>> david: three people, two relationships and a murder. >> deborah: a star athlete and a murder. who killed her? an all new "20/20" starts now. >> this is a national story. >> fake names. enough identities. new jobs. new country. plastic surgery. >> you know, you have this sweet girl that did absolutely nothing

wrong. she's got a whole life ahead of her. she was this incredible cyclist that was going to do great things. >> you are, like, ready. >> i'm ready. >> and to see that taken away from somebody over something completely senseless. >> no one in cycling gets murdered. like, what the hell is going on? >> there's some suspicious activity going on in there. we definitely went with a suspicious death. >> when you hear those screams in the video, screams of pain, screams of fear? >> screams of fear. >> colin was the last person seen with moriah before her death. >> when detectives hear about the relationship between this young man and two different women, that's often the motive for murder. >> that's why i really want to

get your side of the story. we think there's more going on. >> i might be talking about two suspects here. >> you thought you were going to get away with this? ♪ ♪ ambulance. what's the address of the emergency? ♪ there's a stranger in the dark ♪ >> that 911 call was the most traumatizing thing i've ever heard. >> my friend is staying with me, and i just walked in, and she's laying on the bathroom floor. there's blood everywhere. >> this is a horrific tape. >> gut wrenching. >> is she awake? >> she's not awake. there's blood all over her face and all on the back of her head. ♪ something strange ♪ >> i've got the paramedics on the way to help you. stay on the line, caitlin.

>> the operator then starts walking her through performing cpr. >> we're going to do this until help can take over. count out loud so i can count with you. >> she's bawling when she calls, and then she just pulls it together. >> okay. >> pump the chest hard and fast, at least twice per second, and two inches deep. >> okay. >> and then count out loud so i can count with you. >> you just hear her counting, >> one, two, three, four, five, six -- >> good. >> she was not giving up, doing everything she possibly could to try and save her friend. >> 12, 13, 14, 15 -- ♪ there's a stranger in the dark ♪ >> i'm moriah wilson and i also go by mo. >> she just had this amazing smile that would just pull you in.

>> she's a beautiful woman. she was super smart. she was really athletic. >> athletes, i mean, sometimes they're boring, and she wasn't, you know? >> i think coffee in any vessel is really good. >> a wonderful mix of serious and driven, but also up for having a fun time. >> mo grew up in vermont. it's a really beautiful area, really rural. >> moriah's family, they've been in east burke for a long, long time. the mountain bike riding is just spectacular. and then the snow starts to arrive, you get to sled, you get to ski, you get to snowshoe. >> moriah wilson came from "a

pretty active, outdoorsy family." in fact her dad had been an expert ski racer and coach. >> when she was young, she dreamed of being an olympic ski racer. >> i met moriah wilson when she first came to burke mountain academy, a prep school that specializes in teaching alpine skiing. >> and then went on to compete for dartmouth while getting an engineering degree. >> and it wasn't until she finished her downhill ski racing career that she really started picking up the bike, and discovering not only that it was fun, but that she had the ability to be a great athlete. we'd be out on these early morning rides when it'd be like 40 degrees and cold and muddy. it's where your true grit would come out. >> at the point where most people would drop off or quit, this smile would break out on her face.

>> i kinda like, discovered gravel cycling was a thing and i ended up buying a gravel bike. and i was like, wow this is so cool. i want to do this. >> gravel racing is probably the newest form of bike racing, and it's meant to be ridden on dirt roads, gravel roads. >> you're out in the country exploring these beautiful terrains. >> so it's sort of like biking's answer to the marathon. it can take anywhere from 5 to 12 hours. >> gravel races are unique because they're open to everyone from the top professionals to the weekend warriors. >> this is the same tough terrain and you're all chasing a

beer after. >> i really enjoy the broader experience that gravel racing offers, that kind of laid back feeling that accompanies the really serious racing. >> congratulations on your win. >> thank you. >> she had thrown herself into the biggest races in the country. >> mooriah wilson, the winner. >> she was winning races by 25 minutes over the women's field, and beating a really talented lineup of men's racers as well. >> mo, phenomenal race. >> moriah wilson just untouchable. >> it was pretty clear that she had a pretty bright future as a sponsored athlete. >> i really like to race bikes as well. i'm one of their sponsored athletes. >> she quit her job and started to focus full time on being a professional bike racer. >> that was a pretty bold decision to say, okay, i'm going to see if i can do it. >> i'm here with the fabulous mo wilson. you are like, ready. >> i am ready, yeah.

so excited to be here. feels like the first big race of the year. >> she started her 2022 racing season with a huge amount of success. >> moriah wilson arrives here in austin. one of the sportiest cities in america. she's got a race in the area. she heads to the garage apartment of a friend, caitlin cash, who she'll be staying with for a couple of days. >> so around 5:30 in the evening, moriah wilson announces to this friend, her host who she's staying with, that she is meeting up with someone named colin. >> caitlin cash was also out that night, and gets an alert on her security app that mo wilson has come back, entered the lock code and gone inside the apartment. >> caitlin cash arrives back at her home. she notices that the door to the

home is unlocked. ♪ in the dark ♪ >> she walked in the bathroom and saw mo wilson on the floor, bloody. she frantically calls 911. >> is she breathing? >> no, she's not breathing. >> throughout those six minutes, she believed she could save her life and she did absolutely everything she possibly could. >> don't leave her alone and don't stop. >> as police arrive, they're about to plunge into a tragic web of lies, jealousy, and obsession. mptoms are stopping you in your tracks... choose stelara® from the start... and move toward relief after the first dose... with injections every two months. stelara® may increase your risk of infections, some serious, and cancer. before treatment, get tested for tb.

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one, two, three -- >> keep going. you're doing good. they're almost there. >> caitlin cash desperately performs over 350 cpr chest compressions in just five minutes, trying heroically to save her friend moriah wilson. >> don't stop. keep going. you're doing good. >> and then the moment the police arrive and take over for her, you just hear her fall apart again. >> do i stop? >> are the police officers with you? >> yeah, it's the police officers. >> by the time paramedics get in there, they realize that she's deceased. >> it's apparent to them almost immediately that this is a

homicide scene. they found spent shell casings on the floor, but they saw no weapon. >> it is certainly a murder. and then the next step in the analysis is, what kind of murder is this? because mo wilson has been shot twice in the head. she's not exercising any form of self-defense. she's on her back, she's helpless, and there's the coup de grace round right through her heart. >> it was personal, it was definitely personal. that indicated to all of us that whoever did this stood over moriah after they'd initially shot her, and then fired one time directly over her. their intent was to make sure moriah was dead. >> one of the neighbors told investigators that he saw someone on a bicycle leaving that area. moriah wilson's bike is missing. >> so the first things that ran through my head, is this a possible robbery gone wrong or burglary gone wrong? somebody's tried to steal the

bicycle and the victim walked in on that person. >> and at some point, they find moriah's bike down the street tossed into a bamboo grove. >> all in here. its all been cut down now. and if you walk back here, off to the right-hand side, that's where the bike actually was. i thought that that was kind of strange. if they stole it from inside, why would they just abandon it there? >> almost as if somebody who's trying to make this look like a robbery in order to steal an expensive bike. >> pretty quickly, the police made a public statement. >> there's some suspicious activity going on in there, so we definitely went with a suspicious death. >> they were canvassing the empty lot over there with their flashlights, potentially to find evidence. >> it's becoming a part of normal forensic routine for detectives to literally walk up and down the street, looking for

cameras. so, they come by the house, ring the doorbell. >> the authorities come by the house and they asked, hey, we noticed that you have a home security system. and then the side yard is where the camera, security camera, is, and up top there you can see the security camera that points to the viewpoint of chestnut and 18th. >> police gather videos from several cameras around the crime scene, and immediately notice this black jeep circling near caitlin cash's home. one minute after mo wilson comes back and punches in the code on caitlin cash's apartment, there is a neighbor that captures this black suv. >> you see the brake lights go on, indicating that the vehicle appears to be stopping, very close to caitlin cash's home. >> there was a bike rack on the back of the jeep and a roof rack on top of it. but we weren't able to see any occupants. >> there's another camera across the street.

it's only recording this porch, but the microphone picks up some chilling audio that may be difficult to listen to. >> a female scream. then i hear two gunshots. % [ gunshots ] >> then i hear a six-second pause followed by one more gunshot. [ gunshot ] >> that tells me that i now know when my shooting occurred. >> it's late at night by the time police questi cash. she is clearly shellshocked. but she does give them a crucial piece of information, moriah wilson had spent the evening with professional cyclist and local celebrity named colin strickland. >> i had no idea who he was. but it was very, very important,

because now i know that this person was probably the last person to see her alive. >> i want to talk to this guy. >> colin strickland is ten years older. he's 35-years-old. he lived in austin, texas. also a freakishly talented athlete. >> he has been one of the biggest names in the up and coming sport of gravel racing. and just about six months earlier, colin strickland and moriah wilson had a short-lived fling together >> the day after moriah's murder police show up at colin's home. >> they realize the vehicle that they saw in the video matches the same vehicle in colin strickland's drivewa >> there's a black suv. it has a bike rack on it. it has chrome around the windows. it matches the description of what is seen on that video. he was already outside in his garage.

so i approach him. of course, at that time, i didn't know that she went by mo. whenever i asked, do you kno anna wilson, he says, no, i don't know who she is. well, so now that's red flag number one, because you just went out on a date with her the night before, and now you're telling me that you don't know who this girl is. >> but colin soon realizes the anna wilson he's being asked about is the woman he knows as moriah wilson. then detective spitler breaks the tragic new >> he seemed very shocked. and so, go into asking him, well, where were you last night? what happened? >> and so he outlines his day with moriah wilson, taking her on his motorcycle to a local pool. >> deep eddy pool is a gathering place in austin. it is a great place to go and exercise, unwind, hang out with friends. >> colin strickland also says that from deep eddy pool they

went up a hill to a place called pool burger, and it's this fun, hip, kind of young people place. >> they leave pool burger and they are traveling on colin strickland's bmw motorcycle back toward caitlin cash's home where moriah wilson is staying. >> colin tells police that he drops off moriah, does not go inside. >> the more that he would mention his motorcycle to me, it seemed like he was distancing himself from that jeep. i'm thinking, you're lying to me. i have you on camera driving the black jeep that is sitting in your driveway. at that point i figure, okay, i need to talk with you at headquarters. >> now colin strickland faces over six hours of tough questioning.

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>> i think the secret to my success is i don't actually ride my bike that much. i ride my bike very hard and i ride my bike when necessary to prepare for a race. >> i always thought he was kind of like this funny mix of sarcastic and kind of dark. kind of had this air everything figured out. >> in the fall of 2021 i got the feeling from colin that he was beginning his transition out. and bike racing was slowly starting to fall to the wayside. >> as far as a competitor, he was no longer the guy to beat. >> at the same time, moriah wilson is gaining her own status on the gravel circuit. when the two of them meet, it's at a race in idaho and the sparks definitely fly. >> that is where we saw this

relationship begin to develop between the two of them. >> according to colin, moriah came to austin. during that time, they had about a 10-day romantic affair. they went on a trip outside of austin and they went on bike rides. >> i saw colin and mo at the driveway hanging out together. the driveway is like the linchpin to the austin scene. they've run bike races out there every thursday night for over 15 years. >> everyone's kinda there watching the races together. when i saw them, i was, like, oh, mo's in town. i saw she was with colin, and it was kind of confusing, i think, for some people. >> confusing, because most people who knew colin, also knew he had a longtime girlfriend -- kaitlin armstrong. while they may have been on and off, kaitlin and colin had been an item for years and everyone knew her as a fixture in his

life. >> i had invited colin over to dinner one night and he asked if he could bring his lady friend. i'd never met a girlfriend of collin's before. we became pretty close. she was one of my best friends. we both liked riding and we loved good food and drinks. she really cared about her friends and had a lot going for her. >> kaitlin grew up outside of detroit, moved around quite a bit and finally landed in austin, texas. >> she flew right through business school. like a blink of an eye. >> kaitlin worked in the finance industry, worked in real estate, but also was a yoga instructor. she had actually gone to bali to train in yoga. >> kaitlin was quiet, very

enjoyable to be around, very happy, very smart. >> caitlin's apartment became uninhabitable due to a storm, so she temporarily moved in with colin. that turned out to be a permanent stay. >> outside of their romantic relationship, they had business ventures together. they had a company called wheelhouse where they renovated vintage trailers. >> colin would sometimes call kaitlin a roommate or a friend in public. i was like, oh, maybe that they're just business partners now. it was a little unclear. >> the gist of what i would get from colin was, i love her dearly, but i'm not sure of our future. >> it was always just are they dating? aren't they dating? nobody knows. i don't know. kaitlin wanted more out of their relationship and colin wasn't going to give her a monogamous, long-term committed relationship.

>> they'd broken up more than once. and, in fact, that romantic interlude colin had with moriah wilson came during one of those breaks. now, colin and moriah are just friends. and that's where things stand when she lands in austin and gets in touch with him. >> colin had been the person to be seen with moriah before her death. and that was why he had been called down to the station and spent about six hours answering questions with detectives. >> i want to talk with this guy. i want to find out what happened. my potential theory is that colin strickland murdered moriah wilson. >> one of the things that he does disclose as part of that interview is that he had lied to kaitlin armstrong about his whereabouts so she would not become angry at the fact that he was spending time with moriah wilson. >> he also had changed moriah's

name in his phone to christine wall. obviously you're doing this because you know that she's going to get mad. you know that she doesn't like moriah. you know that she doesn't want you talking to her. >> colin knew that kaitlin did not want him having a friendship with moriah. and colin felt like her concerns were misplaced. he thought he should be able to have a friendship. >> investigators want to ask about the black jeep that was parked right here outside colin's driveway because it seems to match the vehicle that was captured on security cameras just before the murder. >> he immediately says, this is my girlfriend's, kaitlin armstrong. >> so he basically said that that's her jeep. she's the only one that drives it. >> this is a big deal and now

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colin strickland is in the middle of a marathon 6 1/2 hour long questioning session with austin police. he and his live-in girlfriend kaitlin armstrong are now both under suspicion in this murder. >> and then there's some more nefarious information that starts coming out. >> colin strickland discloses that he had purchased a couple of guns some months before mo wilson's murder. he says that kaitlin armstrong

was the victim of road rage and that she was so deeply rattled by it that he wanted a way for her to protect herself. >> and he said, she had done research, and she picked out the gun that she wanted, and we bought them together. >> it's the same caliber as what we found on scene at the murder. so this was definitely a red flag. >> as colin is being questioned, detective connor is out investigating his alibi. >> i started to try to track down video surveillance and stuff to basically corroborate his story and figure out, okay, is he telling us the truth? >> video surveillance confirms that colin rode his motorcycle directly home after dropping moriah off. he could not have pulled the trigger. so now detective spitler begins shifting the focus of his questions to kaitlin armstrong. >> he describes kaitlin armstrong as being a very sweet, loving person, never gets mad at.

>> strickland insists it's unimaginable that she could have harmed moriah. still, investigators are left with the impression that kaitlin armstrong is jealous of moriah wilson. >> she's got a little bit of motive. she's got the access to a weapon, and then she's got the capability to be in that area. so it was starting to add up to where we needed to talk to her. >> they realize that she's got an outstanding warrant for her arrest. >> so it turns out in 2018 she went to a med spa one day and got a botox treatment. according to that arrest warrant, she's about to pay. she allegedly says, hold on, let me just go to my car and i'll be right back with my credit card. they say that instead she drives away without paying. >> they brought her in for questioning based on this warrant. >> so she was brought in on that warrant, and that's when i interviewed her. >> when she walked in, what was your impression of her? >> she didn't move much at all. >> what does that tell you if someone is very still? >> sometimes it can mean absolutely nothing at all. it can also mean that they're

extremely nervous because naturally somebody's going to move a little bit. when they're completely still, that's usually a little bit of a red flag. >> you're here for a warrant right now. are you familiar with what you've got going on with that? >> i have no idea. >> so in the middle of the interview, i got a knock on the door. and they pulled me out and they said, hey, the warrant's not good. >> they realize that the warrant has some issue, that it does not match the birthdate with kaitlin armstrong's birthdate. >> so that's not -- you're not under arrest, okay? >> okay. >> i know it's a little crazy. yeah, so you're -- >> so they just came to my house and put me in handcuffs for no reason? >> so there was some miscommunication on that. but i would really like to talk to you and clear some stuff up because colin did bring your name up, and i think there's a lot more information that you have that can kind of clear some stuff up. does that make sense? >> it makes sense. i feel like i should have an attorney present. >> so you tell her that she's

not under arrest and yet she stays. >> yes. >> the door is unlocked. you can leave at any time. >> i would love to leave. >> you would love to leave? >> you just arrested me in front of my house, in front of all of my neighbors, and carried me in here in handcuffs in front of downtown austin. it was incredibly humiliating. >> you tell her she can leave, but then you sort of just keep talking and asking questions? >> yes. so that is the tactic that we use. even if the person stands up and starts to walk towards the door, you kind of stay seated and just keep talking and see if they reengage. >> did you hear about what's happened over the past 24 hours? >> colin walked in the house and said one of the women in the cycling community passed away. >> just passed away, which is kind of an interesting choice of words. >> as if from illness? >> correct. >> when, in fact, she was murdered. >> uh-huh.

>> it sounds like there was some issues between you and this girl, and i think that there's probably a lot more to it that you could help explain. >> when i had brought up her being jealous or upset over him seeing moriah, she kind of pops her head up. and that was the first time i saw any emotion from her. >> i didn't have any idea that he spoke -- >> exactly. and that's -- >> -- he saw or went out with this girl -- >> okay. >> -- recently. >> has he been talking to her on the side? >> i would like to leave. i don't actually know and i would like to leave. >> i really wanted to get her side of the story so that we could get some information and kind of clear things up. you're welcome to leave. but again, that limits us to where we only have one side of the story. and your vehicle was seen next to her house, and we needed to talk about that, okay? we honestly didn't even know that was her vehicle at that point. so when i confronted her with that, she could have easily said, no, that's not me, and here's the logical explanation behind it. but she didn't. >> so somebody else would've

said, how do you know it was my jeep? i wasn't there. >> exactly. >> when i can't explain that and all i see is that your vehicle's over there, that kind of makes it look not too good. right? okay. and then when we're talking to colin and we're hearing, yeah, there was some jealousy stuff going on, that doesn't sound very good. >> it was very intense talking to her. she had this almost flat stare that just stares right through you. >> sounds pretty off-putting, that someone is staring right through you. >> this is not a normal response, especially if this is somebody that's just a witness and has nothing to do with this. >> kaitlin armstrong clearly isn't talking. she states seven times that she'd like to leave, and finally she does. >> i would like to leave if i'm free to leave. >> okay. >> she could have provided a very logical explanation as to why her vehicle was over there. maybe that wasn't her vehicle. maybe that was another vehicle that looked like hers. but she didn't say any of that. >> so she goes into that interview a person of interest and comes out of it a suspect? >> she was our top interest at that point.

>> and then an ominous tip. a good friend of kaitlin's steps forward and says kaitlin told her she'd called up moriah and warned her to stay away from her man. >> i think kaitlin just kind of wanted colin for herself.

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in every homicide investigation you have to keep an open mind. and detectives keep coming back to this relationship thing. >> kaitlin was in love with colin and maybe even slightly obsessed with colin. it was almost like kaitlin had felt this ownership over colin and that colin was hers. >> and detectives are noticing a difference in how colin speaks about professional cyclist

moriah wilson and how he talks about his live-in girlfriend amateur cyclist kaitlin armstrong. >> moriah was an equal to him, and she could keep up with him. they were peers in the cycling world. but whenever he spoke about kaitlin, it was, she's holding me back. i've told her, don't ride with me. >> authorities develop a theory that kaitlin felt threatened by moriah. >> it seems like it could have been, i'm really jealous of how good of a rider you are, and i think that i am your equal, even though my boyfriend believes that i'm not. >> she did not like the fact that they were in communication, she did not like the fact that there was this ongoing friendship. >> as authorities start to laser their focus on

armstrong, they also take at what kind of relationship colin and moriah actually had. >> i think their connection was about the sport she saw someone who could mentor her, and he saw someone he could mentor. >> detectives learned that an incident in january 2022, some four months before moriah's death, seemed to mark a turning point for moriah in how she viewed her brief romantic relationship with colin. >> in january 2022, colin, kaitlin, and moriah are all in arkansas for networking reasons around a race and they end up at a sponsor dinner together that, by all accounts, was pretty awkward. >> detectives learned about a text message from moriah wilson to colin strickland, words to the effect of saying, this weekend was strange for me. if you just want to be friends, it's totally cool. my mind has been going in

circles, and i don't know what to think. >> his response to her text was to apologize for putting her in an awkward position at that dinner and to explain that kaitlin was in town with him for a business meeting. and he admitted that, in hindsight, this was not a good idea. >> and i believe, from that point on there was no ambiguity between moriah and colin. the gist of it was that, yes, we're just friends. >> but police are learning that kaitlin was less clear on her own status with colin after they had gotten back together. >> when they broke up, it was a very clear breakup, but they never separated their housing. kaitlin had a home that she was renovating. kaitlin said, i would move out, but i would have to get a lease. and colin said, your house is almost ready. if you just want to stay here,

you can. and as a result, it was easy to slide back into a relationship. he said that, in retrospect, that was a mistake. >> and then police got a crucial tip about a conversation that took place at this popular cyclist hangout. >> kaitlin was really angry, almost shaking. she started telling me how colin was dating moriah. she was like, but me and colin, we'll always be really close. we'll always be best friends. >> during that conversation, moriah wilson walked into the restaurant. >> i asked kaitlin, what if he all of a sudden is in a long-term, committed relationship with someone else? she said, oh, i'd kill her. >> kaitlin told nicole that she'd called moriah and confronted her that day. >> she's like, i'm colin's girlfriend. we live together.

stay away from him. i didn't take it seriously, but there was something about it that in the back of my head kind of believed, but i didn't consciously realize that. i think i realized it later. >> a second tipster also calls police to say she was with kaitlin armstrong in arkansas several months before moriah was killed, alleging kaitlin also used the words kill her in a conversation with her about moriah. >> this anonymous tipster goes on to say she distinctly remembers kaitlin armstrong talking about getting a gun. she doesn't remember if she said she had a gun or if she was going to get a gun, but she distinctly remembers her saying the word gun. >> police execute a search warrant on colin strickland and kaitlin armstrong's home, and they recover a gun that they then conduct ballistic testing on.

>> and what they do is they take the casings found next to the body of mo wilson, and they compare it to test firings from this 9 millimeter sig sauer that colin strickland bought for kaitlin armstrong. meanwhile, this case is starting to get a lot of attention in the media with sensational claims about a love triangle gone wrong, which both moriah wilsons' family and colin strickland are quick to say is absolutely untrue. >> colin strickland releases a statement expressing his sympathy to the wilson family and his regret over his proximity to the horrible crime, adding that he never had an intention of pursuing a romantic relationship that would mislead anyone. moriah's family said at the time of her death that moriah made it clear to her at the time of her

death that she wasn't in a romantic relationship with anyone. >> there was no active love triangle. >> moriah just happened to be the person that colin had dated briefly and kaitlin became obsessed with that. i think that kaitlin thought that there was a lot more going on and built it up in her head into something more. >> so, armed with new details about kaitlin armstrong and evidence that would appear to clear colin, authorities want to question her again. that's when they make a stunning discovery. she seems to have >> her phone was off. her instagram was gone. nobody knew where she was. >> essentially, kaitlin armstrong drops off the map. >> we have no idea where she is. >> and then a shocking new video of armstrong surfaces. >> she shows up at the austin airport, dressed casually. she's got a yoga mat.

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story into international news, the fact that kaitlin fled, she fled the country. she changed her identity. she changed her looks. she took on new names. >> tonight the urgent search for a suspected killer. >> what's it like to hear that your daughter is fugitive. >> what are you running from if you're innocent? >> she said i'm thinking about giving up my u.s. passport. >> they grabbed her and said we're taking you in because you have no documents. >> what would drive her to take those actions? >> i think fear. >> fear of what? >> fear of what had happened, fear that she might be also murdered. >> you're saying she was afraid she might be the next victim? >> breaking news kaitlin armstrong escaped from travis county custody this >> [ bleep ]. >> is this a murderer who's good at covering her tracks or good

at just running away? >> it felt insane. what the hell is going on? it's been only days since cyclist moriah wilson's shocking murder. and, after initially suspecting a fellow prominent racer, colin strickland, who moriah had previously had a brief romantic relationship with. police have cleared him and quickly shifted their focus to his on-again/off-again girlfriend kaitlin armstrong. >> colin strickland told police right at the end of december 2021, he goes to a local gun store and he purchases two firearms. two handguns, one is a springfield armory 9 millimeter for himself, and he buys a sig sauer, which is a very high-quality gun, for his girlfriend, kaitlin armstrong. >> i keep seeing everybody saying, why would colin buy her gun if he knew that she was so crazy and jealous? he bought her a gun because she would maybe need to protect herself at some point. >> he hasn't said this to me, but i feel secure in saying that

colin certainly regrets purchasing any firearms given the terrible things that happened in this case. >> police are now convinced kaitlin armstrong didn't use the gun for self-defense, that she used it to commit cold-blooded murder. >> the reports from the ballistics exam came back. the ballistics evidence indicated that the gun that colin said belonged to kaitlin armstrong was the murder weapon. >> we knew she had access to a gun, and then seeing her vehicle over there was definitely a turning point that we needed to talk to her. >> once that warrant is signed, i send it over to our lone star fugitive task force, which has our tactical intel guys on it. but the problem was was that they couldn't find where kaitlin was currently located. >> she also went dark on social media. so essentially kaitlin armstrong

drops off the map. >> i asked colin if he had reached out to kaitlin or if he had heard anything from her. and he said he had contacted her. she never contacted him back. i believe he thought that was strange. hey, are you doing okay? are you all right? >> while the austin law enforcement community is scrambling to track down kaitlin armstrong, the cycling community is reeling from the loss of mo wilson. >> she was so smart and so talented and, you know, she was taken. >> there was a race the weekend following mo's death. it was called gravel locos. she was supposed to be at that race. >> i'm sure many of you have heard, we lost mo, i believe it was, wednesday evening. her family sent me a statement and they basically said, we want

you all to do what mo wants you all to do. she wants you to race. >> we had a moment of silence for mo and then people started riding this 190-mile course in the middle of texas. >> race your best race. race it for mo, or race it for yourself, but race your best race. >> the start was really emotional and people rolled out together, not racing. >> i can't imagine how hard that was, especially for her peers, the other women in the race especially. >> the gravel community is a tight-knit community and it's very protective. we don't have drama or bad attention brought to the sport. this is new. this is scary. so there's going to be some serious hesitancy on people's parts to talk about a difficult subject like this.

>> the story's only escalating and quickly making national headlines. authorities now have a lead. >> she's seen on camera at the austin airport walking through the airport casually. she's got a yoga mat under her arm and she's got a covid mask on her face. she boards a flight from austin to laguardia in new >> there was a mobilization of the marshall service to try to find her. >> the search tonight for a suspected killer on the run. >> the u.s. marshall put out a wanted poster for kaitlin armstrong. >> authorities believe that kaitlin armstrong fled from texas to new york city. she's been missing since -- >> at this time we're still getting tips. people are still calling in. somebody had mentioned something about a sister that lived in new york. >> eventually, members of the u.s. marshal service speak to kaitlin armstrong's sister who

lives in upstate new york, but by then, kaitlin is no longer there. >> it's obvious that after a few days that she's made an attempt to disappear. >> someone else who desperately wants to find kaitlin, her father. >> and now we turn to the texas yoga instructor wanted for murder. her father is now speaking out. >> we love you, katie. we're going to figure this out. i know her. i know how she thinks and i know what she believes. and i know that she just would not do something like this. there are a lot of unanswered questions. >> but right now, the number one question everyone is asking, if you were kaitlin armstrong, where would you run? >> was that yoga mat caught on surveillance cameras at the airport a clue? >> she was into health, and fitness, and wellness, and yoga, and that eco lifestyle. so, in some ways, it was the perfect place for someone like kaitlin armstrong to hide.

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the urgent search underway for a suspected killer. >> authorities have charged kaitlin marie armstrong with first degree murder. >> the bigger the story became, the harder it was going to be for her to hide. putting her name and face at the forefront of this story was essential in finding her. >> but as authorities in the united states were still trying to track down kaitlin armstrong there, she was landing here in costa rica, hiding in plain sight as a new tourist seeking out a wellness hideaway by the beach. >> costa rica is a very, very small country, and it is absolutely inundated with american tourists.

>> it's close. it's cheap. the surfing is fantastic and the waves are great. >> it's a mecca for surfers from all over the world. there's also a thriving yoga community down there. >> costa rica is an amazing place for yoga because the nature in costa rica helps a lot to bring your soul and your mind back to the roots. >> in late may, kaitlin armstrong takes a bus several hours from the capitol of san jose to jaco beach. >> she signs up for a class at the aurora yoga studio, just off the city's busy main strip, telling the instructor her name is liz. >> the woman who called herself liz, she told me she was in the area, not just in jaco, but in costa rica, scouting for a place to teach yoga. and she came to class very shy

or very, very quiet. there was another guy also really fit. and they start chatting at the end of the class. i thought, whoa, he is nice looking. she is nice looking. they are flirting or something like that. she asked him where he from, and he was from austin, and she was really interested that he was from austin. they keep chatting for a long time. i have to tell them that i have to close the studio so they went outside and keep chatting. >> the two grab a meal down the street, but armstrong doesn't stay in town long. within days she's heading further west by boat to another surf town on the pacific coast called santa teresa. >> santa teresa is on the nicoya peninsula. >> in the middle of nowhere, basically, six hours from the main city. >> there's only one road in and one road out.

>> it attracts people who are looking for great surf, yoga, health and wellness or people who are drawn to how remote it is. >> it's a perfect place for someone who maybe wants to hide. lots of people pick up, start their lives over. lots of yoga teachers move down here, restart their lives down here. >> it's that yoga scene and the isolation there that seem to draw kaitlin armstrong. she settles in at don jon's lodge, one of several hotels on santa teresa's main street. >> it has a couple, two dorm rooms, probably like, eight beds per room and then there's a yoga deck in back. it was mostly backpackers and surfers, and the place wasn't too busy.

so she, like, had the room to herself in the back. >> by now, armstrong is calling herself arie, getting a discounted room by working short shifts at the front desk, and welcoming new arrivals. >> she never wore makeup, had her hair back, and just really sat to herself. every day, i would see her, just say hi, and she would say hi. we would have a little talk. she laughed at my jokes. i guess she had a sense of humor. >> armstrong begins making friends and integrating into this little expat community down in costa rica, and she clearly intends to stay for a while. she's going out. she's socializing. she's heading to popular spots to eat. >> the barbecue restaurant and sports bar kooks became one of armstrong's regular hangouts. >> we had parties tuesdays, fridays, sundays. two, three times a week, she'd be here at night. i'm usually talking to everybody. you know, where you from? how long you here

and with arie, it's, oh, i just moved here. i'm teaching yoga. staying at don jon's. and then she was just in here a lot. she was usually with guys. arie wasn't a bad-looking girl. it's probably why teal was talking to her. >> teal akerson was a local surfer who armstrong started spending time with. >> arie was a strange person, but she was kind and nice. i met her right outside the tattoo shop. i was out there having a beer in the lounge and she scooted over by me and started talking to me. and it became apparent to me that she was trying to have a conversation, trying to get to know me. we went on a couple dates. but she said that she had just been through a real traumatizing breakup and she hadn't healed from it yet and wasn't ready to get close at all. so we were just being friends. >> in the few weeks that armstrong was living in

santa teresa, she began to change her appearance gradually. at first, she had long, beautiful hair, but she dyed it and cut it short. >> so, arie was about the first month, she didn't have anything wrong with her nose. and she disappeared for, like, four days and everyone was worried about her. and she just came back with a bandage on her nose and says it was a surf accident. >> it happens to people all the time, especially learning surfing. it's just like, oh, you got hit in the face with your board, and kinda move on. >> she said she went to the doctor. me personally, though, i was like, there's no way. it's too perfect. man, how did the surfboard hit you? that's a perfect hit. man, directly on the nose. >> despite that nose injury, armstrong's still busy at don jon's, taking part in yoga

classes in its treehouse studio. >> she's not hiding. she's not laying low. she clearly intends to stay for a while. >> i think she was trying to make this home. one funny conversation we had -- she goes, oh, i'm thinking about giving up my u.s. passport. and i was like, that's probably a bad idea. because when you travel, your u.s. passport's like gold, right? you could go to almost every country. like looking back, obviously, that's a pretty interesting thing to say. >> while kaitlin armstrong seems to be settling into her new life in this tropical paradise, the u.s. marshals are picking up on her trail using that yoga mat from the austin airport as a major clue. >> that yoga mat changed their line of thinking. >> she got comfortable in costa rica and she made a mistake. >> i just put my hands up. i'm sitting here, like, oh, this is hardcore. i've never seen that happen in santa. takes you off course. put it in check with rinvoq, a once-daily pill. when i wanted to see results fast, rinvoq delivered rapid symptom relief and helped leave bathroom urgency behind. check. when uc tried to slow me down... i got lasting, steroid-free remission with rinvoq.

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♪ santa teresa's awesome because the ocean is there. that's why i'm there, so i can do my in-water photography. it's not makin' me rich, but it pays for food. a normal day is four hours in the water in the morning and then i go get a smoothie, and then just hang out and find things to do. really relaxing. no one's in a hurry. it's really chill. >> in costa rica, you hear this term pura vida. it means pure life. it's about living a good life, living a clean life. >> after several weeks kaitlin armstrong's settling in to the santa teresa lifestyle. she's dating, teaching yoga

classes and maybe feeling that she's gotten away. but back in the u.s. for authorities their search for armstrong is front and center and is gaining momentum. authorities discover she sold her jeep at an austin carmax at a discount and then flies to new york to see her sister. >> authorities become aware that kaitlin armstrong is traveling on someone else's >> they were looking for places where it would be easy to get a job as a yoga

>> she had created a g mail account. one of the things g mail saves is your search history. she didn't opt out of that. >> kaitlin armstrong left a forensic trail that led authorities to her doorstep. >> she was making online reservations to different hotels. using different aliases, beth, liz, elizabeth martin and ari martin. >> and significantly, investigators find a search history that leads them to one specific city, santa teresa, costa rica.

>> they, along with local investigators wearing hawaiian shirts, went door to door looking for women who matched her description. >> it was an undercover operation for them that was quite extensive. they were on the ground there for multiple days. >> they were worried they were going to get found out because while everyone on the beach was looking at the surfers they were looking at their phones comparing the people they saw. >> investigators organized a sting focussed on her passion for >> there was a yoga studio there. they spoke with the owner and told him, can you post a help wanted ad, just saying that you were in need of an experienced instructor and that y'all are hiring? >> sure enough, she actually responded to it. she never showed up for that actual interview, but that was kind of a clue. she's here. she's somewhere here and she has to be nearby. >> authorities got a tip she might be at a local hotel.

>> that low call hotel was don jon's. >> i noticed arie was alone. i started talking to her, making stupid jokes. then she sat back and relaxed. some guy came in who said he was from mexico. she said, yeah, there's a room available. he said, okay, i'm going to eat and i'll come back. >> it was the deputy marshal. he pretended to be a spanish speaking tourist and told our team member and costa rica law enforcement that he found kaitlin on site. >> they summoned local

officials. >> ten minutes later three uniform cops came in. they just went right for her. documents, gimme your documents. and she says, i don't have any. i just put my hands up and they're like, where are you staying? and she said, puntarenas. and then they're like, where are your documents? puntarenas? and she was like, yes. no. and she just couldn't answer the questions. and then they said, where is your room? and she didn't wanna tell em. they just grabbed her and said, we're taking you in because you have no documents. >> i'm just sitting here just, like, whoa, this is hardcore. i've never seen that happen in santa. the police don't do stuff like that. i knew she did something bad, the way these cops were talking to her. >> armstrong was taken to the local police station just up the road. she initially gives authorities a false name, arie, but eventually admits her true identity. >> she finally gave the name, okay, i am kaitlin armstrong.

>> after kaitlin was captured, the owner of the hostel where she was staying opened a locker, a lockbox belonging to her. inside he found a receipt for more than $6,000 for plastic surgery in the name of allison page. >> she got this nose job and forever altered her face. >> they found her passport with kaitlin armstrong's name on it. a second passport not belonging to her. >> they found her sister's, christine's passport, this passport is the one that had the stamp on it for entry into costa rica. >> kaitlin's sister christie armstrong says she doesn't know how kaitlin got her passport. after 43 days on the run, armstrong was charged for fraudulent use of a passport. armstrong was soon deported back

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after 43 days on the run, kaitlin armstrong is back in the united states for the fourth of july holiday. but she's not going to be celebrating her independence because she's been brought here back to texas in the custody of the travis county sheriff's department. >> she faces a murder charge and her bond is set at $3.5 million. judges will often increase a bond amount if they think someone is a flight risk or has, in fact, tried to flee in an effort to avoid a charge.

>> according to officials, armstrong altered her physical appearance. she dyed her hair brown. she cropped her hair shorter to about shoulder length and had a bandage on her nose where she claimed it was from a surfboard incident just days before. >> she did not look like the pictures that were shown on the news. she did not look like that. so even if people seen those pictures, they probably wouldn't be able to guess it was her. >> hearing she had got plastic surgery, she fled to costa rica, that she had someone else's passport, it felt insane. your heart is like what the -- what the hell is going on? it feels like a movie. >> kaitlin armstrong, once she is back in austin, then retains one of the city's most prominent defense attorneys and pled not guilty in court and said that she did not kill moriah wilson. >> just weeks before kaitlin armstrong appears before a jury to decide her fate, another

unbelievable twist. our "20/20" team is in texas interviewing austin investigate tv reporter tony in the newsroom when suddenly the news breaks. >> 60 feet away from caitlin cash's home. >> so breaking news. kaitlin armstrong, she escaped from travis county -- >> stop it. >> -- deputy's custody for a time this morning. >> holy [ bleep ]. >> okay, hold on. yeah, we can just cut. stop for a second. >> let's cut. stopping. cut. >> immediately when we learned of this, we wanted to just try to find out everything going on with the situation. so we called tcso, the travis county sheriff's office, which operates the county jail. we learned that kaitlin armstrong escaped custody while being taken to a doctor's

appointment. at that time they say that she bolted and began running. >> you see her in her black and white prison outfit. makes a run for it and then you see her attempting to climb a fence. >> kaitlin armstrong was just two weeks away from the start of her trial. she made a go for it. >> authorities say kaitlin ran a mile away, stripping off her prisoner's uniform, even freeing a hand. >> she had different clothes on underneath the black and white jumpsuit so that at a point, she would be able to strip that and not look like she had just escaped from police custody. >> she made it about a block into a neighborhood behind a complex of doctors' offices. they were able to detain her a few minutes later. >> kaitlin armstrong bolts for about a mile, down a side street into this neighborhood. and perhaps there is a karmic twist to the fact that she's

recaptured on the street bearing the name of the woman she's accused of killing -- wilson. now police say that this was not a spur of the moment decision to try to escape but that armstrong plotted and planned this out. >> an affidavit now detailing the 35-year-old put in a medical request restricting the use of leg restraints and then utilizing an injury complaint, getting herself an appointment outside the prison in austin, texas. >> looking back at video of her over the past couple of months, she had been training physically. she'd been running, doing squats. >> i was so glad that they caught her because i did not want to go through another manhunt of trying to find her for god knows how long. >> kaitlin armstrong's attempt at avoiding justice fails. in her upcoming trial, prosecutors are about to say they'll present evidence proving that kaitlin armstrong circled and stalked moriah wilson.

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♪ this is the blackwell thurman justice center. it's a long way from costa rica, but it's here after two attempts to escape that kaitlin armstrong will face a jury of her peers who could decide her fate. >> the trial of kaitlin armstong is underway in texas. >> all rise. travis county district court is now in session. the honorable brenda kennedy presiding. >> there appeared to be a greater level of security in the courtroom, and frankly, a greater level of security around her. >> the last thing mo did on this earth was scream in terror. you'll hear those screams. those screams are followed by gunshots.

you won't hear any more screams after that. >> why was it important for the jury to hear that ring video and to see the video right off the bat? >> i wanted to come out with a bang. i wanted them to feel the passion of how the murder happened right up front. >> thanks to colin strickland's police interview and other legal documents, we know what colin and moriah wilson were up to on may 11, 2022. but what was kaitlin armstrong up to? if she's not going to tell us, prosecutor ricky jones says the evidence he's about to present in this courthouse will. >> colin strickland is very clear that he never told kaitlin armstrong that he was going to see mo wilson. one of the big questions that i think so many people had going into the trial is how kaitlin armstrong knew where moriah wilson was that night. >> a forensic analysis of kaitlin's personal devices shows kaitlin is obsessively looking

at moriah's strava account in the days leading up to arrival in austin. strava is an app that cyclists use to track their ride. >> on may 11, 2022 kaitlin armstrong looks up moriah wilson on strava. you'll see that cellphone data. >> investigators say strava shows moriah starting and finishing her may 11th ride at cash's garage apartment on maple avenue. so now kaitlin knows moriah is in austin and where she is likely staying. >> ms. kaitlin armstrong, the defendant, who lived with colin, they were business partners. as a result of their business, they shared an ipad and a laptop that was connected to colin's phone. >> so anytime that he would receive a text message, that same text message would also come across on his computer. kaitlin, had full access to be

able to see anybody that he had already been texting with. >> she had access to his accounts so that she could do banking business. it was never intended that they share everything, every password every correspondence that he had ever had. >> at 4:49 p.m. on may 11th, mo sent that text to colin giving the exact address of where she is. kaitlin armstrong is back home with the ipad and the laptop. >> so that's pretty significant because now i know that kaitlin was aware of the conversations that colin was having with moriah. >> i believe that the triggering mechanism was that text message. i think she sees that message at 4:54 and shortly thereafter

is when she's in that jeep in the lamar area. >> the prosecution says cell phone pings show kaitlin's jeep driving to the address in east austin. experts show the jury the timestamps on those cell phone pings match the timestamps on video evidence collected on the night of the murder. >> now, there's four video surveillance cameras that captures kaitlin armstrong circling cash's house. >> the car had passed through the neighborhood several times. >> she circles the block. and then, at 7:30 p.m. she shuts off her phone. >> yes. >> kaitlin shuts off her phone or somehow the phone goes dead. why is that significant? >> i think she knows the phone can be tracked. >> but something else is working in her car, right? >> yes. the infotainment system.

it has just a built-in gps. once the cell phone lost connection with the tower, the gps showed it continued over to maple avenue. >> gps location puts kaitlin armstrong's jeep in an alley about 15, 20 yards from those stairs that mo wilson went up at 8:36 p.m. >> in a dramatic moment, the prosecution rolls out what they say is a silent witness to the murder, moriah's bike. >> i will never forget the moment that the assistant d.a. carried moriah's bicycle into the courtroom. i remember looking at her i remember looking at her family and seeing their reaction. it was as close to having her in the courtroom that day i think has anything. >> we did swab for dna on the

bike that we found in the alleyway, and there was dna that came back on the seat and the handlebar area of the bike that was showing to have a high likelihood to belong to ms. armstrong. >> no one else in the world had a sig sauer p365 and left their dna at the scene. no one else in the world was angry that their boyfriend was out with mo wilson. just her. no one else in the world had their jeep circling for an hour before you heard that 9:15 shot. >> after eight days of testimony, the prosecution rests. >> there is a lot of sizzle. there's not much steak. it's a case based on assumptions. it's based on confirmation bias,

and a lack of direct evidence. >> the defense absolutely focused on the fact that in this digital age with all of these cameras that not a single image of kaitlin armstrong carrying out the murder was admitted into evidence. >> we were not able to see anybody in the driver's seat. it was dark at the time. we weren't able to see any occupants in the jeep. >> was kaitlin in the black jeep? who had access to the black jeep? who had access to the key fob to the black jeep? >> you and your partner seem to imply that colin may have been driving the jeep that night. do you think colin was driving that black jeep? >> it's not our role to solve that crime. we want to make sure the jury considers all the possibilities. >> the defense seemed to be implying that it could have just as easily have been colin as it

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in a little more than two hours, the jury re-enters the courtroom. >> the defendant will please rise. we, the jury, having found the defendant, kaitlin armstrong, guilty of the offense of murder. >> the jury delivered a 90-year sentence and a $10,000 fine. >> we take all acts of violence and gun violence really seriously. this is an entire team who works hard to live up to the aspirations of our community. this case was no exception. >> you may be seated. >> before kaitlin armstrong is escorted out of court, moriah's family and friends were given a chance to speak to her directly. >> karen wilson to the stand. >> i hate what you did to my beautiful daughter. it was very selfish and

cowardly because you never chose to face her woman to woman in a civil conversation. she would've listened. if you allowed yourself to actually know her, this never would've happened. you killed her earthly body, but her spirit is so very much alive and you can never change that. >> while kaitlin armstrong's father's heart breaks for his daughter, he also feels for the wilsons. >> a wonderful young woman has lost her life and i can't imagine the pain of the wilson family. >> i think she could have been the greatest female bike racer to ever >> welcome to the first annual ride for mo. i'm eric, moriah's dad.

moriah was a wonderful daughter, sister, and friend to many of you. we miss her dearly, and i know many of you do as well. >> i know there's 125 of you. >> we ride for mo to raise money for kingdom kids and to be a part of their family and support them. >> kingdom kids is a little organization to get kids out on these trails. and so many of us that volunteer for kingdom kids really loved moriah a lot. >> just here to support and do the things that she can't do anymore. >> it's impossible to overstate how tragic this has been. she had just barely begun to show the athlete that she was going to be in gravel cycling. >> so moriah might say, enjoy the interchange of you and the environment today. may it lift you beyond your skin to a transcendent joy beyond the

ego and into a different reality. >> mo was a phenomenal person. they're using the slogan, ride for mo. i think you can take that message and apply it to anything in life. >> david: a fitting, moving tribute. a new legal team for kaitlin armstrong has filed a motion for a new trial. >> deborah: if her conviction stays, armstrong's first chance at parole will be in 30 years when she's 66. that's our program for tonight. thanks for watching. i'm deborah roberts. >> david: i'm david muir. from all of us at "20/20" and abc news, good night.

i, and this is expected to change in a few hours. rain is on the way to the bay area. good evening. i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us. part of the weekend will be a stormy one. at least the start of it. yes rain is working its way back into the forecast and the sierra is expecting lots of snow. >> meteorologist sandhya patel is here with what's in store starting sandhya on saturday. >> that's right. and tomorrow it's going to turn wet and windy across the bay area. dan and let's take a look at our level one storm on live doppler seven. it is already pushing into the pacific northwest and we will start to feel the effects of it as early as