A Texas woman who stalked and killed her boyfriend’s love interest last year was sentenced on Friday to 90 years in prison.
Kaitlin Armstrong fled to Costa Rica after fatally shooting professional cyclist Moriah “Mo” Wilson, 25, in May 2022. KVUE reported that jurors convicted Armstrong on Thursday, following two hours of deliberations.
Though she did not face the death penalty, Armstrong faced a maximum of 99 years in prison.
Wilson was found shot multiple times at a friend’s Austin apartment, hours after meeting up with Armstrong’s then-boyfriend Colin Strickland.
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Prosecutors said Armstrong was tracking correspondence between Wilson and her boyfriend through a shared iPad. They also claimed that on the day of the murder, Armstrong managed to find where Wilson was staying in Austin through Strava, a fitness app that allowed users to log their workouts. Wilson reportedly logged a three-mile bike ride on the app shortly before her murder.
During a May 14 interrogation, police reportedly showed Armstrong footage of her car outside of the apartment where Wilson was found dead. The same day, Armstrong flew out of Austin and boarded a connecting flight to New York LaGuardia Airport.
According to reports, someone drove Armstrong to an airport in Newark, New Jersey, on May 18 — a day after a warrant was issued for her arrest. However, investigators found no outbound flight reservations listed under her name at the time.
Armstrong was on the run for 43 days before she was arrested in Costa Rica — where she spent thousands getting plastic surgery in an attempt to alter her appearance.
Forensic experts testified that Armstrong’s DNA was recovered from the crime scene.
*Additional reporting by Leigh Egan
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[Featured image: Kaitlin Armstrong/police, Colin Strickland/Flo Bikes, and Mo Wilson/family]
