Texas murder suspect Kaitlin Armstrong through the years: Love triangle fugitive seen in decades-old photos

LIVONIA, Mich, and AUSTIN, Texas – EXCLUSIVE: Tuesday marked six weeks since Kaitlin Armstrong turned needed for the homicide of high bicycle owner Anna Moriah Wilson. Nevertheless, as the times – and the information headlines – mount, questions swirl concerning the place Armstrong might have gone and the way lengthy she’s going to be capable of evade the authorities. 

Armstrong, a 34-year-old Texas transplant, grew up in Livonia, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. She attended Stevenson Excessive Faculty and graduated in 2005. 

Yearbook images paint an image of Armstrong as a red-headed, athletic teenager who excelled in volleyball and monitor and area, and likewise briefly performed basketball. She was lauded for having the “Finest Hair” within the Class of 2005 and moved on to the area people faculty, Schoolcraft, earlier than attending Jap Michigan College, in accordance with her yearbook and a LinkedIn web page that seems to belong to her. 

Livonia boasts a inhabitants of round 95,000, in accordance with census information from 2021, and is situated 20 miles west, or a few 25-minute drive, from Detroit. 

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The seemingly innocuous particulars add to a brief listing of what the general public already is aware of concerning the now-34-year-old. Thus far, officers and information have described Armstrong as a yoga instructor and licensed realtor who had been “recognized to flip properties.” 

Kaitlin Armstrong was lauded for having the “Finest Hair” out of her senior class
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She was beforehand needed on a misdemeanor warrant. On Might 17, she turned often known as one thing new: A homicide fugitive. 

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Kaitlin Armstrong’s senior picture from Stevenson Excessive Faculty.
(Fox Information Digital/Stephanie Pagones)

Armstrong is accused of murdering Wilson, who was often known as “Mo,” on the evening of Might 11, 2022, in Austin, Texas. Wilson was fatally shot a number of instances within the rest room of her good friend’s dwelling, Austin Police Division officers have stated. Her good friend made the horrifying discovery and referred to as 911 shortly earlier than 10 p.m. 

Kaitlin Armstrong
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Wilson was discovered “mendacity on the lavatory flooring coated in blood,” the police affidavit states. She was pronounced useless simply 14 minutes later. 

Kaitlin Armstrong her freshman yr of highschool
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The ugly crime was carried out inside a modest dwelling, which is about again from the road, shielded by foliage and situated inside a quiet block. Nobody who spoke with Fox Information Digital on Tuesday stated they heard something on the evening of the homicide.

Kaitlin Armstrong on this picture from her 2004 yearbook 
(Fox Information Digital / Stephanie Pagones)

Earlier within the evening, Wilson had been out with Armstrong’s longtime boyfriend, Colin Strickland. Strickland and Wilson went swimming at Deep Eddy pool in Austin earlier than consuming at an area restaurant, officers have stated. Strickland then dropped Wilson at her good friend’s dwelling, the place she was staying on the time, after which left. 

Stevenson Excessive Faculty, the place Kaitlin Armstrong was a scholar.
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Investigators have stated proof signifies Armstrong adopted the pair for at the very least a portion of their outing. Residence surveillance footage from a neighboring residence reveals Armstrong’s black Jeep Grand Cherokee – which she later offered – driving previous the house simply moments after Strickland had left.

Kaitlin Armstrong her junior yr
(Fox Information Digital / Stephanie Pagones)

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Armstrong’s Jeep then “seems to cease subsequent to Wilson’s good friend’s residence” simply minutes after Strickland had left Wilson, officers stated.

Kaitlin Armstrong her sophomore yr
(Fox Information Digital / Stephanie Pagones)

“Video surveillance reveals Strickland leaving the world after dropping off Wilson and reveals Armstrong’s car driving to the East Austin residence the place Wilson was staying,” the warrant states. 

Investigators executed a search warrant at Armstrong’s dwelling, which she shares with Strickland, and in the end confirmed that one of many weapons present in Armstrong’s dwelling was the homicide weapon: a Sig-Sauer P365 9mm, APD Murder Det. Richard Spitler beforehand stated.

The Livonia, Michigan, dwelling the place Kaitlin Armstrong’s mom lives. 
(Fox Information Digital/Stephanie Pagones)

Days earlier than the homicide warrant was issued, police had interviewed Strickland and situated Armstrong, who was arrested for a misdemeanor warrant out of Travis County from 2018. The warrant stemmed from allegations she skipped out on a $650 Botox invoice.

An worker at Aesthetica Med Spa in Westlake, Texas, stated Armstrong left her maxed out bank card after present process the process. She allegedly advised the desk attendant she would get one other card from her automotive – however by no means returned.  

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The warrant gave police a motive to detain Armstrong, they usually questioned her in reference to Wilson’s demise. Armstrong allegedly remained “quiet and fully nonetheless” throughout the vast majority of detectives’ interview together with her.

“Armstrong was questioned about her car being within the space as pictured on the Ring digital camera. Nevertheless, she wouldn’t verify or deny being within the space of the homicide and rapidly terminated the interview,” Spitler stated. 

Moriah “Mo” Wilson, left, and Kaitlin Armstrong.
(The Wilson household/U.S. Marshals Service)

Armstrong “was then mistakenly launched from custody on the misdemeanor warrant” as a result of her date of beginning within the division’s report administration system didn’t match the date of beginning on the warrant, he stated.

The affidavit provides: “When Armstrong was confronted with video proof of her car, she had no clarification as to why it was within the space and didn’t make any denials surrounding the statements offered to her.”

The Austin, Texas, dwelling the place Kaitlin Armstrong and Colin Strickland reside.
(Fox Information Digital/Michael Ruiz)

However when a detective confronted her about how Wilson was with Strickland, she “turned her head and rolled her eyes in an indignant method” earlier than she acknowledged that she “didn’t have any concept that he noticed and even went out with this lady… as of not too long ago,” the affidavit additional states.

When one detective recommended that Armstrong is perhaps “upset and simply within the space,” Armstrong allegedly “started to nod in settlement.” 

The affidavit additionally describes how Armstrong had been beforehand conscious of Wilson’s connection to Strickland.

The house the place Moriah Wilson was gunned down on Might 11, 2022. 
(Fox Information Digital/Michael Ruiz)

Strickland and Wilson dated for “one to 2 weeks” in October 2021, when he and Armstrong have been on a break, he advised police. He stated his relationship with Wilson turned platonic when he resumed his relationship with Armstrong.

Strickland allegedly advised police that he deleted textual content messages and went so far as hiding Wilson’s title in his cellphone to forestall Armstrong from blocking “Wilson’s quantity in Strickland’s cellphone.”  

Wished poster for alleged homicide suspect Kaitlin Armstrong.
(US Marshal Service)

“Strickland suggested that whereas he and Wilson have been relationship, Armstrong referred to as Wilson on the cellphone, telling Wilson she was the one relationship Strickland,” the affidavit states. 

The doc later describes how one nameless tipster stated Armstrong “advised Wilson she was with Strickland and wanted to avoid him.”

A unique nameless caller allegedly advised APD she was with Armstrong in January 2022, when Armstrong “had simply found Strickland was having a romantic relationship with Wilson regardless that Armstrong and Strickland have been nonetheless relationship.”

Colin Strickland seen exterior his Austin, Texas, dwelling on June 17, 2022.
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“The caller suggested Armstrong turned so livid and was shaking in anger,” the affidavit continues. “Armstrong advised the caller Armstrong was so indignant Armstrong needed to kill Wilson. Armstrong then proceeded to inform the caller Armstrong had both not too long ago bought a firearm or was going to.”

Strickland allegedly advised authorities he bought the alleged homicide weapon for Armstrong. 

Colin Strickland seen exterior his Austin, Texas, dwelling on June 17, 2022.
(MEGA)

On Might 14, three days earlier than she turned needed for homicide, Armstrong traveled from Austin Worldwide Bergstrom Airport to New York’s LaGuardia Airport. She allegedly boarded Flight #WN2262 from AIBA to Houston Passion Airport at 12:30 p.m. native time, after which took a connecting flight through Southwest Airways Flight #WN30 to New York.

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Investigators later revealed that Armstrong “was dropped off on the Newark Liberty Worldwide Airport Might 18, a day after Austin police obtained a warrant for her arrest.” However her title was not linked to any of the outbound flights from Newark airport on the time, Marshals stated.

And earlier this month, Fox Information Digital spoke with a camper at a secluded, sweeping property often known as “Camp Haven” or “Haven for Humanity” in Livingston Manor, New York. The camper confirmed not solely that Armstrong’s sister, Christine, lived there, but in addition that brokers with the Marshals Service had been there to talk with the sister. 

He additionally revealed that Kaitlin Armstrong had not too long ago stayed there. 

“She was [here] some time again,” he stated. “Proper earlier than the entire thing blew up.”

Fugitive homicide suspect Kaitlin Armstrong, who’s accused of gunning down professional bicycle owner and romantic rival Moriah Wilson in Austin, Texas, has been linked to a campground in upstate New York.
(Stephanie Pagones/Fox Information Digital, Inset: U.S. Marshals)

The Livingston Manor handle appeared on property information in reference to Christine Armstrong, 31, on Might 17, a supply advised Fox Information Digital. The campsite is a few 2-hour, 20-minute drive from Newark Liberty Worldwide Airport and is roughly the identical distance from LaGuardia Airport.

Marshals confirmed that they have been conscious of the placement as a part of the manhunt however stopped in need of confirming the camper’s account. 

Investigators have since revealed that Armstrong offered her black Jeep Grand Cherokee, which was noticed close to the crime scene across the time of Wilson’s taking pictures demise, on Might 13 – someday after she was questioned and launched by Texas authorities. She allegedly offered the SUV by a CarMax dealership in Austin and made off with a examine for $12,200.

The CarMax location, which is underneath a mile away from Armstrong’s dwelling, is at the moment promoting Jeeps much like Armstrong’s for upwards of $30,000.

Along with the homicide depend for which she was initially needed, Armstrong was charged federally on Might 25 with illegal flight to keep away from prosecution. The reward for her seize has climbed to $21,000, officers stated. 

Armstrong’s sister didn’t reply to Fox Information Digital’s a number of requests for remark. Her dad and mom declined to remark when reached on Monday. 

Authorities describe Armstrong as White, 5 toes, 8 inches tall and weighing about 125 kilos. She has hazel eyes and was final seen with lengthy, curly hair carrying a blue denim jacket and white denims.

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Anybody with data concerning her whereabouts is requested to name the Marshals at 1-800-336-0102 or Capital Space Crime Stoppers at 1-800-893-8477.

Fox Information’ Haley Chi-Sing and Mattero Cina contributed to this report.