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Kaitlin Armstrong: Detective Admits Cyclist Shooting Suspect Was Allowed to Leave the Country After Interrogation

by Sonal Shukla

Austin, Texas detective said in court Wednesday that Kaitlin Armstrong, the woman accused of killing pro cyclist Anna Moriah “Mo” Wilson and fleeing to a Costa Rican hideaway, was allowed to leave the state when she did. “I did not dispute her flight status,” Austin Police Department Detective Robert Merrill said of Armstrong, who according to media reports was allowed to return home.

Conner acknowledged that the 35-year-old was permitted to leave the state—and even the country—after her May 12 interview when questioned by Armstrong’s defense lawyer, Rick Cofer. 

Armstrong took a plane on May 14 to New York and then four days later to Costa Rica. Using a probable cause statement, Austin detectives issued a murder warrant for her arrest on May 17. Cofer requests the court to reject the probable cause statement due to many alleged flaws that indicate it was drafted with “reckless contempt for the truth.” 

In court on Wednesday, the prosecution supported the probable cause statement and refuted several of his concerns, including the assertions that the affidavit failed to specify the scene of the crime and that the veracity of the time stamps on the surveillance footage.

Conner’s initial interview with Armstrong is also being sought to be suppressed by Cofer, who claims that Austin police violated Armstrong’s constitutional rights by questioning her after she indicated that she wanted to leave.

Know How Cofer Wants to Attempt to Destroy Conner’s Initial Interview with Kaitlin Armstrong!!

Cofer is also attempting to have Conner’s initial interview with Kaitlin Armstrong destroyed because she believes Austin police violated Armstrong’s constitutional rights by questioning her after she made it clear that she wanted to leave. The defense attorney is arguing that Armstrong was on the run at the time of her May interview after she had just been charged with murder. 

Kaitlin Armstrong is charged with shooting Wilson to death over a gas station debt while driving her Ford Focus. Police say they located the SUV she was driving during a traffic stop and discovered a gun and marijuana inside it. Kaitlin Armstrong’s lawyer contends that she was unaware of the murder charge until after she arrived in Costa Rica and could not have committed it because she had gone into hiding in Mexico. Cofer alleges that Armstrong’s arrest warrant was legally flawed because an officer failed to explain why he believed there was a “reasonable likelihood” for Armstrong to flee. The court has not yet ruled on these motions. Armstrong’s defense team has criticized police for not obtaining a warrant to search Armstrong’s vehicle after the traffic stop.

Prosecutors have filed charges in the case, which is still before the court. 

Days before the renowned gravel cyclist was scheduled to take part in a competition in Hico, Wilson’s buddy discovered her slumped over in a pool of blood in the bathroom of the Austin residence. She was “shot many times.” 

Wilson and Strickland had been swimming in the Deep Eddy Pool earlier in the evening before going to the Pool Burger, a nearby bar and eatery. The affidavit claims that Strickland misled Armstrong about his location throughout the evening as he drove Wilson back to her friend’s house on his motorcycle. 

Court documents reveal Armstrong’s boyfriend Strickland repeatedly told police that he did not think Armstrong would have shot Wilson and that he did not think Armstrong was a jealous or angry person. 

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