TX Woman Wanted In Pro Cyclist's Death Captured In Costa Rica

AUSTIN, TX — The woman wanted in connection with the killing of professional off-road cyclist Anna Moriah "Mo" Wilson has been captured in Costa Rica after weeks on the run, the U.S. Marshal's Service announced Thursday.

Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, 34, of Austin, was taken into custody Thursday at a hostel at Santa Teresa Beach in Provincia de Puntarenas. Amstrong is suspected of killing the 25-year-old cyclist from Vermont after she reportedly dated Armstrong's boyfriend, authorities said.

Armstrong's arrest ends a nearly six-week-long pursuit. She will be deported and returned to the United States, authorities said.

Wilson was found in an East Austin home on May 11, unconscious and bleeding from multiple gunshot wounds, authorities said. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to a New York Times report, Armstrong was dating Colin Strickland, another star gravel cyclist. Wilson was also reportedly dating Strickland, the Times reported, citing police.

On the night she was killed, Wilson and Strickland reportedly visited the Deep Eddy pool in Austin, according to a police affidavit posted by The Austin American-Statesman. According to the affidavit, Strickland told police he began a romantic relationship with Wilson during a brief break in his relationship with Armstrong.

Surveillance footage placed a black Jeep Grand Cherokee, a vehicle similar to Armstrong's, near the scene of the shooting, according to a CNN report. Ballistics evidence confirmed that a handgun found at Armstrong and Strickland's house was the gun that was fired in Wilson's killing, police told CNN.

On May 14, Armstrong was spotted at Austin International Bergstrom Airport where she boarded a flight to Houston Hobby Airport, authorities said, before boarding a connecting Southwest Airlines flight to New York LaGuardia Airport.

Authorities later learned that Armstrong was dropped off at Newark Liberty International Airport on May 18. A search of outbound flights there revealed no reservations were made under Armstrong's name, authorities said.

According to police, Armstrong arrived in Costa Rica on May 18. Authorities also learned that prior to leaving Austin, Armstrong’s sold her Jeep to a CarMax dealership in south Austin for $12,200 dollars, which may have provided funds to aid in her escape.

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