The United States Marshals Service arrested fugitive Kaitlin Marie Armstrong in Costa Rica, suspected of killing a cyclist with whom her boyfriend allegedly had a relationship.
The arrest of the Texas yoga teacher this Wednesday culminated in a search of 43 days that also extended through several states before she was apprehended in the Central American country.
This Thursday, the federal authorities indicated that Armstrong, aged 43, was detained at Santa Teresa Beach, in the province of Puntarenas.
Federal Marshals worked together with Investigative officers from the Department of Homeland Security , the Diplomatic Security Service of the Department of State and authorities in Costa Rica to find the whereabouts of the woman.
“The Marshals Service raised the investigation against Kaitlin Armstrong to a major case status tea early in the investigation, which likely played a key role in his capture after 43 days on the run,” Susan Pamerleau, U.S. Marshal for the District of Columbia, said in a written statement. West Texas.
Suspect will be deported to the United States to face charges in connection with the past murder Anna Moriah Wilson, from 25, and who allegedly had a romantic relationship with the boyfriend of Colin Strickland, also a cyclist from 34.
“This is an example of how combined resources from local, state and local authorities , federal and international to stop a violent fugitive, puts an end to that career and hopefully a sense of closure to the family of the victim”, added Pamerleau in the statements that quote national media.
The yoga instructor allegedly used a false passport to board a United Airlines flight from Newark International Airport to Costa Rica, on 18 May, one day after officers in Austin, Texas issued an arrest warrant for him.
Last week, deputies found the fugitive’s black Jeep Grand Cherokee that she had sold for $12,200 dollars to a CarMax dealer in Austin on May 13.
According to the evidence handled by the investigators, the day after the transaction, the woman would have traveled from Austin Bergstrom International Airport to Houston Hobby, before taking another plane to LaGuardia Airport in New York.
The victim had traveled from San Francisco, California, to Texas to participate in a race in Hico, southwest of Fort Worth.
Wilson’s body was discovered by a friend of Wilson’s in a home in East Austin on Maple Avenue on 11 of May.
The Police spoke with Armstrong on 12 May, the day after the crime. Officers confronted her with surveillance video of her parking what would be her vehicle at the home Wilson was staying at. Allegedly, a minute earlier, the victim had returned to her house after swimming with Armstrong’s boyfriend.