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Fugitive Texas yoga teacher, Kaitlin Armstrong, 34, charged with murder of love rival Moriah Wilson, after her capture and repatriation in Costa Rica

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;402c2c&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Fugitive yoga teacher <strong>Kaitlin Armstrong<&sol;strong><&sol;strong> <strong>is charged with first degree murder over shooting of love rival <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;402c2c&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Kaitlin Armstrong&comma; 34&comma; who<strong> returned to Texas after being extradited from Costa Rica<&sol;strong> was transferred Tuesday from Houston to Austin <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;402c2c&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>She was booked into the jail and was charged with first degree murder and theft<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;402c2c&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>She had spent six weeks on the run after the shooting of 25-year-old Anna Moriah &&num;8216&semi;Mo&&num;8217&semi; Wilson <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;402c2c&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>She allegedly killed Mo Wilson&comma; a fast rising pro cyclist amid fears she was seeing her boyfriend Colin Strickland <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;Kaitlin-Armstrong-mugshot-before-and-after-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-411579" width&equals;"839" height&equals;"558"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Kaitlin Armstrong &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; before the alleged attack Mo Wilson and &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; after she was caught with altered features&period; The murder suspect was transferred from Harris County in Houston to Travis County Jail in Austin on Tuesday afternoon<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">A fugitive yoga teacher who allegedly gunned down her love rival then fled to Costa Rica has been charged with first degree murder&period; Kaitlin Armstrong&comma; 34&comma; was transferred from Harris County in Houston to Travis County Jail in Austin on Tuesday afternoon&period; <br>She was booked into the jail and was charged with first degree murder as well as theft of service between &dollar;100 and &dollar;750&period; <br>It comes after her extradition from Costa Rica to the US after six weeks on the run following the fatal shooting of 25-yearold Anna Moriah &&num;8216&semi;Mo&&num;8217&semi; Wilson in Austin&comma; Texas on May 11&period;&period; <br>She allegedly blasted her perceived love rival to death amid fears she was seeing her boyfriend&comma; professional cyclist Colin Strickland&comma; 35&comma; behind her back&period; <br><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;Kaitlin-Armstrong-arrest-in-Costa-Rica-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-411580" width&equals;"838" height&equals;"553"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Law enforcement lead Kaitlin Armstrong on arrived at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston on Sunday&period; She was looking very different to the images of her in circulation before her disappearance <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Law enforcement lead Kaitlin Armstrong on arrived at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston on Sunday&period; She was looking very different to the images of her in circulation before her disappearance&period;  <br>Photographs released on Monday show the suspect with a visibly altered look&comma; having had a &dollar;6&comma;350 in cosmetic surgery as well as cutting and dying her hair brown&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;Kaitlin-Armstrong-arrest-in-Costa-Rica-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-411581" width&equals;"839" height&equals;"775"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Costa Rican police show the fugitive Rica before she was deported to the US<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;Kaitlin-Armstrong-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-411585" width&equals;"842" height&equals;"658"&sol;><figcaption><strong>ABC 13 video showed Armstrong in handcuffs and hiding her face behind her formerly red hair&comma; which she cut and dyed brown to allegedly disguise herself in the Central American country<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Armstrong will be transferred to Austin&comma; where she faces murder charges for allegedly killing cyclist Anna Moriah &&num;8216&semi;Mo&&num;8217&semi; Wilson&comma; 25&comma; during a feud over Armstrong&&num;8217&semi;s on-and-off boyfriend&comma; Colin Strickland&period; <br>Armstrong was transported to the Travis County Jail at approximately 3&period;30pm Tuesday afternoon after leaving Harris County earlier Tuesday&period;<br>She was booked in under a &&num;8216&semi;felony&comma; 1st degree&&num;8217&semi; charge as well as for &&num;8216&semi;theft of service equal to or greater than &dollar;100 and less than &dollar;750&&num;8217&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;05&sol;Anna-Moriah-Mo-Wilson-5&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-408212"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Armstrong will be transferred to Austin&comma; where she faces murder charges for allegedly killing cyclist Anna Moriah &&num;8216&semi;Mo&&num;8217&semi; Wilson&comma; 25&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb; to get her out of the picture in her on-and-off relationship with boyfriend&comma; Colin Strickland<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">A spokesman confirmed she had been charged with first degree murder on Tuesday afternoon after more details of her cosmetic surgery emerged Monday&comma; revealing she spent &dollar;6&comma;350 in one clinic in Costa Rica&period; <br>A witness alleged he saw her with bandages on her nose before her June 29 arrest at a &dollar;50-a-night &&num;8216&semi;treehouse hostel&&num;8217&semi; in Santa Teresa Beach&period; <br>Zachary Paulsen claimed Armstrong had been asking for ways to cut back on costs before she was caught out by cops during a routine check&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;She was just asking about how to get around cheaper&comma; and then the police came&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Paulsen told <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;insideedition&period;com&sol;passport-of-kaitlin-armstrongs-sister-found-at-costa-rica-lodge-after-fugitive-yoga-teachers-arrest" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Inside Edition<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;Kaitlin-Armstrong-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-411255" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"1459"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Armstrong is seen during her arrested at a &dollar;50-a-night &&num;8216&semi;treehouse hostel&&num;8217&semi; in Santa Teresa Beach on Wednesday after having been sought after by U&period;S&period; authorities since May 11<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank"><&sol;a>Armstrong was seized by Costa Rican officers after they could not find her fake name in their database&period; The fugitive left behind two American passports in a locker where she had stored her things&period; <br>One of the documents bore her name and the other seemingly belonged to her lookalike sister&comma; Christine Armstrong&period; Photographs of the documents show one passport bearing the name Kaitlin Marie Armstrong and featuring the yoga instructor&&num;8217&semi;s personal information and picture&period; <br>The other passport seemingly belonged to a 31-year-old brunette named Christine Elizabeth Armstrong&comma; believed to be Armstrong&&num;8217&semi;s younger sister&period; <br>Unlike her pre-fugitive images that were in circulation&comma; Armstrong reportedly had &&num;8216&semi;cropped her hair about shoulder length&&num;8217&semi; and &&num;8216&semi;dyed &lbrack;her red hair&rsqb; dark brown&period;&&num;8217&semi; <br>This was likely an attempt to better resemble Christine&period; <br>Paulsen also claimed to have found a &dollar;6&comma;350 receipt for cosmetic surgery<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;dailymail&period;co&period;uk&sol;health&sol;cosmetic-surgery&sol;index&period;html"> <&sol;a>under &&num;8216&semi;another name&&num;8217&semi; among her belongings&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<iframe width&equals;"476" height&equals;"267" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;abc13&period;com&sol;video&sol;embed&sol;&quest;pid&equals;12012520" frameborder&equals;"0" allowfullscreen><&sol;iframe>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>A visibly different looking Armstrong arrives Houston Airport in handcuffs and hiding her face behind her formerly ginger hair&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">He alleged Armstrong had been walking around the hostel with a &&num;8216&semi;bandage on her nose and blood in her nostrils&period;&&num;8217&semi; The receipt doesn&&num;8217&semi;t indicate what services were provided&comma; but Paulsen claims Armstrong had bandaged her nose&period; Meanwhile <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;abc13&period;com&sol;kaitlin-armstrong-cyclist-love-triangle-competitive-bicycle-ahtlete-deadly-shooting&sol;12012482&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">ABC 13<&sol;a> video showed Armstrong in handcuffs and hiding her face behind her formerly ginger hair&period; <br>For the U&period;S&period; marshals the fugitive was captured &&num;8216&semi;at a good time&&num;8217&semi; before she could further alter her appearance&period; Deputy marshal Filla told the &&num;8216&semi;TODAY Show&&num;8217&semi; that Armstrong had made the changes &&num;8216&semi;to throw off law enforcement officials&comma;&&num;8217&semi; and indicated she may&&num;8217&semi;ve attempted to get tattoos to make her more unidentifiable&period; Authorities had earlier established that she traveled to Costa Rica using her sister&&num;8217&semi;s passport and possibly underwent plastic surgery while on the run&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;06&sol;Kaitlin-Armstrong-wanted-person-poster-1-1024x575&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-410492"&sol;><figcaption><strong>After six weeks on the run Armstrong who had led cops on a mammoth six-week chase across multiple countries and U&period;S&period; states&comma; including Texas&comma; New York and New Jersey&comma; was captured at the Don Jon&&num;8217&semi;s Lodge in Santa Teresa&comma; Costa Rica on Thursday<&sol;strong> <&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Armstrong fled to Costa Rica in an apparent attempt to carry out a double life under a false name&period; <br>She was posing as a woman named &&num;8216&semi;Ari&&num;8217&semi; during her stay at Don Jon&&num;8217&semi;s Lodge in the small town of Santa Teresa&comma; which is home to only 3&comma;000 people&period;  <br>Fellow guests described her as a &&num;8216&semi;strange&&num;8217&semi; loner who would &&num;8216&semi;keep to herself&comma;&&num;8217&semi; despite sleeping in an eight-bunkbed dorm&period; Armstrong reportedly&comma; first arrived at the Don Jon&&num;8217&semi;s Lodge on June 8&period; <br>Staff had repeatedly turned down her requests to work as a yoga instructor&comma; but eventually relented and she started helping with the classes when the normal teacher was off&period; She was also working shifts on the front desk in reception&period; <br>They continued&colon; &&num;8216&semi;She didn&&num;8217&semi;t talk to anyone&period; She didn&&num;8217&semi;t have to work in the morning and slept late&period; When she got up&comma; she drank a lot of coffee&period; And she sat in some chairs&comma; apart from the others&period;&&num;8217&semi; <br>The 34-year-old was such a loner that the other guests even thought she had left because they never saw her get home from her shifts at the resort <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;Kaitlin-Armstrongs-dorm-room-in-Costa-Rica-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-411598" width&equals;"837" height&equals;"713"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Kaitlin Armstrong hid out in an in an eight-bunkbed dorm at the Don Jon&&num;8217&semi;s Lodge in Santa Teresa&comma; Costa Rica before she was arrested yesterday after six weeks on the run<&sol;strong>&period; <strong>She was described by other guests as a &&num;8216&semi;strange&&num;8217&semi; loner who would &&num;8216&semi;keep to herself&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Susan Pamerlea&comma; the U&period;S&period; marshal for the Western District of Texas said Thursday&colon; &&num;8216&semi;The Marshals Service elevated the Kaitlin Armstrong investigation to major case status early in this investigation&comma; which likely played a key role in her capture after a 43-day run&period;&&num;8217&semi;  <br>Armstrong was found in Santa Teresa Beach&comma; a remote Costa Rican town that has become popular for tourists in recent years&period; <br>Armstrong had led cops on a mammoth six-week chase across multiple countries and U&period;S&period; states&comma; including Texas&comma; New York and New Jersey before she was arrested&period; Footage of her arrest in Costa Rica showed a woman being marched into a police station in Costa Rica with a dramatically changed appearance&period;  <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;05&sol;Anna-Moriah-Mo-Wilson-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-408187" width&equals;"833" height&equals;"824"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Armstrong stands accused of the May 11 shooting of Wilson&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; a cyclist whom she thought was having a relationship with her boyfriend&comma; Colin Strickland&period; She fled US on May 14&comma; after investigators linked her to Wilson&&num;8217&semi;s death<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><br>Armstrong stands accused of the May 11 shooting of Wilson&comma; a cyclist whom she thought was having a relationship with her boyfriend&comma; Colin Strickland&period; <br>The yoga instructor was linked to Wilson&&num;8217&semi;s death after authorities found her &&num;8216&semi;bleeding and unconscious&&num;8217&semi; at her friend&&num;8217&semi;s apartment in Austin&period; She had sustained multiple gunshot wounds&period; <br>Police performed CPR on Wilson before pronouncing her dead at the scene&period; Wilson&comma; a Vermont native and &&num;8216&semi;world-class&&num;8217&semi; cyclist&comma; was staying in Austin for a race&period; <br>Armstrong&&num;8217&semi;s car was seen in the area around the time of the shooting&comma; leading authorities to believe she had killed Wilson out of jealousy&period; <br>They later found out that earlier on May 11&comma; Wilson had gone to dinner with Armstrong&&num;8217&semi;s on-off boyfriend Strickland&comma; who told police the two of them had been swimming at Deep Eddy Pool before getting burgers at Pool Burger&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;06&sol;Kaitlin-Armstrongs-black-Jeep-parked-in-neighborhood-of-Mo-Wilsons-apt-2-1024x544&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-410494" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"446"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Neighbor&&num;8217&semi;s security camera caught Armstrong&&num;8217&semi;s black Jeep Cherokee driving up to the property where her love rival was staying at 8&colon;35 p&period;m&period; &&num;8211&semi; around the time Wilson was killed on May 11<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Strickland said he picked her up from the apartment of her friend Caitlin Cash on his BMW motorbike at 5&colon; 45 p&period;m&period; and dropped her off again at 8&colon;36 p&period;m&period; – stopping shortly after to text Armstrong to tell her he had been dropping off flowers to another friend and that his phone had run out of battery&period; <br>But unknown to Strickland&comma; Armstrong had allegedly been tracking both he and Wilson using cycling app Strava&comma; which shows the routes runners and cyclists take&period; <br>A neighbor&&num;8217&semi;s security camera caught Armstrong&&num;8217&semi;s black Jeep Cherokee driving up to the property at 8&colon;35 p&period;m&period; The same neighbor said Armstrong had also been caught on camera the previous day&comma; riding a bike in the same spot&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;05&sol;Kaitlin-Armstrong-at-Austin-Bergstrom-International-Airport-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-408557" width&equals;"836" height&equals;"867"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Kaitlin Armstrong is seen &&num;8216&semi;fleeing&&num;8217&semi; to New York from Austin&comma; TX on May 14<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">A day after police spoke to her&comma; she dropped out of sight&period; Subsequently it was discovered that she had was on the run after laying a false trail&period;<br>On May 13&comma; five days before she fled the country&comma; it was discovered that Armstrong had sold her black Jeep Grand Cherokee to a car dealership in Austin for &dollar;12&comma;2000&period; <br>A tipster told investigators Armstrong flew into a rage on discovering cyclist Strickland&&num;8217&semi;s romance with fellow cyclist Wilson in January 2022 and threatened to &&num;8216&semi;kill&&num;8217&semi; her&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;

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