Austin woman suspected of killing cyclist arrives in U.S.

AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin woman suspected of killing rising biking star Moriah Wilson in May has reportedly arrived in Houston after being arrested in Costa Rica earlier in the week.

Video obtained by KTRK, the ABC affiliate in Houston, exhibits Kaitlin Marie Armstrong being escorted by authorities at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston. Armstrong was seen leaving the airport in handcuffs. 

She is predicted to be booked on the Travis County Jail, however information present she just isn’t there but. Once she reaches Travis County, the sheriff’s workplace will set her bond at $3.5 million. If she posts bond, she will likely be required to give up her passport, undergo GPS monitoring and comply with an 8 p.m. to eight a.m. curfew. 

Armstrong has employed Austin legislation agency Cofer & Connelly to symbolize her.

Armstrong was captured on June 29 after being situated at a hostel on Santa Teresa Beach in Provincia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica, in keeping with the U.S. Marshals. The Marshals’ Office of International Operations, Homeland Security Investigations and the Department of State Diplomatic Security Service labored with authorities in Costa Rica to find and arrest the 34-year-old suspect. 

Investigators found that Armstrong had used a fraudulent passport to fly from Newark International Airport to Costa Rica on May 18. A photograph taken by Costa Rican authorities exhibits Armstrong minimize her once-long hair and dyed it brown. 

They additionally discovered she had been training yoga, a giant pastime of hers, and signed up for lessons utilizing the identical alias she used to guide the flight to Costa Rica.

“We know that she registered at specific yoga studios based on communication that was brought back to us here in the United States. So we knew she had a pattern of life, she was trying to extend that career possibly to be a yoga instructor, to get the knowledge of it,” Deputy Brandon Filla with the U.S. Marshal Service beforehand mentioned. 

Before she was arrested, the latest replace on Armstrong was that investigators realized she offered her automotive to a CarMax dealership in South Austin on May 13. She was given a test for $12,200 a day after being questioned by police. 

Armstrong flew out of the Austin airport on May 14 and was final identified to have been dropped off on the Newark Liberty International Airport on May 18. That was the identical day the Austin Police Department issued a murder warrant for her arrest in connection to Wilson’s homicide on May 11. 

On May 25, investigators obtained an arrest warrant for Armstrong for illegal flight to keep away from prosecution. That warrant is in addition to the prevailing murder warrant.

Armstrong was named as a suspect in Wilson’s dying whereas authorities investigated the cyclist’s dying. Wilson was discovered by a roommate on May 11 with a gunshot wound. She died that evening. 

Surveillance video confirmed an SUV stopped close to the house Wilson was at later concluded it was Armstrong’s. Armstrong was arrested and questioned, saying she heard of the dying however wasn’t in a position to clarify why her car was in the realm. 

She requested to go away and was launched as a result of her birthday was listed flawed on the Class B warrant, inflicting a authorized discrepancy. As the investigation continued, proof led officers to consider Armstrong killed Wilson. 

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