended only if some friend or family member who is in touch with her and knows where she is gets nervous about the legal ramifications for themselves and turns her in.

Otherwise, it’s too much of the needle in the haystack scenario.

If she’s in Indonesia, they’ll have to send US agents over there to their immigration, and have her arrested for using a false passport.

 

[SMK777]

I would pick Indonesia over Singapore.

She is involved with a business in Indonesia as well.

 

[Charlot123]

I really am feeling, since they can’t determine whether Kaitlin left Newark International Airport 3 weeks ago by airplane, car, train, or bus — that she’ll be apprehended only if some friend or family member who is in touch with her and knows where she is gets nervous about the legal ramifications for themselves and turns her in.

Otherwise, it’s too much of the needle in the haystack scenario.

If she’s in Indonesia, they’ll have to send US agents over there to their immigration, and have her arrested for using a false passport.

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.

 

[SMK777]

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.

Good point.

 

[Synergizer Bunny]

My question exactly. And why I don’t believe it was premeditated for any length of time.

She can't have a lot of money at her disposal. I don't see her as independently wealthy or having withdrawn a super large amount of cash from the bank. This entire case baffles me. Does she know someone who would help her? Would she be inclined to commit suicide? If so, how would she do it? She doesn't have any weapons at her disposal.

I agree with those who say that it doesn't seem premeditated. She has ruined so many lives, to include her own; and, to me, this guy was not worth it. If she had used a rational thought process, she should have broken up with him and let MW have him.

I bet that MW would have tired of him within a year, and they would have broken up. I just don't see Mo staying with this guy when she had so much going for her. By that time, KA would have wondered what she ever saw in him. So sad for all involved.

JMO.

 

[orchidaceaes]

This case is now a "major case," as per NewsNation. I think a point was made in this video about how long it's taken for this case to advance.

 

[SteveP]

I believe that now that this case has been elevated to major case status, it may be much harder for KA to travel through airports and take flights, but upon doing some research, I was a bit shocked to learn that for domestic flights, names are not routinely checked against any database for warrants, and unless one creates a scene at check-in, tries to stash drugs or weapons or such in their baggage, etc, or unless LE have specifically issued a BOLO for TSA agents to be on the lookout for someone, a person with an outstanding warrant would probably have little risk of flying in America. Airports are far more concerned with keeping terrorists off planes than they are keeping people with warrants off. However, if attempting to fly internationally, the name on the ticket is checked, and a person with an outstanding warrant would be flagged.

By now, I assume it may be a bit riskier for KA to try to fly domestically, as I would hope that all TSA agents have seen her picture, (though she could change her appearance easily) and it should be very difficult for her to fly internationally, but as of May 18, the warrant for KA had only been issued in Texas the day before, and no one was looking for her at that time. She could probably have flown anywhere. JMO

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