Accused killer Kaitlin Armstrong, currently on trial for murder in Austin, reportedly complained when police questioned her about the death of professional cyclist, Moriah “Mo” Wilson.
On Thursday, an interview between Austin Detective Katy Conner and Armstrong in May 2022, following Wilson’s death, was played for a Travis County court. Armstrong, according to Conner, was uncooperative and asked to leave the interview early.
“I would love to leave. You just arrested me in front of my house in front of my neighbors. It was incredibly humiliating,” Armstrong was heard saying in police footage shown to jurors Thursday.
At the time, Armstrong was arrested for a misdemeanor theft of service charge.
Connor testified that she allowed Armstrong to leave the interview, but warned that without her cooperation, the investigation could possibly be hindered. At the time of the interview, Armstrong had not been charged with murder.
“She’s very still and guarded throughout the interview,” Conner testified, according to the Austin American-Stateman.
As CrimeOnline previously reported, Armstrong, who’s currently on trial for allegedly murdering Wilson, was arrested in 2022, in a Costa Rica hideaway spot she fled to after Wilson’s death. Investigators believe that the defendant murdered Wilson after Wilson was having an affair with, Colin Strickland, identified as Armstrong’s then-boyfriend.
Police found Wilson, a professional cyclist who arrived in Austin for a race, deceased inside her friend Caitlin Cash’s apartment in May 2022. She had been shot multiple times, police said, after going out to dinner and swimming with Strickland.
In court Thursday, Conner said that Armstrong’s vehicle was spotted near the crime scene on the night in question. Armstrong never explained why her vehicle was there but “acknowledges it doesn’t look good,” Conner testified.
While Armstrong said (during the police interview) that Strickland told her “one of the women in the cycling community had passed away,” she didn’t provide further information and, instead, questioned Conner about the incident.
Conner said Armstrong threatened to leave the interview several times but didn’t immediately leave, possibly to fish for more information about how much information investigators had.
Conner added that during the interview, she told Armstrong that there was “so much we can do if I’m not able to explain your side of it,” but Armstrong ultimately left the police department without answering further.
Armstrong managed to remain elusive for 45 days after the murder. Investigators said she sold her Jeep before fleeing, and then used her sister’s passport and spent thousands getting plastic surgery in an attempt to alter her appearance.
Armstrong pleaded not guilty. If convicted, she could face up to 99 years in prison.
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[Featured Photo: Mo Wilson/Family Handout]
