Authorities enchantment to the general public in seek for suspect Kaitlin Armstrong
Austin Police Division and U.S. Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Activity Power are interesting to the general public for assist in finding suspect Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, who is needed on first-degree homicide felony prices in reference to the taking pictures demise of gravel bike owner Moriah Wilson on Could 11 in Austin, Texas.
As of Wednesday, Could 25, U.S. Marshals imagine that Armstrong could have fled by airplane to New York three days after Wilson was killed in a taking pictures whereas staying at a good friend’s house on Maple Avenue in Austin.
New info suggests Armstrong was at Austin-Bergstrom Worldwide Airport on Could 14 at 12:30 pm. U.S. Marshals imagine that Armstrong then boarded a flight to Houston Pastime Airport adopted by a connecting flight to LaGuardia Airport in New York, in line with a press launch issued by the U.S. Marshals on Wednesday.
U.S. Marshals launched new surveillance video footage that present a girl who authorities say they imagine to be Armstrong on the airport in Austin. She was final seen on surveillance video footage carrying a blue denim jacket, black shirt with a pink design on the chest, white denims, black and white tennis footwear, a black COVID masks, and a potential yoga mat service on her shoulders.
The Austin Police Division (APD) issued an arrest warrant for Armstrong in connection to the taking pictures demise of Wilson, issued on Could 17, signed by a Decide on the Metropolis of Austin Municipal Court docket – District Court docket of Travis County, and filed on Could 19, 2022.
The arrest warrant names Armstrong, 34, as needed in first-degree felony homicide prices and describes her as a white, feminine, with no further aliases. U.S. Marshals additionally described Armstrong as white, 5’8″ tall and weighing round 125 kilos, lengthy, curly, mild brown hair and hazel eyes.
Deputy U.S. Marshal Brandon Filla confirmed to Cyclingnews on Wednesday, that they haven’t but situated Armstrong’s whereabouts past their most up-to-date lead that signifies she arrived at LaGuardia Airport on Could 14.
“From that time, proper now, we have no idea, any additional, so far as her leaving the airport or how she bought transportation, or something like that. We simply imagine proper now, once we be taught that info we’re in a position to affirm that info. Within the meantime, whereas we collect all our investigation efforts, and put it collectively, we attain out to the general public as a result of we could generate one other tip that possibly some one has seen her, possibly they gave her some sort of transportation, comparable to a ride-share programme, in order that’s why we hope to generate one thing,” Filla instructed Cyclingnews.
“At the moment, she left on [May 14] and the arrest warrant was issued on [May 17] so now we’re lastly attending to the purpose the place we’ve tracked that route of journey and it has led us as much as the northeast coast, in order that’s all we all know proper now.”
Requested if there’s a chance that Armstrong is now not within the US, Filla mentioned, “Something is feasible at this level.”
“We initially targeted our investigation right here in Austin, till we had some form of details main us outdoors of Austin. We bought these details, we have been in a position to affirm that yesterday night [May 24], so now we all know. What’s she able to doing now? We don’t know. All we will do is comply with her path and hope to meet up with her.
“May she go into one other nation? Completely. You’ve bought to keep in mind that the time she travelled, primarily based on the proof that has been proven up to now, she was not needed at the moment [May 14] as a result of the [arrest] warrant wasn’t issued till the seventeenth. She may have [used her passport] and she or he may have mentioned, ‘you realize what? I’m happening a trip, see ya.’ She may have gone wherever. She may have gone to Canada.”
In line with the affidavit akin to the arrest warrant, and revealed within the Washington Publish, on the day following the taking pictures, Could 12, [authorities] found that Armstrong had an excellent class B warrant for her arrest.
[Authorities] then situated and apprehended Armstrong and transported her to the Austin Police Division Murder Unit the place she was briefly detained and questioned. Nonetheless, through the interview it was relayed to detectives that the category B warrant was not legitimate and that she was free to depart, in line with the affidavit.
An Austin Police Division detective acknowledged in a information convention on Tuesday, Could 24 that Armstrong was launched resulting from a birthdate discrepancy.
“Armstrong was mistakenly launched from custody on the misdemeanor warrant as a result of her date-of-birth in our report administration system didn’t match the date-of-birth on the warrant,” the detective mentioned.
It was additionally acknowledged within the affidavit that Armstrong was final seen on Could 13.
U.S. Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Activity Power have appealed to the general public for info that would assist them find Armstrong. The duty power is actively conducting a fugitive investigation and pursuing leads on her whereabouts.
Anybody with info on Armstrong’s whereabouts is urged to contact the U.S. Marshals Service Communications Middle at 1-800-336-0102 or submit a tip utilizing the USMS Suggestions app. Suggestions may additionally be despatched to the Capital Space Crime Stoppers at 1-800-893-8477.
UPDATE: Armstrong was final seen on surveillance video carrying a blue denim jacket, black shirt with a pink design on the chest, white denims, black and white tennis footwear, a black COVID masks, and a potential yoga mat service on her shoulders. pic.twitter.com/y816hPt7imCould 25, 2022
