1 00:00:08,342 --> 00:00:09,910 Tonight, we're learning the victim of a deadly shooting 2 00:00:10,010 --> 00:00:12,813 in East Austin was a well-known cyclist. 3 00:00:12,913 --> 00:00:16,350 The idea that the killer stood over her is just 4 00:00:16,450 --> 00:00:17,818 chilling to me, chilling. 5 00:00:21,121 --> 00:00:23,924 This could have been the last person to see the victim alive. 6 00:00:24,024 --> 00:00:25,559 A lot of people in the community believe 7 00:00:25,659 --> 00:00:27,594 that he was quite the playboy. 8 00:00:27,694 --> 00:00:30,664 Immediately when I walk in-- very, very cold, 9 00:00:30,764 --> 00:00:32,633 heartless, blank stare. 10 00:00:32,733 --> 00:00:34,301 There really are no winners here. 11 00:00:34,401 --> 00:00:35,802 This is a time for prayer. 12 00:00:35,903 --> 00:00:39,172 The suspects' whereabouts were completely unknown. 13 00:00:39,273 --> 00:00:40,908 I remember thinking, like, 14 00:00:41,008 --> 00:00:42,242 "Innocent people don't run away." 15 00:01:13,540 --> 00:01:16,610 I heard this story on the news, and what really struck me was 16 00:01:16,710 --> 00:01:21,982 this really amazing cyclist getting murdered in cold blood. 17 00:01:22,082 --> 00:01:25,586 There were so many bizarre elements to this case. 18 00:01:25,686 --> 00:01:27,454 And the case kept escalating. 19 00:01:27,554 --> 00:01:29,623 It was like a real mystery, at first, about 20 00:01:29,723 --> 00:01:31,358 what happened to her. 21 00:01:31,458 --> 00:01:35,162 And it turns out it's about sex, betrayal, 22 00:01:35,262 --> 00:01:36,263 jealousy, and murder. 23 00:01:39,833 --> 00:01:43,136 In 2022, Anna Moriah Wilson is 25 years old, 24 00:01:43,236 --> 00:01:44,438 and known to her friends 25 00:01:44,538 --> 00:01:45,606 and family as Mo. 26 00:01:45,706 --> 00:01:46,807 She's a single woman 27 00:01:46,907 --> 00:01:48,642 and an up-and-coming professional cyclist 28 00:01:48,742 --> 00:01:50,277 living in San Francisco. 29 00:01:50,377 --> 00:01:52,479 We're joined with Moriah Wilson. 30 00:01:52,579 --> 00:01:54,481 You came down from Northern California. 31 00:01:54,581 --> 00:01:55,682 What do you think so far? 32 00:01:55,782 --> 00:01:57,517 The course seems sweet. 33 00:01:57,618 --> 00:01:58,952 It's great. I'm stoked to be here. 34 00:02:00,721 --> 00:02:04,257 Moriah grew up in Vermont, and she went to Dartmouth. 35 00:02:04,358 --> 00:02:06,526 She was this incredible athlete 36 00:02:06,627 --> 00:02:08,929 pretty much her entire life. 37 00:02:09,029 --> 00:02:10,731 I spoke to one of her high school friends, 38 00:02:10,831 --> 00:02:13,500 and she had said that Mo was the type of athlete that, 39 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:16,203 it was really all about, like, the camaraderie. 40 00:02:16,303 --> 00:02:18,972 She was just so encouraging to everyone. 41 00:02:19,072 --> 00:02:22,142 She was very outgoing and had a bubbly personality. 42 00:02:22,242 --> 00:02:23,977 She kind of lifted the people up around her. 43 00:02:25,012 --> 00:02:26,980 She came from a family of athletes. 44 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:29,650 Her father was on the U.S. ski team. 45 00:02:29,750 --> 00:02:31,785 She wanted to be an Olympic alpine skier, 46 00:02:31,885 --> 00:02:33,286 but unfortunately, 47 00:02:33,387 --> 00:02:35,856 she had a number of ACL injuries. 48 00:02:35,956 --> 00:02:38,091 Being in Vermont, you're skiing during the winter, 49 00:02:38,191 --> 00:02:39,459 and then in the summer, 50 00:02:39,559 --> 00:02:42,029 it's typical for those trails to still be open 51 00:02:42,129 --> 00:02:44,331 without snow for bike races. 52 00:02:44,431 --> 00:02:47,200 And so when she got injured, she ended up switching over 53 00:02:47,300 --> 00:02:48,969 to gravel racing. 54 00:02:49,069 --> 00:02:52,406 Gravel racing is-- it's almost like an extreme sport. 55 00:02:52,506 --> 00:02:55,142 They're not just doing a regular cycling, like, 56 00:02:55,242 --> 00:02:56,543 in the neighborhood or anything like that. 57 00:02:56,643 --> 00:02:58,945 They're out in the mountains, they're going up and down these 58 00:02:59,046 --> 00:03:03,884 huge hills, and you're doing it at really fast paces. 59 00:03:03,984 --> 00:03:05,318 - You enjoy the climbs? - Yes. 60 00:03:05,419 --> 00:03:07,287 - You enjoy a 10,000-foot day? - Yes. 61 00:03:07,387 --> 00:03:09,156 I probably won't be thinking that when I'm out there 62 00:03:09,256 --> 00:03:11,258 riding tomorrow, but, yeah. 63 00:03:11,358 --> 00:03:13,627 Immediately after picking up gravel racing, 64 00:03:13,727 --> 00:03:15,328 she started winning races. 65 00:03:15,429 --> 00:03:18,532 She was deemed as being one of the best in the U.S. 66 00:03:18,632 --> 00:03:20,934 Every race that she would compete in, she would win, 67 00:03:21,034 --> 00:03:24,171 but not only just win, she would win by a lot. 68 00:03:24,271 --> 00:03:27,507 Mo Wilson, phenomenal race! Congratulations, first of all. 69 00:03:27,607 --> 00:03:28,675 Thank you so much. 70 00:03:28,775 --> 00:03:30,744 I cannot wait to see what you're able to do 71 00:03:30,844 --> 00:03:32,245 at the next stop in Emporia, 72 00:03:32,345 --> 00:03:34,781 and I hope you can just really soak up this win. 73 00:03:34,881 --> 00:03:36,283 In May of 2022, 74 00:03:36,383 --> 00:03:38,151 just before her 26th birthday, 75 00:03:38,251 --> 00:03:42,556 Mo goes to Texas to participate in the Gravel Local Road Race. 76 00:03:42,656 --> 00:03:46,126 It's a 157-mile bike race. 77 00:03:46,226 --> 00:03:48,061 She stops in Austin for a couple of days 78 00:03:48,161 --> 00:03:50,530 to visit friends before heading to Hico. 79 00:03:50,630 --> 00:03:52,399 But in a dark twist of fate, 80 00:03:52,499 --> 00:03:55,736 her weekend trip turns into a nightmare. 81 00:04:28,802 --> 00:04:30,337 Austin, police! 82 00:04:35,542 --> 00:04:37,144 Hey. 83 00:04:38,812 --> 00:04:40,413 Do I stop? 84 00:04:40,514 --> 00:04:42,849 I don't know what happened, I just walked in on her. 85 00:04:44,217 --> 00:04:45,719 OK. 86 00:05:11,278 --> 00:05:12,612 She was pronounced deceased, 87 00:05:12,712 --> 00:05:14,347 so officers immediately called 88 00:05:14,447 --> 00:05:16,616 the Austin Police Department Homicide Unit. 89 00:05:16,716 --> 00:05:18,852 While the patrolmen wait for homicide to arrive, 90 00:05:18,952 --> 00:05:21,922 they talk with the 911 caller who resides at the apartment 91 00:05:22,022 --> 00:05:23,924 and is friends with the victim. 92 00:05:24,024 --> 00:05:27,260 Her name was Kaitlin Cash. She goes by Cash. 93 00:05:53,453 --> 00:05:54,654 She seemed distraught. 94 00:05:54,754 --> 00:05:56,156 She was very concerned for her friend, 95 00:05:56,256 --> 00:05:58,391 and she was very forthcoming about information 96 00:05:58,491 --> 00:05:59,593 to try and help. 97 00:06:07,300 --> 00:06:09,970 We learned that her real name is Anna Moriah Wilson, 98 00:06:10,070 --> 00:06:11,972 but she actually goes by Moriah, 99 00:06:12,072 --> 00:06:14,374 and most of her friends actually refer to her as Mo. 100 00:06:24,885 --> 00:06:26,853 Kaitlin Cash is taken to the station, 101 00:06:26,953 --> 00:06:29,556 while Homicide detective Tim Price is notified 102 00:06:29,656 --> 00:06:31,458 that he's caught a case. 103 00:06:31,558 --> 00:06:33,093 So, when I arrived at the scene, 104 00:06:33,193 --> 00:06:35,762 the patrol officers that had already responded 105 00:06:35,862 --> 00:06:37,631 had taped off the crime scene. 106 00:06:37,731 --> 00:06:41,968 They had the entrances and exits to the alleys sealed off. 107 00:06:42,068 --> 00:06:44,271 Looking at the apartment from the alleyway, 108 00:06:44,371 --> 00:06:45,639 it looked very normal. 109 00:06:47,474 --> 00:06:49,676 I didn't see anything from outside that led me to believe 110 00:06:49,776 --> 00:06:51,978 that somebody had forced their way into the apartment. 111 00:06:54,281 --> 00:06:56,616 Inside the apartment, all the possibilities are going 112 00:06:56,716 --> 00:06:57,651 through my mind. 113 00:06:57,751 --> 00:07:00,186 Is this some type of burglary or robbery, 114 00:07:00,287 --> 00:07:01,588 an attempted assault? 115 00:07:01,688 --> 00:07:03,823 You could see the victim from the front door. 116 00:07:03,924 --> 00:07:06,860 About half her body was sticking outside 117 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:08,028 of the bathroom area. 118 00:07:09,162 --> 00:07:11,998 She did have what appeared to be shot wounds. 119 00:07:12,098 --> 00:07:15,001 There are two gunshots to the victim's face, 120 00:07:15,101 --> 00:07:17,070 and blood surrounds her head and neck. 121 00:07:18,204 --> 00:07:21,508 We noticed two fired cartridge cases in the kitchen area, 122 00:07:21,608 --> 00:07:25,845 so it appeared from first glance that somebody had stood 123 00:07:25,946 --> 00:07:28,548 near the doorway and possibly shot the victim 124 00:07:28,648 --> 00:07:29,983 from a few feet away. 125 00:07:31,084 --> 00:07:33,153 We collected those cartridge cases, 126 00:07:33,253 --> 00:07:35,555 and both of them were 9-millimeter rounds. 127 00:07:36,790 --> 00:07:38,892 We can try to match those cases 128 00:07:38,992 --> 00:07:40,527 if we end up recovering a fire arm 129 00:07:40,627 --> 00:07:42,028 while working the case. 130 00:07:42,128 --> 00:07:46,099 Then, police discover a third gunshot wound and a bullet. 131 00:07:46,199 --> 00:07:48,868 And the bullet actually went right through her 132 00:07:48,969 --> 00:07:50,937 and wedged itself into the floor. 133 00:07:53,106 --> 00:07:55,542 The only way to receive that type of injury is 134 00:07:55,642 --> 00:07:59,713 for a person to stand directly over that person and shoot them. 135 00:07:59,813 --> 00:08:02,415 That is just a very cold-blooded, 136 00:08:02,515 --> 00:08:03,783 evil thing to do. 137 00:08:07,620 --> 00:08:10,490 To shoot somebody, then to walk across and stand over them 138 00:08:10,590 --> 00:08:11,891 and shoot them again. 139 00:08:11,992 --> 00:08:14,694 The killer wanted to make sure that the victim was dead. 140 00:08:16,429 --> 00:08:20,266 Whoever did this, it was a very personal act. 141 00:08:20,367 --> 00:08:23,436 I believe that most likely the suspect knew the victim. 142 00:08:23,536 --> 00:08:26,172 It was an execution-style killing. 143 00:08:26,272 --> 00:08:29,109 Somebody wanted her dead. The question was, why? 144 00:08:29,209 --> 00:08:33,079 Why would somebody want this young cyclist dead? 145 00:08:34,180 --> 00:08:36,783 Cash told us that Moriah met up with an individual 146 00:08:36,883 --> 00:08:38,818 named Colin Strickland that night. 147 00:08:44,691 --> 00:08:46,593 He potentially could be a suspect, 148 00:08:46,693 --> 00:08:49,796 so it was extremely important to locate Colin. 149 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:55,568 If he was the last person to see her alive, 150 00:08:55,668 --> 00:08:57,504 we needed to talk to this guy right away. 151 00:09:15,221 --> 00:09:16,589 In the Homicide office, 152 00:09:16,689 --> 00:09:19,325 Cash indicated that Moriah didn't really know many people 153 00:09:19,426 --> 00:09:20,627 in the Austin area. 154 00:09:29,169 --> 00:09:33,073 Colin Strickland was another really well-known gravel racer 155 00:09:33,173 --> 00:09:35,308 that was kind of a celebrity 156 00:09:35,408 --> 00:09:38,511 in that realm of the cycling community. 157 00:09:38,611 --> 00:09:41,347 Colin Strickland is a 35-year-old cyclist, 158 00:09:41,448 --> 00:09:44,317 he had a lot of sponsors, but he wasn't winning 159 00:09:44,417 --> 00:09:47,120 as many races as he had when he was younger. 160 00:09:47,220 --> 00:09:48,521 A lot of people in the community believe 161 00:09:48,621 --> 00:09:50,924 that he was, you know, quite the playboy. 162 00:10:06,806 --> 00:10:09,609 Their relationship was only about a week. 163 00:10:09,709 --> 00:10:12,045 And this was back in October. 164 00:10:12,145 --> 00:10:14,581 They were still communicating every now and then. 165 00:10:14,681 --> 00:10:16,983 But at this point, they were just friends. 166 00:10:18,818 --> 00:10:21,821 Cash was able to give us a pretty good timeline 167 00:10:21,921 --> 00:10:23,756 of what took place the night before. 168 00:10:24,891 --> 00:10:26,559 Cash told Moriah that she was going to be out 169 00:10:26,659 --> 00:10:27,694 with other friends. 170 00:10:27,794 --> 00:10:29,062 Cash ended up leaving, 171 00:10:29,162 --> 00:10:30,597 and Moriah was still at the house. 172 00:10:37,003 --> 00:10:38,805 Cash arrived back to the apartment 173 00:10:38,905 --> 00:10:40,840 around 9:55 PM. 174 00:10:52,452 --> 00:10:54,587 And that's when Cash saw that Moriah was unresponsive 175 00:10:54,687 --> 00:10:55,822 and was bleeding. 176 00:10:59,392 --> 00:11:01,427 Although Kaitlin Cash wasn't home most of the night, 177 00:11:01,528 --> 00:11:03,530 she knew when her front door was locked or unlocked. 178 00:11:13,339 --> 00:11:16,709 Cash was able to tell me that Moriah had locked the door 179 00:11:16,809 --> 00:11:18,311 at 5:55 PM. 180 00:11:18,411 --> 00:11:19,379 When she was leaving. 181 00:11:21,214 --> 00:11:23,983 Cash then got an alert at 8:36 PM 182 00:11:24,083 --> 00:11:26,319 indicating that the door was unlocked 183 00:11:26,419 --> 00:11:28,555 and Moriah had probably just arrived home. 184 00:11:32,859 --> 00:11:35,495 This told me that the murder had to have occurred 185 00:11:35,595 --> 00:11:37,564 somewhere between 8:36 PM 186 00:11:37,664 --> 00:11:39,032 and 9:55 PM. 187 00:11:40,700 --> 00:11:44,304 Cash also told us that Moriah's bike was missing. 188 00:11:52,478 --> 00:11:54,948 I told that to the deputies at the crime scene. 189 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:02,655 It was a really expensive bike, 190 00:12:02,755 --> 00:12:04,224 and so police wondered, 191 00:12:04,324 --> 00:12:06,993 you know, is robbery the motive here? 192 00:12:07,093 --> 00:12:09,796 Detectives at the crime scene began canvassing the area, 193 00:12:09,896 --> 00:12:13,199 looking for surveillance video, witnesses, and any evidence 194 00:12:13,433 --> 00:12:15,101 that could have been left behind. 195 00:12:16,402 --> 00:12:17,870 While canvassing the neighborhood, 196 00:12:17,971 --> 00:12:20,740 one of the patrol officers located a bicycle 197 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:22,508 down the alleyway from the apartment. 198 00:12:22,609 --> 00:12:25,612 It appeared that it had been thrown into some bushes. 199 00:12:25,712 --> 00:12:27,780 432, I located the bike. 200 00:12:28,581 --> 00:12:29,849 I did know right away that 201 00:12:29,949 --> 00:12:32,819 we wanted that bicycle preserved till we could collect it, 202 00:12:32,919 --> 00:12:35,221 swab it for prints, DNA. 203 00:12:35,321 --> 00:12:37,056 I Googled the brand of the bicycle 204 00:12:37,156 --> 00:12:40,126 and learned that it was probably a $10,000 or $12,000 205 00:12:40,226 --> 00:12:42,462 professional racing bike. 206 00:12:42,562 --> 00:12:44,664 Detectives wondered, like, "Why wouldn't you take 207 00:12:44,764 --> 00:12:46,132 a $12,000 bicycle?" 208 00:12:46,232 --> 00:12:48,001 Why would you just discard it? 209 00:12:48,101 --> 00:12:51,104 I felt after observing that, that a property crime wasn't 210 00:12:51,204 --> 00:12:54,440 at play here, that somebody didn't come in here 211 00:12:54,540 --> 00:12:56,276 to steal some stuff. 212 00:12:56,376 --> 00:13:00,013 Then the neighborhood canvas also produces another lead. 213 00:13:00,113 --> 00:13:03,416 We did find one resident, probably about 15 feet 214 00:13:03,516 --> 00:13:05,518 from where the stairs go up to the apartment, 215 00:13:05,618 --> 00:13:08,354 who had video footage from their front door. 216 00:13:08,454 --> 00:13:12,058 And so we're really zoned in on video from about 8:00 PM 217 00:13:12,158 --> 00:13:13,993 to approximately 9:50 PM. 218 00:13:15,094 --> 00:13:18,364 That's when detectives spot a suspicious vehicle driving by 219 00:13:18,464 --> 00:13:22,235 repeatedly on the street near Kaitlin Cash's apartment. 220 00:13:22,335 --> 00:13:26,205 It was a dark-colored SUV. It appeared to be a Jeep. 221 00:13:26,306 --> 00:13:29,776 The Jeep Cherokee has a luggage rack on the top, 222 00:13:29,876 --> 00:13:32,412 but also a bicycle rack on the back, 223 00:13:32,512 --> 00:13:35,048 and then, chrome windows. 224 00:13:35,148 --> 00:13:36,716 The driver didn't appear to be 225 00:13:36,816 --> 00:13:38,618 driving like they were going somewhere, 226 00:13:38,718 --> 00:13:41,087 we could see that they kept stopping and slowing down. 227 00:13:41,187 --> 00:13:42,955 So that stuck out right away. 228 00:13:43,056 --> 00:13:45,825 Unfortunately, what they don't see is the driver 229 00:13:45,925 --> 00:13:48,328 of the vehicle or the license plate 230 00:13:48,428 --> 00:13:50,763 because the bicycle rack is covering 231 00:13:50,863 --> 00:13:52,699 the license plate numbers. 232 00:13:52,799 --> 00:13:54,600 That resident also had a camera 233 00:13:54,701 --> 00:13:56,569 that faced the alleyway. 234 00:13:58,037 --> 00:14:01,507 At 8:37 PM., this black SUV begins slowing down, 235 00:14:01,607 --> 00:14:03,509 almost coming to a stop 236 00:14:03,609 --> 00:14:06,479 right next to the door of Cash's apartment. 237 00:14:06,579 --> 00:14:10,116 This is one after Moriah had just walked inside. 238 00:14:14,487 --> 00:14:15,688 As dawn approaches, 239 00:14:15,788 --> 00:14:18,257 the next order of business is speaking to the last person 240 00:14:18,358 --> 00:14:20,660 who potentially saw Moriah alive-- 241 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:22,095 Colin Strickland. 242 00:14:23,896 --> 00:14:26,265 When officers arrived to Colin's house, 243 00:14:26,366 --> 00:14:29,902 they notified me that there was a black SUV in the driveway. 244 00:14:30,002 --> 00:14:31,904 It had a luggage rack on the roof, 245 00:14:32,004 --> 00:14:33,539 it had chrome around the windows, 246 00:14:33,639 --> 00:14:35,808 and it had a large bike rack that was mounted 247 00:14:35,908 --> 00:14:37,510 onto the back trailer hitch. 248 00:14:37,610 --> 00:14:41,114 This vehicle matched the exact description of what I had seen 249 00:14:41,214 --> 00:14:44,717 on video surveillance one minute after Moriah had entered 250 00:14:44,817 --> 00:14:46,619 into her residence. 251 00:14:46,719 --> 00:14:49,122 At this point, we're starting to think we might actually 252 00:14:49,222 --> 00:14:51,624 have our suspect. This might be our guy. 253 00:14:52,859 --> 00:14:55,027 I thought maybe Colin had gotten into 254 00:14:55,128 --> 00:14:56,095 a fight with Moriah. 255 00:14:56,195 --> 00:14:58,064 And after he dropped Moriah off, 256 00:14:58,164 --> 00:14:59,699 he couldn't get over this argument, 257 00:14:59,799 --> 00:15:01,033 circled around the block, 258 00:15:01,134 --> 00:15:04,203 and then returned to Cash's apartment. 259 00:15:04,303 --> 00:15:06,539 Suspicious of Colin Strickland from the get-go, 260 00:15:06,639 --> 00:15:09,008 detectives wanna see how he reacts to the news 261 00:15:09,108 --> 00:15:10,209 of her death. 262 00:15:10,309 --> 00:15:13,312 Detective Spitler finds Colin working in his garage. 263 00:16:04,030 --> 00:16:05,965 He was definitely a person of interest at that point, 264 00:16:06,065 --> 00:16:07,900 so he was brought into the Homicide office 265 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:09,035 for an interview. 266 00:16:10,703 --> 00:16:13,539 During Colin's interview, he stated that he knew Mo 267 00:16:13,639 --> 00:16:14,807 from the cycling world. 268 00:16:14,907 --> 00:16:16,742 He seemed to speak really highly of her. 269 00:16:32,225 --> 00:16:34,193 Colin indicates that he lives with his girlfriend, 270 00:16:34,293 --> 00:16:36,429 Kaitlin Armstrong, but the couple was on a break 271 00:16:36,529 --> 00:16:38,731 in the fall, when he was sleeping with Moriah. 272 00:16:51,244 --> 00:16:52,378 Him and Kaitlin got back together 273 00:16:52,478 --> 00:16:53,980 a few months later, 274 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:55,948 but he was still talking to Mo. 275 00:16:56,048 --> 00:17:00,253 It did seem that he was maybe playing both sides. 276 00:17:00,353 --> 00:17:02,955 After learning about Colin's complicated relationship 277 00:17:03,055 --> 00:17:04,423 with both Kaitlin and Mo, 278 00:17:04,524 --> 00:17:07,059 Detective Spitler turns the conversation back 279 00:17:07,159 --> 00:17:08,127 to the night of the murder. 280 00:17:22,808 --> 00:17:24,877 Colin tells Detective Spitler that they wrapped up 281 00:17:24,977 --> 00:17:26,913 at Pool Burger around 8:00 PM. 282 00:17:31,851 --> 00:17:33,953 While this interview was ongoing, 283 00:17:34,053 --> 00:17:37,123 officers were able to locate video from Pool Burger, 284 00:17:37,223 --> 00:17:39,992 indicating that Colin's story about him and Moriah 285 00:17:40,092 --> 00:17:42,628 at Pool Burger was actually correct. 286 00:17:42,728 --> 00:17:43,763 We left Pool Burger... 287 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:56,876 Colin Strickland told detectives that he dropped her off 288 00:17:56,976 --> 00:17:58,945 around 8:30, and that was it. 289 00:18:00,379 --> 00:18:02,848 Colin indicated that he had been messaging Moriah 290 00:18:02,949 --> 00:18:04,317 throughout the day. 291 00:18:04,417 --> 00:18:06,285 If I could see those messages. 292 00:18:06,385 --> 00:18:08,120 What I found interesting, though, 293 00:18:08,220 --> 00:18:10,556 the messages weren't from Moriah, 294 00:18:10,656 --> 00:18:12,358 but it was from someone named Christine. 295 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:15,328 I asked Colin about this. 296 00:18:27,506 --> 00:18:29,675 Colin said to them that his girlfriend, 297 00:18:29,775 --> 00:18:31,744 Kaitlin Armstrong, was very jealous. 298 00:18:36,115 --> 00:18:38,351 He said that any time that he speaks with Moriah, 299 00:18:38,451 --> 00:18:40,353 that Kaitlin would become angry. 300 00:18:41,854 --> 00:18:44,290 In the interview, Colin is trying to show that 301 00:18:44,390 --> 00:18:46,592 there's some jealousy issues on Kaitlin's side. 302 00:18:49,395 --> 00:18:53,466 But there's also the question of whether or not Colin was 303 00:18:53,566 --> 00:18:56,702 starting to get in too deep and maybe something happened 304 00:18:56,802 --> 00:18:58,471 and he needed to get rid of Moriah. 305 00:19:10,650 --> 00:19:11,617 Yeah. 306 00:19:16,722 --> 00:19:19,125 When Colin started talking about Kaitlin Armstrong, 307 00:19:19,225 --> 00:19:21,927 he didn't talk about her in kind of a way 308 00:19:22,028 --> 00:19:24,430 that you would typically think a boyfriend would talk 309 00:19:24,530 --> 00:19:25,665 about their girlfriend. 310 00:19:32,471 --> 00:19:33,572 Colin tells police, 311 00:19:33,673 --> 00:19:35,107 in addition to running and operating 312 00:19:35,207 --> 00:19:37,576 an RV renovation business together, 313 00:19:37,677 --> 00:19:40,980 Kaitlin Armstrong also works in finance and real estate, 314 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:43,149 and she teaches yoga on the side. 315 00:19:43,249 --> 00:19:45,317 They've been together for a couple of years, 316 00:19:45,418 --> 00:19:47,053 but Kaitlin has a jealous side. 317 00:19:48,888 --> 00:19:52,458 We learned at one point that after the relationship 318 00:19:52,558 --> 00:19:54,226 that him and Moriah had, 319 00:19:54,326 --> 00:19:56,762 that Kaitlin had actually called Moriah 320 00:19:56,862 --> 00:19:58,397 and told her to stay away. 321 00:20:04,870 --> 00:20:06,105 Moriah was shocked. 322 00:20:06,205 --> 00:20:08,074 I don't think Moriah knew 323 00:20:08,174 --> 00:20:11,277 that Kaitlin and Colin were back together. 324 00:20:12,845 --> 00:20:14,980 Then, detectives asked Colin Strickland 325 00:20:15,081 --> 00:20:17,483 about the Jeep that they find in his driveway. 326 00:20:28,994 --> 00:20:31,864 I'm thinking he's distancing himself from the Jeep. 327 00:20:31,964 --> 00:20:35,000 He's trying to demean her or speak poorly of her. 328 00:20:35,101 --> 00:20:38,571 Is he trying to possibly pin it on Kaitlin? 329 00:20:40,740 --> 00:20:44,510 I told Colin that there was video showing Kaitlin's Jeep 330 00:20:44,610 --> 00:20:45,778 in the neighborhood. 331 00:21:37,229 --> 00:21:39,765 This raised some red flags because the casings 332 00:21:39,865 --> 00:21:43,202 and the cartridges at the crime scene were also 9 millimeters. 333 00:21:55,147 --> 00:21:58,818 He stated that he had bought two guns a few months before. 334 00:21:58,918 --> 00:22:00,553 One of them was his, 335 00:22:00,653 --> 00:22:03,389 and he had given one of them to Kaitlin. 336 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:16,769 I started thinking, "OK, who's Kaitlin Armstrong?" 337 00:22:16,869 --> 00:22:18,437 What does she have to do with this? 338 00:22:18,537 --> 00:22:19,972 We're gonna need to talk to her as well. 339 00:22:22,441 --> 00:22:23,309 She's brought in. 340 00:22:23,409 --> 00:22:25,177 They place her in the interrogation room. 341 00:22:28,347 --> 00:22:31,183 Kaitlin's boyfriend was brought in hours before 342 00:22:31,283 --> 00:22:33,252 about a homicide investigation, 343 00:22:33,352 --> 00:22:36,822 and she's not asking any questions about Colin, 344 00:22:36,922 --> 00:22:38,324 which was odd to us. 345 00:22:39,959 --> 00:22:42,094 I asked her, have you heard what happened 346 00:22:42,194 --> 00:22:43,762 in the past 24 hours? 347 00:22:54,573 --> 00:22:57,743 I think you'll see with people that are innocent, 348 00:22:57,843 --> 00:22:59,378 they're asking a lot of questions. - Right. 349 00:22:59,478 --> 00:23:01,714 "What am I doing here? Why am I talking to you?" 350 00:23:08,087 --> 00:23:09,088 Mmm... 351 00:23:14,093 --> 00:23:15,628 If you're guilty, you're probably gonna 352 00:23:15,728 --> 00:23:16,762 sit there and say nothing. 353 00:23:16,862 --> 00:23:17,897 - Yeah. - She just sat there 354 00:23:17,997 --> 00:23:19,465 and would barely say anything to you. 355 00:23:33,879 --> 00:23:35,547 You could tell she was, she was done. 356 00:23:35,648 --> 00:23:37,349 She wanted to get out of that room. 357 00:23:38,350 --> 00:23:40,986 So at that point, I kind of throw out this Hail Mary. 358 00:23:49,762 --> 00:23:52,531 She doesn't make any denials. 359 00:23:52,631 --> 00:23:55,634 She doesn't explain why her vehicle was over there. 360 00:23:55,734 --> 00:23:57,503 And that was the turning point of the interview 361 00:23:57,603 --> 00:24:00,105 that I was like, "OK, we are on the right track." 362 00:24:00,205 --> 00:24:02,241 This was 100% her vehicle. 363 00:24:02,341 --> 00:24:04,176 There's no doubt in my mind at this point. 364 00:24:11,583 --> 00:24:14,253 At this point, Kaitlin and Colin are both suspects, 365 00:24:14,353 --> 00:24:16,422 so Detective Connor collects their phones 366 00:24:16,522 --> 00:24:20,092 while Detective Price gets a warrant to search their house. 367 00:24:20,192 --> 00:24:22,528 At the residence, detectives found 368 00:24:22,628 --> 00:24:24,196 two 9-millimeter handguns, 369 00:24:24,296 --> 00:24:26,131 and both of them were seized as evidence. 370 00:24:27,733 --> 00:24:31,503 That morning, news breaks that Mo Wilson has been murdered. 371 00:24:32,137 --> 00:24:33,872 Tonight, we're learning the victim of a deadly shooting 372 00:24:33,973 --> 00:24:37,543 in East Austin earlier this week was a well-known cyclist. 373 00:24:37,643 --> 00:24:41,680 25-year-old Moriah Wilson was shot multiple times 374 00:24:41,780 --> 00:24:42,948 late Wednesday night. 375 00:24:48,053 --> 00:24:51,590 The cycling community was devastated when they found out 376 00:24:51,690 --> 00:24:52,791 about Moriah's passing. 377 00:24:52,891 --> 00:24:56,128 She just seemed to float around like an angel, 378 00:24:56,228 --> 00:24:58,230 and everyone's just sort of reeling from it. 379 00:24:58,330 --> 00:25:01,867 It's just tragic, and it's sad for Austin 380 00:25:01,967 --> 00:25:04,069 and all of the Austin bike community. 381 00:25:04,169 --> 00:25:06,405 The moment we cease to hold each other, 382 00:25:06,505 --> 00:25:08,307 the moment we break faith with one another, 383 00:25:08,407 --> 00:25:09,575 the light goes out. 384 00:25:11,143 --> 00:25:13,512 I spoke with Moriah's family and expressed 385 00:25:13,612 --> 00:25:14,813 my condolences to them. 386 00:25:15,914 --> 00:25:19,151 It was difficult for them to accept that their daughter 387 00:25:19,251 --> 00:25:20,452 had been killed. 388 00:25:22,321 --> 00:25:25,257 While police are investigating the murder of Mo Wilson, 389 00:25:25,357 --> 00:25:29,161 back in Vermont, her family is putting together a memorial 390 00:25:29,261 --> 00:25:32,331 and they put out a statement about the race. 391 00:25:32,431 --> 00:25:35,300 Ahead of today's Gravel Locos race in Hico, 392 00:25:35,401 --> 00:25:38,270 her family published a statement saying she was, quote, 393 00:25:38,370 --> 00:25:41,206 "Always pushing tirelessly to reach her goals." 394 00:25:41,306 --> 00:25:42,374 The family adding, 395 00:25:42,474 --> 00:25:45,177 "We know Moriah would want the event to carry on." 396 00:25:47,413 --> 00:25:49,114 Around this time, detectives returned 397 00:25:49,214 --> 00:25:51,116 to the neighborhood where the murder occurred 398 00:25:51,216 --> 00:25:53,085 to see if they can find any additional video 399 00:25:53,185 --> 00:25:56,188 to confirm that Colin did actually drop Moriah off 400 00:25:56,288 --> 00:25:57,990 on his motorcycle, and leave. 401 00:25:58,090 --> 00:26:00,092 At one of the houses in particular, 402 00:26:00,192 --> 00:26:02,594 they had actually opened the door to the carport 403 00:26:02,694 --> 00:26:06,632 at 8:36, which activated the motion sensor camera. 404 00:26:06,732 --> 00:26:08,167 At that same time, 405 00:26:08,267 --> 00:26:09,935 Colin's motorcycle can be seen 406 00:26:10,035 --> 00:26:11,570 driving in the alleyway, 407 00:26:11,670 --> 00:26:13,739 leaving from Cash's residence. 408 00:26:14,740 --> 00:26:18,010 And we saw the black Jeep a minute later. 409 00:26:18,110 --> 00:26:21,246 This confirmed that Colin was, in fact, telling the truth 410 00:26:21,346 --> 00:26:24,183 about being on his motorcycle, and he was not driving 411 00:26:24,283 --> 00:26:25,350 Kaitlin's black Jeep. 412 00:26:27,319 --> 00:26:28,887 Not long afterwards, 413 00:26:28,987 --> 00:26:31,490 police get a two hour long tape, 414 00:26:31,590 --> 00:26:33,725 and it turns out to be one of the most frightening 415 00:26:33,826 --> 00:26:36,061 pieces of evidence in the entire case. 416 00:26:37,096 --> 00:26:39,565 It was a continuously recording doorbell camera 417 00:26:39,665 --> 00:26:42,334 that was across the street from where this murder occurred. 418 00:26:43,335 --> 00:26:45,604 I was typing my report, and I had this video playing 419 00:26:45,704 --> 00:26:46,805 in the background. 420 00:26:46,905 --> 00:26:48,807 Any time that I heard a vehicle passing by, 421 00:26:48,907 --> 00:26:51,110 I would review the camera, see if it is the vehicle 422 00:26:51,210 --> 00:26:52,611 that was in question, 423 00:26:52,711 --> 00:26:54,413 and the video continued to play. 424 00:27:00,552 --> 00:27:01,453 On the video, 425 00:27:01,553 --> 00:27:04,523 at approximately 9:15 PM, 426 00:27:04,623 --> 00:27:07,092 I heard a female screaming. 427 00:27:12,464 --> 00:27:14,266 There were two gunshots, 428 00:27:14,366 --> 00:27:16,001 a six-second pause, 429 00:27:16,101 --> 00:27:18,137 and a third and final gunshot. 430 00:27:19,972 --> 00:27:23,475 I now had the exact moment of when this murder occurred. 431 00:27:25,010 --> 00:27:27,713 I listened to it, and it was heartbreaking. 432 00:27:27,813 --> 00:27:28,914 In that moment, I kind of felt 433 00:27:29,014 --> 00:27:30,449 like I was standing in her shoes. 434 00:27:37,156 --> 00:27:38,190 The following day, 435 00:27:38,290 --> 00:27:40,225 Colin Strickland and Kaitlin Armstrong's 436 00:27:40,325 --> 00:27:42,361 cell phone data comes in. 437 00:27:42,461 --> 00:27:44,663 Colin's phone was pinging away from the scene 438 00:27:44,763 --> 00:27:47,399 when we knew the murder occurred. 439 00:27:47,499 --> 00:27:50,302 So we started to focus on Kaitlin's phone records. 440 00:27:50,869 --> 00:27:53,772 Those records indicated that she had left her residence 441 00:27:53,872 --> 00:27:55,207 around 7:00 PM, 442 00:27:55,307 --> 00:27:57,209 traveled into downtown Austin, 443 00:27:57,309 --> 00:27:59,811 and then was driving around through the area 444 00:27:59,912 --> 00:28:03,182 before beginning to head into East Austin, 445 00:28:03,282 --> 00:28:05,184 where this murder occurred. 446 00:28:05,284 --> 00:28:07,219 At about 7:30 PM, 447 00:28:07,319 --> 00:28:09,254 her device is no longer communicating 448 00:28:09,354 --> 00:28:11,223 with the network towers. 449 00:28:11,323 --> 00:28:13,458 Kaitlin's phone did not reconnect to a tower 450 00:28:13,559 --> 00:28:15,360 until 9:55 PM. 451 00:28:15,460 --> 00:28:17,029 Showing to be at her residence. 452 00:28:18,397 --> 00:28:20,599 It appears that Kaitlin's phone was turned off 453 00:28:20,699 --> 00:28:22,768 during the time the murder took place. 454 00:28:22,868 --> 00:28:24,236 And although this is suspicious, 455 00:28:24,336 --> 00:28:26,838 there still isn't enough evidence to arrest her. 456 00:28:26,939 --> 00:28:30,709 But that all changes six days after Mo's murder. 457 00:28:30,809 --> 00:28:33,145 On May 17th, we actually received 458 00:28:33,245 --> 00:28:35,080 a ballistics report back, 459 00:28:35,180 --> 00:28:37,583 saying that the ballistics did match the bullet fragments 460 00:28:37,683 --> 00:28:38,684 from the scene. 461 00:28:40,118 --> 00:28:43,255 The handgun that it matched was Kaitlin's Sig Sauer. 462 00:28:45,891 --> 00:28:48,627 From the phone data, we knew that Colin was at home 463 00:28:48,727 --> 00:28:49,962 using his phone 464 00:28:50,062 --> 00:28:51,663 at the time of the murder. 465 00:28:51,763 --> 00:28:55,100 And Kaitlin's black Jeep was seen on surveillance footage 466 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:57,769 outside of Cash's apartment. 467 00:28:57,869 --> 00:29:01,406 And only these two people had access to the firearm 468 00:29:01,506 --> 00:29:03,475 that was used to commit the murder. 469 00:29:03,575 --> 00:29:06,111 So we believe that we had enough probable cause 470 00:29:06,211 --> 00:29:08,680 to issue an arrest warrant for Kaitlin Armstrong. 471 00:29:10,616 --> 00:29:13,552 Once the arrest warrant for Kaitlin Armstrong was issued, 472 00:29:13,652 --> 00:29:15,320 we went to arrest her, 473 00:29:16,588 --> 00:29:18,657 but we realized that Kaitlin Armstrong was 474 00:29:18,757 --> 00:29:20,892 nowhere to be found. 475 00:29:20,993 --> 00:29:23,061 U.S. Marshals are searching for this woman, 476 00:29:23,161 --> 00:29:24,663 Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, 477 00:29:24,763 --> 00:29:27,332 charged with the murder of Anna Moriah Wilson. 478 00:29:27,432 --> 00:29:29,301 She knew she was gonna be wanted for this. 479 00:29:29,401 --> 00:29:30,969 She probably had a five-day head start. 480 00:29:39,278 --> 00:29:40,612 Kaitlin cannot be found. 481 00:29:40,712 --> 00:29:42,514 She has gone off the grid. 482 00:29:42,614 --> 00:29:44,850 So we asked Colin about Kaitlin. 483 00:29:44,950 --> 00:29:49,021 Colin had hired an attorney until this case was resolved, 484 00:29:49,121 --> 00:29:51,556 and the attorney had recommended that until 485 00:29:51,657 --> 00:29:54,693 everything was settled, to no longer speak with Kaitlin. 486 00:29:54,793 --> 00:29:57,095 So Colin had not even been in contact with Kaitlin, 487 00:29:57,195 --> 00:29:59,698 and her whereabouts were completely unknown. 488 00:30:01,566 --> 00:30:04,636 After searching the city, we soon realized that 489 00:30:04,736 --> 00:30:06,838 she wasn't anywhere in the Austin area. 490 00:30:06,938 --> 00:30:08,740 Detectives reach out to the Austin airport 491 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:10,876 to see if there's any surveillance footage 492 00:30:10,976 --> 00:30:13,045 of Kaitlin getting on a flight. 493 00:30:13,145 --> 00:30:15,347 We actually discovered video of Kaitlin 494 00:30:15,447 --> 00:30:16,915 at the Austin airport, 495 00:30:17,015 --> 00:30:19,818 and she had on a blue-jean jacket, a yoga mat. 496 00:30:21,753 --> 00:30:23,989 They confirmed through the flight manifesto 497 00:30:24,089 --> 00:30:28,827 that Kaitlin Armstrong took a flight from Austin to Houston, 498 00:30:28,927 --> 00:30:32,597 and from there, she boarded a plane to Newark, New Jersey. 499 00:30:32,698 --> 00:30:34,966 Police wonder if she's there to catch a connecting flight 500 00:30:35,067 --> 00:30:36,268 out of the country. 501 00:30:36,368 --> 00:30:39,705 So we're looking at Kaitlin's passport to see if anything 502 00:30:39,805 --> 00:30:43,175 comes back as having taken a flight out of the country. 503 00:30:43,275 --> 00:30:44,743 And nothing comes back. 504 00:30:44,843 --> 00:30:47,646 We started kind of thinking, did she go to family? 505 00:30:47,746 --> 00:30:49,848 Like, why the New York area? 506 00:30:49,948 --> 00:30:52,217 And we learned that she had a sister named 507 00:30:52,317 --> 00:30:53,819 Christine Armstrong 508 00:30:53,919 --> 00:30:56,555 that lived up in the New York area. 509 00:30:56,655 --> 00:30:59,524 Her sister looks a lot like her, 510 00:30:59,624 --> 00:31:01,827 and they're very close. 511 00:31:01,927 --> 00:31:05,330 And so we started to see if she's used her passport. 512 00:31:05,430 --> 00:31:07,065 The U.S. Marshals confirmed 513 00:31:07,165 --> 00:31:09,701 that Christine's passport had been used to fly 514 00:31:09,801 --> 00:31:11,570 from New York to Costa Rica. 515 00:31:12,938 --> 00:31:15,207 And they confirmed Christine was still currently 516 00:31:15,307 --> 00:31:16,508 in New York. 517 00:31:17,676 --> 00:31:21,313 So this is raising red flags that now Kaitlin has 518 00:31:21,413 --> 00:31:24,216 left the country and she's now in Costa Rica. 519 00:31:24,316 --> 00:31:26,418 While the U.S. Marshals head down to Costa Rica 520 00:31:26,518 --> 00:31:28,353 to try to locate Kaitlin, 521 00:31:28,453 --> 00:31:30,789 in Vermont, Moriah's family holds a memorial 522 00:31:30,889 --> 00:31:32,257 at her old school. 523 00:31:58,283 --> 00:32:00,585 As the U.S. Marshals are trying to track down 524 00:32:00,685 --> 00:32:01,887 Kaitlin Armstrong, 525 00:32:01,987 --> 00:32:04,790 a woman who is friends with Kaitlin Armstrong 526 00:32:04,890 --> 00:32:06,625 contacts the Austin police. 527 00:32:19,971 --> 00:32:20,972 OK. 528 00:32:46,364 --> 00:32:48,733 Based on that information, we knew that 529 00:32:48,834 --> 00:32:51,470 this had been going on for several months. 530 00:32:51,570 --> 00:32:54,306 The jealousy had started months before. 531 00:32:56,141 --> 00:32:58,276 Around this time, the lab results come back 532 00:32:58,376 --> 00:33:00,612 from the swab taken from Moriah's bike, 533 00:33:00,712 --> 00:33:02,614 and there is female DNA present 534 00:33:02,714 --> 00:33:04,583 that does not belong to Moriah. 535 00:33:04,683 --> 00:33:07,986 We're thinking, hopefully, that's Kaitlin's DNA on the bike. 536 00:33:10,021 --> 00:33:14,125 And so they have to get a DNA swab of Kaitlin Armstrong 537 00:33:14,226 --> 00:33:15,994 to see if that will match. 538 00:33:16,094 --> 00:33:18,497 But the only problem is, is where is Kaitlin Armstrong? 539 00:33:18,597 --> 00:33:20,332 She's in the wind. 540 00:33:20,432 --> 00:33:23,201 U.S. Marshals figure that after more than a month on the run, 541 00:33:23,301 --> 00:33:26,238 she must be working in some capacity to survive. 542 00:33:26,338 --> 00:33:29,107 Since Costa Rica is a popular spot for yoga retreats 543 00:33:29,207 --> 00:33:31,009 and she's a licensed yoga instructor, 544 00:33:31,109 --> 00:33:33,678 the Marshals wonder if she might be looking for employment 545 00:33:33,778 --> 00:33:35,514 as a yoga instructor. 546 00:33:35,614 --> 00:33:40,285 We had intelligence indicating that she was staying in hostels 547 00:33:40,385 --> 00:33:41,820 in Costa Rica. 548 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:44,689 They had local Costa Rican authorities start looking 549 00:33:44,789 --> 00:33:47,626 around at yoga studios where she could be staying, 550 00:33:47,726 --> 00:33:50,028 living, or even possibly teaching. 551 00:33:50,128 --> 00:33:52,197 We decided we were going to put an ad out 552 00:33:52,297 --> 00:33:53,899 for a yoga instructor. 553 00:33:53,999 --> 00:33:55,267 The Marshals put an ad out 554 00:33:55,367 --> 00:33:57,068 on the local Costa Rican websites 555 00:33:57,168 --> 00:33:58,803 looking for a private yoga instructor 556 00:33:58,904 --> 00:34:02,240 from the U.S., and shockingly, Kaitlin responds 557 00:34:02,340 --> 00:34:04,743 with the address of the hostel where she's living. 558 00:34:07,612 --> 00:34:10,649 - So one of the U.S. - Marshals actually went in 559 00:34:10,749 --> 00:34:13,251 to look for her, and she had actually 560 00:34:13,351 --> 00:34:14,786 changed her appearance. 561 00:34:14,886 --> 00:34:17,355 She dyed her hair, and it's obvious she's had 562 00:34:17,455 --> 00:34:18,857 some kind of work. 563 00:34:20,125 --> 00:34:21,359 But they know this is her. 564 00:34:22,794 --> 00:34:24,863 The Marshals placed Kaitlin Armstrong into custody 565 00:34:24,963 --> 00:34:27,499 and prepared to bring her back to the U.S. 566 00:34:27,599 --> 00:34:28,700 I was extremely happy. 567 00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:31,436 I could not wait to tell Moriah's family 568 00:34:31,536 --> 00:34:33,872 that the person who killed their daughter 569 00:34:33,972 --> 00:34:35,173 was finally found. 570 00:34:35,273 --> 00:34:38,410 Seven weeks after Mo Wilson was murdered 571 00:34:38,510 --> 00:34:42,280 Kaitlin Armstrong is deported back to the U.S., 572 00:34:42,380 --> 00:34:44,382 and she ends up in Houston. 573 00:34:45,951 --> 00:34:47,185 We drive down there. 574 00:34:47,285 --> 00:34:49,921 We go try and interview her at the Houston Homicide Office, 575 00:34:50,021 --> 00:34:51,790 and immediately when I walk in, 576 00:34:51,890 --> 00:34:54,125 very, very cold, heartless, 577 00:34:54,225 --> 00:34:55,727 blank stare, 578 00:34:55,827 --> 00:34:58,730 and she immediately lawyered up this time, 579 00:34:58,830 --> 00:35:01,266 so we weren't able to ask her any questions. 580 00:35:01,366 --> 00:35:04,569 But I collect her DNA, and then we turn it over 581 00:35:04,669 --> 00:35:06,137 so it can be analyzed and compared 582 00:35:06,237 --> 00:35:09,040 to the other DNA that we had from Moriah's bike. 583 00:35:09,140 --> 00:35:13,011 We compared her DNA, and it proved to match 584 00:35:13,111 --> 00:35:16,314 DNA found on the handlebar and the seat of the bike. 585 00:35:17,582 --> 00:35:20,218 The DNA coming back on the bike was huge. 586 00:35:20,318 --> 00:35:22,520 There is no reason that Kaitlin's DNA should be 587 00:35:22,621 --> 00:35:23,655 on Moriah's bike. 588 00:35:23,755 --> 00:35:25,557 There's no explanation for that. 589 00:35:25,657 --> 00:35:28,293 This was kind of the nail in the coffin. 590 00:35:30,161 --> 00:35:32,797 For more than a year, the Travis County DA prepares 591 00:35:32,897 --> 00:35:35,133 to try the first-degree murder case. 592 00:35:35,233 --> 00:35:37,836 And then, just as the trial is about to begin, 593 00:35:37,936 --> 00:35:39,971 in October of 2023, 594 00:35:40,071 --> 00:35:43,475 Kaitlin Armstrong injures herself while in prison. 595 00:35:43,575 --> 00:35:46,978 Kaitlin had told the staff that she had a leg injury, 596 00:35:47,078 --> 00:35:49,814 and she didn't believe that the doctors at the jail 597 00:35:49,914 --> 00:35:51,149 were competent enough. 598 00:35:52,250 --> 00:35:53,852 She wanted an outside doctor 599 00:35:53,952 --> 00:35:55,387 to be able to give their opinion. 600 00:35:55,487 --> 00:35:57,522 Her request was granted, 601 00:35:57,622 --> 00:36:00,425 and she was sent to an outside doctor. 602 00:36:01,526 --> 00:36:03,228 Then we're all sitting around the table 603 00:36:03,328 --> 00:36:04,763 in the Homicide office, 604 00:36:04,863 --> 00:36:07,098 and someone comes out, and yells that Kaitlin 605 00:36:07,198 --> 00:36:09,601 just escaped from Travis County Jail. 606 00:36:17,475 --> 00:36:20,245 While at that doctor's office, Kaitlin fled the scene. 607 00:36:20,345 --> 00:36:23,314 She broke away from the deputies and ran. 608 00:36:23,415 --> 00:36:27,285 There's video footage of her running down the street, 609 00:36:27,385 --> 00:36:31,423 wearing her prison garb with handcuffs on her wrists. 610 00:36:32,157 --> 00:36:35,493 It's very interesting to see her in the black-and-white-striped 611 00:36:35,593 --> 00:36:38,663 jail outfit, running away, trying to jump over a fence. 612 00:36:38,763 --> 00:36:40,699 I remember thinking, like, 613 00:36:40,799 --> 00:36:42,100 "Innocent people don't run away." 614 00:36:43,101 --> 00:36:45,103 Watching that video was rough, 615 00:36:45,203 --> 00:36:46,604 because I think all of us are just 616 00:36:46,705 --> 00:36:48,039 in this mindset of like, 617 00:36:48,139 --> 00:36:51,076 "Please, God, do not let her escape again." 618 00:36:51,176 --> 00:36:53,778 That would just be heartbreaking 619 00:36:53,878 --> 00:36:55,413 for the family. 620 00:36:55,513 --> 00:36:59,451 She ran for approximately one mile before she was found 621 00:36:59,551 --> 00:37:02,487 and taken back into police custody. 622 00:37:02,587 --> 00:37:05,457 Two weeks after her failed attempt to escape, 623 00:37:05,557 --> 00:37:07,158 her trial begins. 624 00:37:07,258 --> 00:37:09,761 Kaitlin is being charged with first-degree murder. 625 00:37:11,563 --> 00:37:14,432 The last thing Mo did on this earth 626 00:37:16,134 --> 00:37:17,635 was scream in terror, 627 00:37:17,736 --> 00:37:20,305 followed by-- pow, pow! 628 00:37:21,973 --> 00:37:23,241 Two gunshots. 629 00:37:23,341 --> 00:37:24,542 Kaitlin Armstrong... 630 00:37:25,810 --> 00:37:26,811 stood over Mo Wilson, 631 00:37:27,946 --> 00:37:28,913 and put a third shot 632 00:37:29,981 --> 00:37:31,015 right in Mo Wilson's heart. 633 00:37:32,150 --> 00:37:34,152 Although the prosecution presents evidence 634 00:37:34,252 --> 00:37:36,821 that the murder weapon belonged to Kaitlin Armstrong, 635 00:37:36,921 --> 00:37:39,457 that her DNA was on Moriah's bike 636 00:37:39,557 --> 00:37:41,526 and her Jeep was at the crime scene, 637 00:37:41,626 --> 00:37:44,562 the defense pointed to the fact that they could not see 638 00:37:44,662 --> 00:37:46,765 who was driving that Jeep Cherokee. 639 00:37:47,999 --> 00:37:53,772 Not one witness saw Kaitlin Armstrong allegedly 640 00:37:53,872 --> 00:37:55,974 commit this murder. 641 00:37:56,074 --> 00:37:57,308 Not one. 642 00:37:57,408 --> 00:38:00,078 After two weeks of trial, the jury came back 643 00:38:00,178 --> 00:38:01,412 with a verdict. 644 00:38:01,513 --> 00:38:03,548 Breaking news tonight, a jury finds Kaitlin Armstrong 645 00:38:03,648 --> 00:38:07,986 guilty of murdering Anna Moriah "Mo" Wilson back in May 2022. 646 00:38:08,086 --> 00:38:10,755 Jurors deliberated for only two hours before returning 647 00:38:10,855 --> 00:38:11,923 with the verdict. 648 00:38:12,023 --> 00:38:13,558 There really are no winners here. 649 00:38:15,093 --> 00:38:16,795 This is not a time for celebration, 650 00:38:17,862 --> 00:38:19,664 but a time for prayer. 651 00:38:19,764 --> 00:38:22,634 Both Caitlin Cash and Moriah's mother, Karen Wilson, 652 00:38:22,734 --> 00:38:26,104 give emotional, victim impact statements at the sentencing. 653 00:38:26,204 --> 00:38:30,441 I fought for Mo with everything I had that night. 654 00:38:30,542 --> 00:38:32,010 It never actually crossed my mind, 655 00:38:32,110 --> 00:38:33,611 in the chaos of that night, 656 00:38:33,711 --> 00:38:34,879 that she would die, 657 00:38:34,979 --> 00:38:37,081 that she was already dead when I arrived home. 658 00:38:38,616 --> 00:38:42,020 The ripple effect is almost incomprehensible. 659 00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:45,356 So many people in this room have lost so much. 660 00:38:48,927 --> 00:38:51,563 I hate what you did to my beautiful daughter. 661 00:38:51,663 --> 00:38:54,599 It was very selfish and cowardly, 662 00:38:54,699 --> 00:38:58,903 because you never chose to face her woman-to-woman. 663 00:38:59,003 --> 00:39:01,005 She would have cared about your feelings. 664 00:39:02,307 --> 00:39:05,543 If you'd allowed yourself to actually know her, 665 00:39:05,643 --> 00:39:09,981 you never, ever would've wanted to hurt her. 666 00:39:10,081 --> 00:39:13,751 The jury gave Kaitlin a 90-year sentence. 667 00:39:18,056 --> 00:39:21,125 I think what struck me about the story in particular 668 00:39:21,226 --> 00:39:25,196 was Kaitlin's rage and where it took her. 669 00:39:25,296 --> 00:39:29,167 I found that deeply shocking and disturbing. 670 00:39:29,267 --> 00:39:32,770 The idea that she stood over Moriah in that sort 671 00:39:32,871 --> 00:39:35,640 of formal execution style and just... 672 00:39:35,740 --> 00:39:38,810 shot her in the heart was just... 673 00:39:38,910 --> 00:39:40,678 chilling to me, chilling. 674 00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:45,250 Moriah was young. She was only 25 years old. 675 00:39:45,350 --> 00:39:47,952 She had this massive, promising career. 676 00:39:48,052 --> 00:39:49,888 Her life was taken from her. 677 00:39:49,988 --> 00:39:52,223 And whatever made Kaitlin do this, 678 00:39:52,323 --> 00:39:53,791 it was very trivial. 679 00:39:55,159 --> 00:39:57,328 I have worked a lot of different murders, 680 00:39:57,428 --> 00:39:59,430 and they're all terrible. 681 00:40:00,265 --> 00:40:03,401 But this one really stands out to be gunned down 682 00:40:03,501 --> 00:40:05,069 because somebody's upset 683 00:40:05,169 --> 00:40:07,605 that their boyfriend's talking to her. 684 00:40:07,705 --> 00:40:09,641 I mean, it's just so senseless. 685 00:40:11,542 --> 00:40:13,611 After the trial, the Wilson family starts 686 00:40:13,711 --> 00:40:16,414 a foundation called the Moriah Wilson Foundation 687 00:40:16,514 --> 00:40:18,082 in Moriah's memory. 688 00:40:18,182 --> 00:40:21,286 They raise money to expand access to sports education 689 00:40:21,386 --> 00:40:23,988 and recreation, and they host a race every year 690 00:40:24,088 --> 00:40:26,224 around Moriah's birthday in May 691 00:40:26,324 --> 00:40:28,226 called Ride for Mo. 692 00:40:28,326 --> 00:40:31,462 Welcome to the first annual... 693 00:40:31,562 --> 00:40:33,031 Ride for Mo. 694 00:40:33,131 --> 00:40:36,401 Thank you for coming to spend this beautiful day with us, 695 00:40:36,501 --> 00:40:38,636 where Moriah grew up and where the love of biking 696 00:40:38,736 --> 00:40:39,904 was nurtured. 697 00:40:40,004 --> 00:40:42,941 Moriah was a wonderful daughter, sister, and friend 698 00:40:43,041 --> 00:40:44,909 to many of you. 699 00:40:45,009 --> 00:40:47,145 Moriah lived her life in a very intentional manner. 700 00:40:47,245 --> 00:40:49,480 She knew what she wanted. She pursued her dreams. 701 00:40:49,580 --> 00:40:51,749 And I know she was an inspiration to all of us. 702 00:40:53,584 --> 00:40:55,787 She would want us to feel joyous today. 703 00:40:55,887 --> 00:40:59,190 So let's be together, and let's ride some bikes. 704 00:41:17,141 --> 00:41:18,810 9-1-1, where is your emergency? 705 00:41:21,546 --> 00:41:23,581 There were no obvious signs of struggle. 706 00:41:26,918 --> 00:41:28,319 He kept saying "I didn't harm her." 707 00:41:28,419 --> 00:41:31,923 He was clearly trying to throw detective off of his trail.