Caitlin Armstrong was questioned and released by Austin police on May 12, a day after her Jeep was seen at the home where pro cyclist Mariah “Mo” Wilson, 25, was found shot to death. Armstrong then continued to have Lyme for 43 days before being arrested in Costa Rica, where she was recovering from cosmetic surgery. The 34-year-old murder suspect asked to leave her questioning five times before her request was granted by an officer who believed her warrant was invalid because the document and the department’s system had a different date of birth for the murder suspect , authorities said. Fox News. Caitlin Armstrong’s lawyer claims the evidence against her should be thrown out because she wasn’t read her rights. City of Austin Police Department In a motion for an evidentiary hearing filed Wednesday, defense attorney Rick Coffer argued that officers also never read Armstrong his Miranda rights. As a result, the lawyer said prosecutors must suppress evidence improperly gathered against his client, the Austin American-Statesman reported. Cofer’s motion reportedly includes a tape-recorded interview with Armstrong’s boyfriend, Colin Strickland, 35, in which he told detectives his girlfriend was unhappy about a conflict she had with Wilson when she broke up with Armstrong. “Caitlyn called her and pretty much said, ‘Hey, you know I’m staying at Colin’s house’ — or I don’t know exactly what it was… I didn’t really dive in,” the transcript of the interview quoted Strickland as saying. “But I know he called her and Mo said, ‘That was really weird.’ Armstrong is accused of killing professional cyclist Mariah “Mo” Wilson, who was romantically involved with her live-in boyfriend, professional cyclist Colin Strickland.Instagram / Moriah WilsonStrickland told police that Armstrong was jealous of Wilson but did not believe he was ” capable” of murder, defense attorneys said at an evidentiary hearing Wednesday.Instagram / Colin Arturo Strickl On May 14, an informant told police that Armstrong told them she was so angry about Wilson’s fling with Strickland that she wanted to kill her, authorities said. Cofer claims police never determined the caller was credible. “The caller’s connection or involvement in Ms. Wilson’s murder is currently unknown,” the attorney wrote in the motion, according to the newspaper. He also argued that “the affidavit completely mischaracterized and misrepresented Mr. Strickland’s words to construct a theory of jealousy as an alleged motive for the murder,” adding that the friend told police directly that he did not believe Armstrong was the killer. . “Do I think Caitlin could kill someone? No, I don’t,” a transcript from an interview with Strickland reportedly reads. She never mentioned that she wanted to physically hurt Mo… I don’t believe in any way that she is capable of that.” After being released by police, Armstrong flew to New York and fled upstate before using a fake passport to fly from Newark to Costa Rica, where she stayed in hostels and taught yoga classes before her arrest nearly six weeks later. Armstrong was eventually arrested in Costa Rica.Teletica.com When Armstrong was picked up by U.S. Marshals at Santa Teresa Beach, she had a bandage over her nose and bruises over her eyes and was in possession of a $6,350 receipt for cosmetic surgery, sources and witnesses said. Police said she shot and killed Wilson after following Strickland when he had sneaked off to see her. The murder weapon was a gun that Strickland had purchased for Armstrong to use, he told officials. Armstrong fired the gun before the killing and had access to nearly half a million dollars before fleeing Austin, police said. He has pleaded not guilty to charges of first degree murder.
