TX - Moriah Wilson, Cyclist Fatally Shot Before Race, Austin, #3

[AbstractVino]

And we are a long way off from a trial. Let's see how this plays out. There might even be a change of venue or federal charges. Who knows?

I hope change of venue happens. That would be ideal for this case!

 

[SteveP]

Are there pictures of passports found in hostel locker? I’ve searched the threads and internet and haven’t found anything outside of the witness who claimed to see them. Edited: typos

Photos of both passports, KA's, and her sister's, along with receipt for plastic surgery, all very clearly shown, beginning just before the 1:00 mark.

Passport of Fugitive Yoga Teacher's Sister Found After Arrest: Witness

U.S. Marshals previously said that Kailtin Armstrong used someone else's passport in order to enter Costa Rica, where she was arrested after multiple weeks on the run. Armstrong is suspected of killing professional cyclist Moriah Wilson.

www.insideedition.com

 

[AbstractVino]

maybe you’ll be a lucky member of this jury selection. All involved parties need to be held accountable to the highest degree! Senseless murder. Heartbroken for MO and family.

 

[AbstractVino]

Thanks, I found it. The nose makes her look less like CA. MOO

 

[ElGato]

dbm

 

[Charlot123]

Fascinated and devastated by all aspects of this case. Haven’t followed a case this closely since chris watts. I hope I’m wrong, but I strongly feel there are going to be bombshell revelations (fabricated, or true) and she’ll end up with a lesser charge/shorter sentence. Yes, IMO, I do believe this happening even in TX. I lived there for a few years and it will be difficult to find a jury in Austin that doesn’t include one juror who finds doubt or unfortunately empathy for KA. I’m also not speculating on others as it’s not allowed but I do think there will be, and should be, more details provided on the time line. I feel with her lawyer selection there will be a lot of holes poked unless there is solid forensic evidence that hasn’t been released. Which is definitely likely. However without solid forensics or definitive placement of KA at scene with license plate/geo locator placing her there/etc. i do feel there will be a juror who feels doubt. I hope I’m wrong. MOO. ETA: RIP MO may justice be served.

MOO. If KA killed her serially lying partner CS, it would have been so much easier to feel empathy for her. But with another woman whose life she took… Mo was young, beautiful, smart, a junior ski champion and now a bike champion (and I don’t know how it works with gravel races, but when partaking in international competitions, don’t athletes represent their countries, too? If so, Mo was a country treasure, in a way). It looks too unfair for MW. This is who I feel sorry for; it was a mistake for Mo to fall for CS, but she didn’t live long enough to understand it!

The killing looks premeditated. But besides, KA’s agenda is too hedonistic to be viewed with compassion. Sc@@w this woman I killed, her family, the man I loved, and my own family, too (because if feds want to, they will make KA sister’s life difficult - char)…forget everything, I am off to this sun-and-water paradise.

I feel minimal sympathy only because KA obviously had strong feelings towards CS, but her vindictiveness is revolting.

 

[Charlot123]

I’m still uncertain how exactly LE tracked KA to the little town in Costa Rica, but I’m wondering if that’s a spot KA had been to before, and if it was a place she choose because she knew the surroundings and felt comfortable there.

I have read that even if you delete your social media it can be subpoenaed, but LE must act quick. I believe LE must contact IG within 10 days, after that information is lost. I’m not sure about FB. It’s just a hunch, but I’m betting KA had been to this town before or had throughly researched it before she fled the US with her yoga mat in tow. It will be interesting if LE had gotten hold of her social media information and if it gave clues that this was the town to look for her. Still though 43 days on the run until she was apprehended.

I am anxious to see what evidence the prosecution has. I’m hoping there’s actual video of KA going into the house where Mo was gunned down, and of her moving Mo’s bike. I’m also hoping KA left DNA or hair at the scene that puts her right there.

Lots of people go to Mexico or Colombia for plastic surgery because it is cheaper there. I would not be quite surprised if it was one of the places KA researched specifically for plastic surgery.

 

[Gypsy Road]

You know what’s odd? Well to me anyway.

That it took so long for LE to learn KA sold her Jeep IN AUSTIN just days after the murder. Her name and face had been plastered all over the news for weeks. Did someone at that car lot not put it together and notify LE earlier?

 

[di anna]

How does she look so different in 9 days after surgery, to me it just does not look like KA. Some similarity, if this is her 100%,
they were fortunate to locate her because she could have easily passed for someone else.

 

[Mariposa]

I’m still uncertain how exactly LE tracked KA to the little town in Costa Rica, but I’m wondering if that’s a spot KA had been to before, and if it was a place she choose because she knew the surroundings and felt comfortable there.

I have read that even if you delete your social media it can be subpoenaed, but LE must act quick. I believe LE must contact IG within 10 days, after that information is lost. I’m not sure about FB. It’s just a hunch, but I’m betting KA had been to this town before or had throughly researched it before she fled the US with her yoga mat in tow. It will be interesting if LE had gotten hold of her social media information and if it gave clues that this was the town to look for her. Still though 43 days on the run until she was apprehended.

I am anxious to see what evidence the prosecution has. I’m hoping there’s actual video of KA going into the house where Mo was gunned down, and of her moving Mo’s bike. I’m also hoping KA left DNA or hair at the scene that puts her right there.

As to how LE tracked KA to Santa Teresa, in the US Marshals press conf they do say they know KA boarded a bus at San Jose airport and went to a “known location” on that bus. He also says she did not move around much while in CR. Since the Daily Mail story indicates she first appeared at Don Jon Hostel on June 8, which was 3 weeks after she flew into CR, there must have been at least one place she stayed before Don Jon’s.

It’s around minute 12 in this video

Also in this video it seems clear the person whose passport she used was NOT the same person who dropped her off at Newark airport on May 18. The language used indicates the person who dropped her off was a “confidential informant” who cooperated with LE.
The description of how the passport info was obtained sounds like that individual did not voluntarily cooperate and there was a search warrant involved. IMO

US marshal also says as of early this week, they were a month behind on tracking KA’s whereabouts.

 

[Gypsy Road]

As to how LE tracked KA to Santa Teresa, in the US Marshals press conf they do say they know KA boarded a bus at San Jose airport and went to a “known location” on that bus. He also says she did not move around much while in CR. Since the Daily Mail story indicates she first appeared at Don Jon Hostel on June 8, which was 3 weeks after she flew into CR, there must have been a least one place she stayed before Don Jon’s.

It’s around minute 12 in this video

Also in this video it seems clear the person whose passport she used was NOT the same person who dropped her off at Newark airport on May 18. The language used indicates the person who dropped her off was a “confidential informant” who cooperated with LE. The description of how the passport info was obtained sounds like that individual did not voluntarily cooperate and there was a search warrant involved. IMHO.
US marshal also says as of early this week, they were a month behind on tracking KA’s whereabouts.

Thank you! I had not seen this!

 

[Herat]

This is why I've been skeptical of the prosecution. There's two anonymous witnesses that were used in the warrant, which one of them is known by LE ('Jane' who LE knows their real identity) while the one who gave the most explosive info their identity isn't even known to LE. To use that evidence about KA shaking in anger and wanting a gun, that person needs to come forward and be willing to testify, which unless and until that happens I don't even count that since that's a clear Sixth Amendment issue that her lawyer would get that tossed right out if that anonymous call is all they have and can't present that witness in court.

I think part of it will be saying that it wasn't KA, like that she didn't use the pistol. From what I can tell KA didn't have exclusive control over the pistol (I'm not even sure that she had primary control of it) and it was in the shared residence nor is she the one who bought the ammo for it, which it was CS who bought the "kill" (his term) JAG ammo. The prosecution is going to have to affirmatively establish that she actually did have that pistol with her that evening, like I'm thinking her defense might be along the lines of "I'm a stalker but

not a killer" where she admits to being in the area but not killing and so far I haven't heard anything that is really hard evidence, but like if she stole MW's passport and flew out of the country with that, that would be really good evidence.

All good points.

However, I would doubt that MW would have her passport on her. She was living in the Bay area, coming to Austin for a race and wouldn't have needed it. She did have some foreign races sheduled, but they would be about a month away and there would be no reason for her to travel using her passport as ID.

The DM article has a post clearly saying that KA was found in Costa Rica with not only her own photo, but that of her sister, CA. It's pretty clear from her attempt at a new appearance, that she was aiming to look more like her sister's passport photo. Biometric passports might have been able to pick up the difference between the sisters, and they would certainly pick up a difference between KA and MW.

 

[Seattle1]

It's been speculated that police require a warrant to search passenger lists for the name of someone who isn't suspected of terrorism or wanted for a crime. They need probable cause, just as with any other kind of search of an apparently law-abiding citizen's bank accounts, phone records etc.

So first, they needed to supply probable cause to get a warrant to search the sister's belongings, to see whether her passport was there. They had to convince a judge that it was highly likely KA had flown out of the country on her sister's passport. Then, they had to get another warrant with probable cause that the passport had been used fraudently by KA.

None of this was urgent, in the sense that someone's life was at risk.

IMO, judges will want.to see evidence police have followed all avenues open to them for possible evidence, before granting a search warrant allowing them to go through all the sister's stuff.

JMO

To be clear, domestic law enforcement accessing the PNR is not to be confused with laws protecting unlawful search and seizure of individuals pursuant to the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution.

Specific to the PNR, the electronic passenger list of every airline flight to, from, and through the United States, which all air carriers operating passenger flights are required to provide to US Customs & Border Protection (CBP) and DHS prior to departure, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 44909(c)(3) and its implementing regulations at 19 C.F.R. § 122.49d, can certainly be shared with domestic law enforcement, sans search warrant.

Example - unlawful flight to avoid prosecution...

(4) for domestic law enforcement, judicial powers, or proceedings, where other violations of law or indications thereof are detected in the course of the use and processing of PNR.

Passenger Name Record (PNR)

 

[Herat]

The US Marshall's video says she travelled from Newark using the (legal) passport of an individual intimately associated with her whom she resembles.

This has to be the sister. It also happens so soon after the murder that either she already had the sister's passport, or she did meet up with her sister, who was living in New York state, to get that passport.

The US Marshall's video also says that they have the cooperation of an person they don't identify who gave them information about the passport.

 

[Seattle1]

July 1, 2022
#KaitlinArmstrong #CourtTV

Kaitlin Armstrong Captured in Costa Rica: New Video Released​

 

[Sundog]

As to how LE tracked KA to Santa Teresa, in the US Marshals press conf they do say they know KA boarded a bus at San Jose airport and went to a “known location” on that bus. He also says she did not move around much while in CR. Since the Daily Mail story indicates she first appeared at Don Jon Hostel on June 8, which was 3 weeks after she flew into CR, there must have been at least one place she stayed before Don Jon’s.

It’s around minute 12 in this video

Also in this video it seems clear the person whose passport she used was NOT the same person who dropped her off at Newark airport on May 18. The language used indicates the person who dropped her off was a “confidential informant” who cooperated with LE.
The description of how the passport info was obtained sounds like that individual did not voluntarily cooperate and there was a search warrant involved. IMO

US marshal also says as of early this week, they were a month behind on tracking KA’s whereabouts.

I wonder if CA was the individual who did not voluntarily cooperate so a search warrant was needed. But then wonder who the confidential informant might be who dropped KA off at the airport. If it was a uber driver, or some other commercial transportation, why would they need to be described as confidential informant? Maybe they are hoping for some of the reward money, a percentage of it, and prefer to stay confidential.

 

[Sundog]

How does she look so different in 9 days after surgery, to me it just does not look like KA. Some similarity, if this is her 100%,
they were fortunate to locate her because she could have easily passed for someone else.

Do we know when KA had the plastic surgery in Costa Rica? Was it just 9 nine days before she was arrested? The date may have been on the receipt, I don't remember.

 

[Sundog]

The U.S. Marshal says at the press conference that the two charges that KA is facing in the U.S. are murder and unlawful flight to avoid prosecution, the latter which is a federal charge. With regard to the fraudulent use of a passport, it appears that that is an immigration violation that is up to Costa Rica to prosecutre or not.

 

[Sundog]

Does anyone know which customs line KA is standing in with the photo of her and with the US Marshals standing close by? Was that a photo of her leaving Costa Rica, or a photo of her arriving in the U.S. at Houston airport? If at Houston, I wonder what passport KA had to show upon her clearing customs in the U.S., if she had to do so, since they are showing her in line to clear customs.

 

[WingsOverTX]

Do we know when KA had the plastic surgery in Costa Rica? Was it just 9 nine days before she was arrested? The date may have been on the receipt, I don't remember.

Maybe this place near San Jose:

AVA Medical & Surgical Center​

5.0(1)
Medical center in San Rafael, Costa Rica