The parents of murdered pro cyclist Mo Wilson have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against her convicted killer, yoga teacher Kaitlin Armstrong, who fled to Costa Rica after the murder.
Karen and Eric Wilson have asked for a jury trial for their suit, which seeks “monetary relief (of) over $1,000,000.00, including damages of any kind, penalties, costs, expenses, pre-judgment and post-judgment interest,” CBS News reported.
“The worst day in the lives of Plaintiffs Karen and Eric Wilson and their son Matt Wilson was May 12, 2022,” the lawsuit says. “That is the day they learned that Defendant Kaitlin Marie Armstrong shot and killed their only daughter, Anna Moriah Wilson, affectionally known as ‘Mo.'”
The lawsuit says the damages are for funeral costs and emotional pain, among other items.
“Many of the elements of damage, including the loss society and companionship representing the positive benefits flowing from the love, comfort, companionship and society cannot be determined with mathematical precision,” the document says.
Armstrong was convicted and sentenced to 90 years in prison for the murder of Wilson, as CrimeOnline reported. The jury deliberated for just two hours before returning a guilty verdict for Armstrong, who spent thousands of dollars on plastic surgery to alter her appearance after she fled the country.
Prosecutors said that Armstrong was jealous of Wilson over her prior relationship with Armstrong’s boyfriend, pro cyclist Colin Strickland, who spent the day of the murder with Wilson but did not tell Armstrong where he was. But Armstrong was tracking correspondence between Wilson and her boyfriend through a shared iPad.
Prosecutors also said that on the day of the murder, Armstrong found where Wilson was staying in Austin through Strava, a fitness app that allowed users to log their workouts. Wilson reportedly logged a three-mile bike ride on the app shortly before her murder.
During a May 14 interrogation, police reportedly showed Armstrong footage of her car outside of the apartment where Wilson was found dead. The same day, Armstrong flew out of Austin and boarded a connecting flight to New York LaGuardia Airport. From New York, she fled to Central America, using her sister’s passport. She was on the run for 43 days before she was captured.
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[Featured image: Mo Wilson/family handout and Kaitlin Armstrong/Texas Department of Corrections]
