TX - Moriah Wilson, Cyclist Fatally Shot Before Race, Austin, #4

[Sundog]

Thanks for that! So if she's renting that one out, she may not be able to sell it immediately because of a lease obligation, so maybe she can't bank on that value remaining the same until May 2023 (assuming that's when the lease may expire).

I don't know the law in Texas, but where I live you can sell a house with a lease obligation, but you have to indicate that it is leased and provide the lease term, so the buyer knows that in advance.

 

[RickshawFan]

Something is so strange to me about those days after the murder - still living under the same roof. What was that like? I know everyone is different, and CS could have been in complete shock. Nobody wants to believe or accept that their partner could do such a thing, but I think I would have wanted to sleep elsewhere - especially after APD came to question her and they executed the search warrant and took her phones. Did he go and look at the gun immediately? So many curious questions.

Maybe he did sleep elsewhere? The weather was okay to go camping.

 

[Gypsy Road]

Maybe he did sleep elsewhere? The weather was okay to go camping.

This is true! Maybe he did. Hope he did. I can’t imagine sleeping in the same house thinking my partner may have killed my friend!

 

[steeltowngirl]

IIRC, I think the article says that Strickland told LE that Armstrong didn't know where MW was staying.

Oh yes, I wiped off my cheap readers and looked again - see that now. Thank you for the assist!

 

[steeltowngirl]

Texas murder suspect Kaitlin Armstrong had access to $450G, practiced shooting with sister, warrants reveal

Search warrants in the shooting death of pro cyclist Mo Wilson reveal Austin police quickly identified Kaitlin Armstrong as a suspect and other new details.

www.foxnews.com

Interesting that this article says that the search warrant included a home that KA owned but a different home than the one she shared with CS. If KA had renters in that home that she owned, why would they want to search it? Outbuildings she had access to? Other reason?

Oh. My. Maybe they better check for anyone else CS ever dated. Is anyone missing? I am only half-kidding.

 

[Charlot123]

And what is up with CS saying he didn’t know where MW was staying?

Texas murder suspect Kaitlin Armstrong had access to $450G, practiced shooting with sister, warrants reveal

Search warrants in the shooting death of pro cyclist Mo Wilson reveal Austin police quickly identified Kaitlin Armstrong as a suspect and other new details.

www.foxnews.com

I didn’t read it, so please, point it out. Maybe I just missed it?

Because if he said it, it means that he, too, was unaware of the cameras. This is all strange. Kaitlin is a property owner. Colin is an engineer and takes care of own bike. Such people have good spatial skills. How come neither noticed the cameras? Were these not regular door cameras, but some version of smaller spy cameras?

 

[Charlot123]

He could get a lawyer and go to civil court, I think.
Otherwise, I agree that it probably won't be returned to him voluntarily.
Too bad for CS.

I think it’s gone - Kaitlin invested it in her own lawyer, lol!

Karma is multifactorial. Colin calls Kaitlin his own “financial guru” and gives her money to invest. (Now, if this money was paid to CS by the sponsors, the ones he was so eager to discuss with Mo, the plot thickens). He also buys KA a gun and watches her practice at a range. KA ends up killing Mo, absconds with his money, and I bet her sister or some relative holds it tightly for her. When Kaitlin is caught, probably part of it goes for the deposit to the lawyer.

Kaitlin is good with finances. Others’ finances, that is. CS lies, of course, but if he ends up 450 K lighter, I can’t even laugh at him. The dude lost everything over this story. JMO, and OMG.

 

[Charlot123]

Right! How does he just lie to police like this!? And WHY???

Why? Because he was trying to avoid precisely what we see happening to him now. Not trying to justify his actions, of course.

 

[Charlot123]

On the three passports possibility..... I think maybe one with a pseudonym.

Who knows, maybe she'd used (this) third passport for some totally other nefarious activity, e.g. to move money around without being traced.

I'm thinking KA had Anon's (i.e. Anonymous's) and her own passports in her purse in Austin, and that she got her sister's in NY.

We don’t know much about KA’s previous life. So many women change names with marriage, and then back when divorce. Could still be her passport, just with a different last name. Just a hypothesis.

 

[Seattle1]

I didn’t read it, so please, point it out. Maybe I just missed it?

Because if he said it, it means that he, too, was unaware of the cameras. This is all strange. Kaitlin is a property owner. Colin is an engineer and takes care of own bike. Such people have good spatial skills. How come neither noticed the cameras? Were these not regular door cameras, but some version of smaller spy cameras?

Well, if CS initially denied knowing MW then I suppose it follows that he would not know where she was staying. However, what I read is that CS told investigators that KA did not know where MW was staying. This was stated in the search warrant below and also in the AA. I'm still shaking my head that CS would deny knowing MW when he was one of the last to see her alive before she was gunned down! MOO

 

[ChatteringBirds]

BTW, I could not find sUitable RSBM on the abbreviation list. For my own education, what does it stand for? Thank you).

RSBM means "Respectfully Snipped By Me." I only used part of your original quote.

 

[darkstar105]

Actually, stillness is one of the major indicators that someone is being deceptive.

Just watch Stephen McDaniel's interrogation in the Lauren Giddings case. If you can stand it.

 

[Kemug]

Something is so strange to me about those days after the murder - still living under the same roof. What was that like? I know everyone is different, and CS could have been in complete shock. Nobody wants to believe or accept that their partner could do such a thing, but I think I would have wanted to sleep elsewhere - especially after APD came to question her and they executed the search warrant and took her phones. Did he go and look at the gun immediately? So many curious questions.

I really don't think I would have kept living with her - I would be terrified that I would be the next victim!

 

[Kemug]

IIRC, I think the article says that Strickland told LE that Armstrong didn't know where MW was staying.

I don't think she did - that was why she followed him that evening.

 

[Kemug]

Plus KA was 34 - I wonder if her age may have partly influenced her actions. 34 is no great age at all of course, but if a woman's life plan is to marry and have children, she does need to keep an eye on the clock. KA had invested 3 years of her life in CS, and she could see it all going up in smoke. JMO

 

[WingsOverTX]

Plus KA was 34 - I wonder if her age may have partly influenced her actions. 34 is no great age at all of course, but if a woman's life plan is to marry and have children, she does need to keep an eye on the clock. KA had invested 3 years of her life in CS, and she could see it all going up in smoke. JMO

Or not. I would like to hear from friends and family about her goals for her life before she blew it up. Poor Moriah had a lifetime of goals ahead of her. And CS now has to find new ones, too.

Good job of damaging / ruining other's lives, Kaitlin.

And we don't even know at this point if others close to her, such as her sister, may be impacted by the justice system.

All this wreckage & loss. SMH

 

[SMK777]

Or not. I would like to hear from friends and family about her goals for her life before she blew it up. Poor Moriah had a lifetime of goals ahead of her. And CS now has to find new ones, too.

Good job of damaging / ruining other's lives, Kaitlin.

And we don't even know at this point if others close to her, such as her sister, may be impacted by the justice system.

All this wreckage & loss. SMH

True. We don’t know if she envisioned marriage and a child with CS (which she could very well have) or just wanted a life with him and their business ventures, and was horrified to see it being threatened. Of course her “solution” was the worst possible option on every level.

I’m curious as to what we will find out after her pretrial hearing 6 days from now, on July 20. I guess the bail, and the plea? Does anyone have an idea of anything else we can expect to find out?

 

[minneolo]

I don't get it, either. Esp as I thought you needed a down payment unless you were VA or getting first time buyer perks, etc.

But what if you were turning homes into rentals, so the rental income would cover the mortgage? That'd be more like a business mortgage loan... Banks don't care if you have enough in rent payments to cover potential repairs... just that you have enough to pay the mortgage, insurance, taxes and PMI, I would think. But one would still think a bank would want you as landlord to have income in case the tenant defaults so you have income to cover the mortgage in the absence of a lease payment. Or maybe the don't care?

This is all definitely a mystery. And I'm thinking that perhaps she didn't list these as assets on that form because they're not able to be liquified immediately if she has tenants. You can't evict a tenant without a lot of notice and maybe they have leases of a year or more. So aside from the fact that the housing values may have dropped, she doesn't have access to any equity for a long time to pay a lawyer, assuming there's any equity in any of them. Either way, I would still think they would have had to be listed on that form in some manner even if the value is now negative.

With investment properties, there are multiple ways to finance the mortgage.

To simplify:
+ Option 1: Simply state the rents you receive as income (subject to some rules) on property A and get a traditional mortgage on property B. You won’t have a homestead exception on the property taxes for the investment property, but there is no reason an individual cannot qualify for multiple mortgages on multiple properties.
+ Option 2: Use a business loan. Option 1 is usually better.
(there are some other more complex arrangements as well)

Of course KA would need to make the down payments on each property and pay all of the taxes, etc. There are still a lot of lenders who will lend at 3% down. I personally wouldn’t recommend this strategy, but I don’t find it particularly unusual that KA owned / financed properties as she did.

Source: I am in this business

 

[Seattle1]

I don't think she did - that was why she followed him that evening.

Wait! -- There's evidence that KA was at MW's host apartment the day before she allegedly killed MW.

A neighbor, who asked not to be named, previously told DailyMail.com her security camera caught Armstrong's black Jeep Cherokee driving up to the property - above a garage at the back of a larger home - at 8:35 p.m.

She also told DailyMail.com that Armstrong had been caught on camera the previous day, riding a bike in the same spot.

'Killer' Kaitlin Armstrong visited gun range before killing love rival

Kaitlin Armstrong, 'killer yoga teacher that allegedly killed her love rival, had access to more than $450,000 and visited a shooting range before killing Anna Moran 'Mo' Wilson.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[BUF]

I know this has been discussed, but this is really bothering me (along with so much more)…

Day before the murder KA was seen driving her bike by where Mo was staying

Cash had gotten an alert @8:36 that the lock had been opened (after CS dropped her off on his motorcycle)

KA’s SUV was seen @ 8:37 in front of where Mo was staying (slowing down like it would be parked)

CS sent that bizarre flower text to KA @ 8:36


So, had KA been following them around the whole evening…to the pool, etc.? Did she run home to PU her gun then? Did she drive past them when they were on the motorcycle going back to where Mo was staying but they did not see her?
Or something else?