Pro Cyclist Moriah Wilson Was Followed Home and Shot 3 Times. Then, Her Killer Got Plastic Surgery to Evade Police

YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Moriah Wilson was a rising star in the gravel cycling community and was friends with fellow cyclist Colin Strickland.

• Strickland’s girlfriend, Kaitlin Armstrong, allegedly became increasingly jealous of their friendship

• On May 11, 2022, Armstrong fatally shot Wilson and was arrested a month later after fleeing to Costa Rica.

Anna Moriah “Mo” Wilson He was a dedicated cyclist whose life was cut tragically short.

On May 11, 2022, Wilson was spending time with her ex-boyfriend-turned-friend Colin Strickland While his girlfriend is unaware of him, Kaitlin Armstrongit was I’m getting more and more jealous.

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After spending time with Strickland, Wilson returned to his friend’s apartment in Austin, Texas. A short time later, Armstrong managed to enter the house and fatally shot him three times.

Armstrong wasn’t initially a suspect, but that quickly changed when authorities uncovered images of his car near the scene and then GPS data pinning his car there. An arrest warrant was issued for him less than a week later, but Armstrong had already fled the country.

It took authorities 43 days to find him, and finally arrest him in Costa Rica. When Armstrong was found, his appearance had changed greatly. various plastic surgery procedures. He was eventually tried for Wilson’s murder and sentenced to 90 years in prison.

Wilson’s life and tragic death have since been shared in a Netflix documentary The Truth and Tragedy of Moriah WilsonIt was released on April 3. Many of his friends, colleagues and family members were interviewed for the emotional project.

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Here’s everything you need to know about the murder of Moriah Wilson and her killer’s motive.

Who was Moriah Wilson?

Wilson, who went by the name “Mo,” grew up alongside his brother in Vermont. His father was a former skier and taught both of his children to ski, and Wilson excelled at the sport. He attended a school that split education evenly with ski lessons.

“One of the main requirements to go here is that you aspire to be an Olympic-level athlete,” his brother Matt said in the Netflix doc. “He had this dream from the beginning.”

But after repeatedly sustaining serious injuries, Wilson began to fall behind and had to put his skiing dreams on hold. Despite all the odds, Wilson still loved being outdoors and began to develop a passion for cycling. It quickly rose to prominence in gravel and mountain biking.

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“I had spent a lot of time cycling with my family, and then I discovered that gravel cycling was a thing, and I ended up buying a gravel bike,” he said in a resurfaced interview included in the document.

Prior to his death, Wilson had won many races and was traveling around the country competing.

Who is Colin Strickland and how did Wilson know him?

Strickland was also a professional cyclist.

When not competing, Strickland ran a trailer restoration business with his occasional girlfriend, Armstrong. He rarely joined Strickland for his races, and Strickland later described their relationship as “turbulent.” CBS Austin.

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In September 2021, he was competing in a gravel race in Idaho when he met the up-and-coming Wilson. The two had drinks after the race, but he said at the time it was strictly platonic.

“I had a girlfriend,” he said in a 2022 interview that resurfaces in the document. “We never had a romantic conversation. We just talked about his future career.”

About a month after they met, Strickland and Wilson “effectively began dating” for about a week, while Strickland and Armstrong were in one of their periods of separation.

“When I was with Colin, I found myself drawn to his loving words,” Wilson wrote in her diary, as shown in the document. “They made me feel safe, like I was important and valuable. I think I love her more than I want to admit because of my great fear that she doesn’t feel the same way.”

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But Strickland still retained feelings for Armstrong, and Wilson was traveling the country. By February 2022, Wilson wrote that their romance had ended after realizing they “didn’t see eye to eye.”

Although they ended their romantic relationship, they remained friends.

Did Wilson know Kaitlin Armstrong?

Strickland later became romantically linked to Armstrong again. I suspect Wilson.

One of Wilson’s friends claimed in the documentary that Armstrong randomly called Wilson and informed him that he had gotten back together with Strickland. Wilson’s mother also recalled that her daughter told her that Strickland’s girlfriend didn’t like him.

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Amid Armstrong’s growing concern for Wilson, Strickland changed the contact information on Wilson’s phone so Armstrong could not say they were still in contact.

But Armstrong allegedly continued to grow increasingly jealous, especially when he discovered that Strickland had hidden his contact information on Wilson’s phone.

What did Armstrong do to Wilson?

On May 11, 2022, Wilson was in Austin to attend a race and stay at a friend’s house. Earlier in the day, she asked Strickland if he wanted to catch up with her, and he suggested they go swimming and grab something to eat. Surveillance video from the restaurant shows the two chatting casually.

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Armstrong’s jealousy intensified when he discovered the two were hanging out after Strickland said he was running errands alone. According to GPS records, he tracked his phone and followed them in his car to the restaurant.

Strickland drove Wilson to his friend’s house and dropped him off at 8:36 p.m. Just a minute later, Armstrong’s black car was caught driving through the same neighborhood.

Around 9:15 p.m., Wilson’s friend’s security footage captured three gunshots. Wilson’s friend returned home about half an hour later, but it was too late, he was already dead.

How did Armstrong evade authorities before being caught?

When Wilson’s friend called police, police told them Strickland was the last person the cyclist had been with. Police interviewed Strickland, who appeared confused and silent, and confirmed that the car seen on surveillance cameras belonged to Armstrong.

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Police brought Armstrong in for questioning, but did not have enough information to file charges and Armstrong refused to answer any questions. He left the station, but within days authorities uncovered his car’s GPS data that placed him at the scene of the crime and learned that Strickland had purchased a gun that matched the gun used to kill Wilson.

On May 17, authorities issued a warrant for Armstrong’s arrest. However, they were unable to locate him and later learned that he had flown across the country to see his sister. He took his sister’s passport and boarded a plane to Costa Rica. While he was there, he met a plastic surgeon and had surgery. plastic surgery worth an estimated $6,000 Surgeon Dr. As Jorge Badilla says – including lip fillers, rhinoplasty and brow lifts – date line In 2024.

Authorities focused on the village where they believed Armstrong was staying, but they needed a way to bring him into public view and identify him. Because Armstrong is a former yoga instructor created a fake yoga instructor app and was arrested after responding to the job ad.

On June 29, 2022, Armstrong was extradited to the United States and charged with first degree murder and illegal flight to avoid prosecution.

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Just days before his trial was to begin, Armstrong attempted to escape after receiving medical attention from a facility outside the prison. KXAN reported In that case. He ran out of the office and tried to jump the fence for 10 minutes before he was caught.

What happened to Armstrong?

Armstrong pleads not guilty in Wilson murder trial started on November 1, 2023. Prosecutors used GPS data and DNA from the scene to prove Armstrong’s guilt.

Strickland also testified to Armstrong’s jealousy. He was found guilty of first-degree murder on November 16, 2023.

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Armstrong sentenced to 90 years in prison and served his sentence in Gatesville, Texas, with Dr. Lane Murray Unit is serving time at a Texas state prison.

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