EXCLUSIVE: In a flurry of court filings this week, the defense team of 34-year-old Texas murder suspect Caitlin Armstrong again called for a speedy trial and criticized the prosecution’s “biased and flawed” investigation and a “disingenuous and disingenuous” request for gag order . Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza’s office filed a motion to bar comment to the media Thursday after Armstrong’s defense team sought a handful of subpoenas and accused police of failing to read her her Miranda rights during an interview. days after the alleged love triangle murder of a professional cyclist. Anna Moriah “Mo” Wilson, 25. Armstrong’s lawyers opposed the request for a gag order – arguing that it would only apply to their client as the prosecution’s version of events is already well established in the public sphere. “By delaying this request for a communications ban, and after publishing its own account in the press at the time, the state has abandoned any serious argument that a full ban should now be put in place,” they argued in documents that were aired by Fox News Digital. . ATTORNEYS FOR TEXAS MURDER SUSPECT CAITLYN ARMSTRONG ACCUSE POLICE OF USING INVALID ARREST WARRANT Booking photos taken after Kaitlin Armstrong’s release to the US appear to show a change in her facial features. (US Marshals, Travis County Sheriff’s Office) According to investigators, surveillance cameras spotted Armstrong’s Jeep SUV outside the apartment where someone shot Wilson to death in the bathroom on the evening of May 11. They also said shell casings found at the scene matched those from a gun belonging to Armstrong. Earlier that evening, Wilson had gone out to dinner with Colin Strickland, a 35-year-old fellow professional cyclist and lifelong friend of Armstrong’s. Armstrong was questioned and released — and her defense team asked the judge to throw out that evidence, arguing that she wasn’t haunted and that Austin police made other mistakes in their initial questioning. Anna Moriah ‘Mo’ Wilson smiles after a gravel bike race. (The Wilson Family) As Fox News Digital reported, after her release, she sold her car, flew to New York, visited her sister and then caught a flight from New Jersey to Costa Rica. FRAGEAS CAITLYN ARMSTRONG: TIMELINE OF DISAPPEARANCE AND ARREST OF SUSPECTED MURDERER AUSTIN After a 43-day manhunt, Costa Rican investigators arrested her on an immigration violation and deported her to the US, where she has been incarcerated ever since. Warrants obtained by Fox News Digital revealed gruesome details about the murder. On the evening of May 11, police found Wilson dead on the bathroom floor with at least three gunshot wounds, two to her head and a third to her chest that allegedly occurred “after she was already lying face down on the floor,” documents state. She had an exit wound to her back and police found a bullet and chipped tile underneath her. She also had lacerations to a finger on her right hand and under her chin, according to the warrant. Colin Strickland is seen outside his home in Austin, Texas on June 17, 2022. (MEGA) Strickland also told detectives Armstrong had previously gone to a shooting range with her sister to practice her firearms skills and that he hid his contact with Wilson by putting her on his phone under a fake name. TEXAS MURDER SUSPECT KAITLIN ARMSTRONG HAD ACCESS TO $450,000, EXERCISED SNAP WITH SISTER, WARRANTS REVEAL An anonymous informant who police believe is credible also claimed that Armstrong had expressed a desire to kill Wilson out of jealousy months earlier when she found out about the affair. Despite that apparent anger, Strickland bought her a 9mm handgun in December or January, according to the warrants. Ballistics forensics later linked it to shell casings found at the crime scene. Strickland and Wilson had a brief fling in October 2021 while he was on a break from Armstrong, his girlfriend of three years, according to the warrants. The California native was visiting Texas in May ahead of a competition and met up with Strickland in Austin. Surveillance video shows Armstrong at an airport after fleeing Texas. (US Marshals) Other motions filed on Armstrong’s behalf this week include a request to review ballistics evidence and to suppress evidence they say police improperly obtained. KAITLIN ARMSTRONG: TEXAS FRAGEA USED A PASSWORD UNTIL COSTA RICA POLICE DETENTED HER ON IMMIGRATION CHARGES Cofer, Armstrong’s attorney, argued that a misdemeanor warrant obtained by the Austin Police Department in May that was used in her initial questioning — before he was released — was invalid and therefore prosecutors should not be allowed to use it as evidence. gathered at that time. She also claims that when APD officers initially questioned Armstrong at her home on May 12 after Wilson’s death on May 11, they did not read her her Miranda rights and did not let Armstrong go until she asked for a sixth time. Armstrong’s lawyers are demanding a speedy trial and have argued that there is much more to the case that has yet to be made public. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP “Miss Armstrong wants her day in court,” Coffer told reporters after her July 20 arraignment. “She wants a trial and you heard the prosecutor threaten sanctions for wanting a trial. Of course, cases should not be charged if prosecutors are unwilling to proceed.” Armstrong is due back in court on August 24 for a pretrial hearing. She has pleaded not guilty and her lawyers maintain that she is innocent. Fox News’ Audrey Conklin contributed to this report. Michael Ruiz is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to [email protected] and on Twitter: @mikerreports
