As particulars start to emerge concerning the homicide of gravel star Anna Moriah “Mo” Wilson, together with the arrest warrant issued for Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, 34, one other well-known gravel racer, Colin Strickland, has admitted to having romantic relationships with each girls at completely different instances.
Wilson was shot to demise on the evening of Might 11, 2022. Police are nonetheless looking for Armstrong, who faces felony first-degree homicide expenses.
In a press release, posted to social media by KVUE Austin investigative journalist Tony Plohetski, Strickland insisted his relationship with Wilson was “platonic {and professional}”, writing, “There isn’t a solution to adequately specific the remorse and torture I really feel about my proximity to this horrible crime.”
Strickland admitted to having a week-long romantic relationship with Wilson late final yr at a time when he and Armstrong had damaged up. Wilson returned to California, and Strickland says he and Armstrong later reunited.
Wilson was staying with a buddy at a Maple Avenue condominium in Austin in preparation to compete within the Gravel Locos race on Might 14, 2022. In keeping with a search warrant issued earlier this week, Wilson despatched a textual content message to the buddy saying that she was going for a swim with a male buddy. She returned residence a number of hours later.
When the buddy returned to the condominium, they discovered Wilson unresponsive and “lined in blood”, having been shot a number of instances. She was pronounced lifeless because of gunshot wounds and the incident was declared a murder.
Police obtained video from a neighbor’s safety digital camera exhibiting that one other car arrived after Wilson returned to the condominium, and police say it resembled an SUV registered to a lady who lived in South Austin. They later issued an arrest warrant for Armstrong.
Strickland, in his assertion, didn’t state whether or not he had met Wilson that night however stated he had been cooperating with the investigators and confirmed his relationship with Armstrong.
Colin Strickland’s assertion
I’m reeling from grieving Mo Wilson’s demise and from the info which have emerged throughout the investigation. I can’t start to think about the ache felt by Mo’s household and her shut associates.
There isn’t a solution to adequately specific the remorse and torture I really feel about my proximity to this horrible crime. I’m sorry and I merely can’t make sense of this unfathomable tragedy.
Though it is going to be a matter of small comfort to anybody else who cared for Mo, I would like you to know that I’ve cooperated totally with investigators ever since I discovered the horrible information and I’ll proceed to take action till some type of justice is served.
As a degree of clarification to info beforehand reported, Moriah Wilson and I had a quick romantic relationship from late October-early November 2021 that spanned per week or so whereas Wilson was visiting Austin.
On the time, she and I had each just lately ended relationships. She returned to her residence in California and a few month later, Kaitlin Armstrong and I reconciled and resumed our relationship.
Since then I typically so Mo at biking occasions, and at all times in public settings. We each competed in Bentonville, AR, Stillwater and Monterrey, CA. We additionally met for a 4-hour coaching experience in Santa Cruz after the Sea Different (sic) Basic in Monterrey.
After our temporary relationships in October of 2021, we weren’t in a romantic relationship, solely a platonic {and professional} one. It was not my intention to pursue alongside an auxiliary romantic relationship that will mislead anybody. Moriah and I have been each leaders on this lonely, area of interest sport of biking, and I admired her drastically and thought of her a detailed buddy. I’m deeply grieving her loss.
