After the arrest in Costa Rica of Kaitlin Armstrong, suspected of the murder of cyclist Moriah “Mo” Wilson, in the past 11 May, his bail was set at $3.5 million, according to Travis County, Texas records.
Armstrong, of 34 years old, was captured in a remote coastal town in Costa Rica last Wednesday after escaping for 43 days after the shooting death of Wilson in Austin, Texas.
The Travis County Sheriff’s Office reported that Armstrong was still in Costa Rica on Saturday morning. The suspect must surrender her passport before being released and monitored by GPS, according to county records.
Authorities in Austin questioned and released Armstrong on 12 in May before the suspect fled to New York and later to Costa Rica with a false passport. Armstrong remained in a shelter on the beach in Santa Teresa, located in the province of Puntarenas, the police said.
Armstrong is accused of shooting Wilson, who allegedly had an affair with her boyfriend, Colin Strickland, aged 34 in May.
Investigators suspect that Armstrong allegedly used a gun that Stickland purchased from him between December 2021 and January 2022, the which she used to kill Wilson, according to the arrest warrant.
The day after the murder, the suspect sold her black Jeep Grand Cherokee to a nearby CarMax dealer for $12,200 dollars, to escape to New York, the sheriff’s office indicated.
The authorities indicated that they knew Armstrong was in Costa Rica. This is due to dozens of clues received, which helped to find his whereabouts.
Armstrong boarded a United Airlines flight on 14 May from the Newark Liberti International Airport to San José, capital of Costa Rica, the authorities indicated.
“The Marshals Service raised the investigation of Kaitlin Armstrong to the status of a significant case early in this investigation, which likely played a key role in his capture,” said US Marshal for the Western District of Texas, Susan Pamerleau, in a statement announcing the arrest.
“ This is an example of the combined resources of local, state, federal and international authorities to apprehend a violent fugitive, end his career and hopefully a sense of closure for the victim’s family, Parmeleau added. .
An informer contacted the police on 14 in May to report that Armstrong was furious and shaking with rage after learning of Strickland and Wilson’s relationship, which Strickland cataloged of “brief fling” in October 2021, while he and Armstrong temporarily broke up, said a statement after Wilson’s death that was obtained by KVUE , via his reporter Tony Plohetski.
Armstrong currently faces a federal charge of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.