Suspect in murder of cyclist from Vermont still on run

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Professional-cyclist Moriah “Mo” Wilson was shot and killed a month in the past in Austin. Regardless of a number of leads, together with the invention that the suspect within the capturing, Kaitland Armstrong, had flown from Austin to New York shortly after Wilson’s physique was discovered, she has not been discovered.

Police discovered Wilson’s physique on Might 11. She had died on the scene, police stated. Wilson, a Vermont native from East Burke and a graduate of Dartmouth School, was in Texas making ready to compete in a race in Hico, Texas.

The day after Wilson was killed, police questioned Armstrong, asking her about video surveillance that confirmed her Jeep within the space Wilson was discovered lifeless.

Austin Police Det. Richard Spitler stated at a information convention that Armstrong “wouldn’t affirm or deny being within the space” and ended the interview. Spitler stated Armstrong was “mistakenly launched from custody” on misdemeanor warrant as a result of her date of start didn’t match the date of start on the warrant.

On Might 14, Armstrong flew to the Houston Passion Airport earlier than persevering with on to New York’s LaGuardia Airport, U.S. Marshals stated. Three days later, Austin police searched Armstrong’s south Austin house. She has been charged with first-degree homicide.

U.S. Marshals’ stated Armstrong was dropped off on the Newark Liberty Worldwide Airport after arriving in New York, however no outbound flight reservations had been made beneath Armstrong’s identify.

“There’s a variety of issues that would have occurred,” stated Deputy U.S. Marshal Brandon Filla. “She may have been very misleading to remain off radar, that means she bought transportation to the airport and should have been there, then bought transportation out of there like rideshare or bus. However we do understand it’s been confirmed by means of our investigation her final identified whereabouts have been at that airport on Might 18.”

In line with an affidavit, within the hours earlier than her dying, Wilson went swimming with skilled bicycle owner Colin Strickland, who was relationship Armstrong. The affidavit stated Strickland instructed police that in a break in his relationship with Armstrong, he met and commenced relationship Wilson.

Investigators stated, based mostly on their search of Wilson’s telephone, textual content messages indicated that Wilson thought she “was nonetheless in a romantic relationship with Strickland regardless that he was at present relationship Armstrong.”

Days after Wilson’s dying, her household issued a press release clarifying particulars surrounding the alleged relationship with Strickland.

“Whereas we is not going to elaborate concerning the ongoing investigation, we do really feel it’s essential to make clear that on the time of her dying, these closest to her clearly understood, straight from Moriah, that she was not in a romantic relationship with anybody,” the household wrote within the assertion.

Wilson’s household has created a GoFundMe the place folks can donate in lieu of flowers.

Anybody with recommendations on Armstrong’s location is requested to contact the U.S. Marshals Service Communications Middle at 1 (800) 336-0102 or submit a tip through the USMS Suggestions app. Suggestions will also be submitted to the Capital Space Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 893-8477.