The Boyfriend Testifies: Love Triangle Murder Trial | Day 3 Recap
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- This is the Day 3 Recap from the so-called "Love Triangle Murder Trial," aka TX v. Kaitlin Armstrong.
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FOR CONTEXT:
Yoga instructor Kaitlin Armstrong is on trial for murdering a professional bicyclist named Anna Moriah "Mo" Wilson. Kaitlin was in a relationship with professional bicyclist Colin Strickland. When Kaitlin and Colin were on a break in their relationship, Colin very briefly dated Mo. Friends described this as basically a very casual, very brief dating period, without much emotional connection. Things didn't work out romantically for Colin and Mo, but they allegedly remained friends. Prosecutors allege that Kaitlin became very jealous of Mo ever since, and that this jealousy drove her to take Mo's life.
After she was questioned by police, she fled to Costa Rica on her sister's passport, where she dyed her hair and had plastic surgery that changed her face dramatically. After she was apprehended, she tried escaping a second time, this time from a doctor's appointment she had in jail.
Trial in this case began on October 30th in Austin, TX when a jury was paneled. On November 1st, the prosecution and defense gave their opening statements.
Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction
00:24 Background
1:40 Day 3
2:00 Witness No. 1 - Daniel Sheer (Neighbor)
2:27 Witness No. 2 - Sgt. Jason Ayers
6:52 Witness No. 3 - Crime Scene Specialist Mirezha Guevara
8:43 Witness No. 4 - Kaeli Arhelger (Manager of Pool Burger)
9:28 Witness No. 5 - Colin Strickland
24:21 What to Expect of Day 4
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What do you think of this trial so far? What about the testimony from the key witness, Colin Strickland? Give your thoughts in the comments!!
I love your dog sleeping upside down in the background LegalBytes
I have been trying to follow this trial between classes and such. It has been very interesting for sure. I believe the sister helped.
You’re doing such a good job of recapping.
I've noticed a lot of media coverage hasn't talked about the huge amount of planning that Kaitlin had to have done for the murder and the escape, and to a lesser degree the second escape attempt. The things she did were not things you can just improvise. She is so savvy and cunning. I would love to know what goes through her twisted mind. The local news here in Austin said that her lawyers petitioned the court to allow Kaitlin only probation if she is convicted.
lol your Dog
The dog is cracking me up 🤣🤣🤣🤣
My dog sleeps like this and it is just 😄
Porno doggo! 😂
Dogs can sleep comfortably in weird positions. If I sleep with my head not just right I can't turn my head for 2 days.
Right?
😂😂me too!!
While Colin isn't guilty of any crime, his conduct in relationships is abysmal. At every turn he's creating tension and drama as if he enjoyed the jealousy. As unhinged as Kaitlin is, this could easily have been Colin's murder for being a lying, cheating, player.
I have a feeling Colin has a reason to feel Guilt about the murder. There is no telling what he was doing or saying to Kaitlyn.
Yeh, one of those guys that "hates drama" but really means he will judge you for the normal predictable reactions to being lied to, gaslit and cheated on. "Be an adult" he said to her 😮
What I think he meant y the ‘be an adult’ comment is ‘ don’t react emotionally to my gaslighting manipulative devious behaviour’
I read another comment section that said Colin was oblivious and clueless that hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. He didn't know he was playing with fire, effed around and found out. But I also wonder if he enjoyed the jealousy. I REALLY wonder if Kaitlin was trying to set Colin up to be blamed for Mo's murder, just to get back at him for his behavior.
he let it happen... guilty
Colin should have ended things with Caitlyn. Caitlyn was/is unstable and her insecurities and paranoid made for a toxic relationship. Collin also seemed as though he cared for Caitlyn, but also seemed like he wanted to play the field. Mo just got caught in the crosshairs and unfortunately lost her life because of it.
Agreed! It’s so so sad 💔
Colin is obviously a player. Unfortunately his cavalier way didn’t play well with the ticking time bomb, Kaitlin. He seems unaffected by all this, but he shoulders at least a small bit of the blame here.
*Kaitlin
Well stated. Agree with you 💯
Thank you for covering this sad case. I love the sleeping pup in the chair! So sweet.
This woman had no right to kill someone. I do not care what was happening. She is wrong, and should be in jail the remainder of her life without possibility of parole. Make no excuses for her please.
Colin’s behavior didn’t cause Mo’s death, Kaitlin’s behavior did. No one can make you kill someone, it’s a choice you make alone.
Absolutely
He bought Kaitlin the gun that killed Mo. He cheated, lied and behaved in a deceitful, miserable way. And you don't think any of his behavior had any connection to Mo's death? He is the one who brought an unstable, sociopath into Mo's life and did nothing to protect her.
Every man cheats and lies if we went by your thinking every women would be murdered daily lol.
Mo's confused text regarding where she and Colin "stood" in their relationship speaks volumes. He's playing her for his self-gratification, being fought over by two females. Mo was too naive. She got wrapped up in his pro-cyclist aura. She herself wasn't chopped liver, she could get a much better deal but she was stuck to him (in spite of friends all around advice.) He and the defendant were a toxic couple, she was maniac-jealous and he bought her guns and they both kept playing hide-and-seek.
Yes, I so agree with you here. I keep wondering if Colin really wanted a serious relationship with Mo. She was beautiful and a superstar. She was highly educated and a star on the rise to stardom. I think Mo might have been different than just another woman to play. Even though I think he did not deserve someone like Mo, Mo might have been very attracted to him. I keep wondering how much Mo was into him. I think it's a possibility that Mo and Colin really had the hots for each other and had some serious chemistry. I'll never know, but these are just things I keep wondering about. Only Colin knows the truth, and he'll never spill the secrets, because I have a feeling there was a lot of scary stalking and toxicity.
@@sueecavanau Colin simply wanted to string Mo along...First it boosted his ego, being fought over as "apple in my eyes" by two (actually the more the merrier, wasn't that at least 4 on his phone rolodex?) females. Second, this is much more significant, it boosted his public image, as Mo was an up coming star athlete, which translated to more sponsorships etc for Colin. Just think of how much PR value he could (was) milking off his association with Mo. Surprised that no one touched on this.
Granted she was an upcoming star, he already established, so it's easy to see who's wielding power in the relationship. Remember the confused text Mo sent him at one point, not knowing "where things stand"? Go over that text (and Colin pretty much brushing that off) to see the guy m.o. (not "Mo"): to any of his female partners there's always an on-off sideshow somewhere in the background. To put it simply, Colin loves hubris, and didn't mind adding a couple of real guns into the mix. (If nothing else watch his behavior in/out of the courthouse. ) Mo was too naive and obviously inexperienced in the school of romance when she met Mr. Fox...Too concentrated on her professional life I guess.
One final point: the defendant was hard-core jealous, that fact that Colin bought her guns while playing hide-and-seek with other females made the situation lethal.
It doesn't matter what was happening in their relationship, Mo didn't do anything wrong, didn't deserve this and it is such a sad loss. She was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Boyfriend receiving half naked picture of woman? Respect yourself! Break up, don’t stalk.
She wasn’t half naked, though.
Right! Would have saved a lot of heartache! 💔
Mo was an outstanding athlete and yet Colin wanted to give her advice please 🙄
Advice on how to get sponsorships and stuff. At the time Mo was just an up-and-coming athlete, while Colin was an established and successful one sponsored and endorsed by the big dogs in the cycling industry. That being said, I'd take his advice any day.
Mo was relatively new in the cycling community. Strickland was older and more experienced. Of course he would be able to give her advice about some things.
And they just haaaaaaaappened to end up together, surprise. Surprised picachu face
The "oily substance" found on the gun would either be from someone cleaning it or an application of oil to lubricate the gun to ensure proper functioning of the slide and any other movable parts of the gun.
That was the first thing I thought of, cleaning. Good point on the oiling of the slide, etc. Likely came home and had to clean that gun.
But the gun forensics expert said it was unusual.
So… are we not going to mention the adorable dog doing lazy yoga in the background?
Thanks for covering this. I love this format for these kinds of trials, you are doing a good job of laying out the story from the courtroom, I look forward to more.
Thank you! I'm glad you're enjoying it!
I’m so glad I found your channel. Your coverage is vastly superior to the hyperbole and wild speculation of some of the other channels. You have a nice mix of mostly straight reporting of facts mixed with your own sensible commentary where it’s appropriate.
👍🏻 Great work
I can't take my eyes of that dog 🤣
Love your dog in the background, made me LOL . Tragic case, but great job covering it
Your dog is a hoot in the background on the chair. HAHAHAHA.
Oily substance could be Brite bite, rem action cleaner or rem oil- all commonly used to clean and protect firearms.
Came here to say the same thing
My first thought when I heard it. With that a cursory examination, we can't be sure. But it sounds like at least the three of us have a consensus. I bet the rest of the comments will, also.
It sounds like he was trying to see other people, and she wasn't ok with it. He should have broke up with her instead of leading her on.
He messed with the wrong woman and is lucky she didn't get him, too.
Too bad it wasn’t him, since he caused all this.
@@aquavenus8026no one deserved to die over possible cheating / boundary violations.
Mo was victim of a unstable person that couldn’t walk away from a relationship that didn’t work for Colin or her. Kaitlyn choose to go murder some one, no one forced her. It’s so terrible and tragic.
Smh at Collin's behavior. ven though he seems like a good dude, changing a phone number listing in his phone and not being honest about where he was going and then seeing another ex or former friend with benefits is never a good think in a relationship. Not blaming him, just that can say how this would contribute to driving an already paranoid gf even more crazy!
Yeah, if he was a man and just end things the proper way, things would be different today.
It reminds me of the Shari Rasmussen/Stephanie Lazarus case where the guy is messy and obviously unaware that one of the women is completely unhinged.
He doesn’t seem like a ‘good dude’ at all
Agreed
Thank you for covering this trial. I was super distracted by the doggo sleeping in the blue chair lol adorable
Collin is not a saint, his behavior was very devious and fboy ish but hey still not his fault that Caitlyn murdered Mo
Colin was probably doing what 80+% of straight males would do in his position. The fact is most men are lucky to attract one woman, he probably had a lot of unasked for female interest. He can't have any idea that it could end up in this tragedy. The sad thing is, his friendship with Mo was probably just that.
Whatever Colin did or didn't do or want, Mo was totally innocent.
The unfortunate thing about innocent Colin is his unfaithfulness got a person murdered! That’s gotta do something to the soul.
I love your recaps. I love your speech and grammar. I'm so sorry to people who don't have perfect grammar, but I'm a retired English teacher and I love to hear good diction and grammar. It's like music to my ears. You're so smart. You aren't so sensational and full of drama. But you do include ALL of the details, and I really do want to hear EVERYTHING because I am a true crime person. Please hurry with your next recap! I can't wait. But I know you need a lot of time to do your work, so I understand you can't do such high quality work without spending a lot of time.
A lot of people are quick to blame Colin - but the level to which Kaitlin was stalking/ trying to control him sounds abusive. If Colin/Kaitlin genders were reversed I doubt people would be so quick to pass the blame to Colin for trying to protect his peace.
Appreciate your breakdowns as always. Look forward to hearing more.
I’ve enjoyed waking up to these trial recaps before starting my day 😂 thank you!!
excellent recap, thanks so much for this!!!!
This is my new favorite channel!
The dog. lol
I listen to your programs while I am working out. They are so fascinating I forget that I'm working out and lose track of time! Thank you for helping me get healthier! 😂
how funny is that dog!
I'm glad your dog is comfortable with the re-cap. :)
Thanks for posting this videos. I didn't comment on the last one, but I also appreciate you not giving the gory details
Your dog is loving life behind you 😂
When in a relationship with someone who is a step above jelous you start to be less than 100% open with your interactions (out of experience). If going to buy cigaretts at the store and you get several days of anxiety as a result someone would stop going or stop telling them. On the way home from the store you are late ,because someone had an accident, and you get several days of interregations and anxiety you start making trips to the store that are slowly getting longer and longer to make room for unexpected things. You may even just sit in the car for long periods only to take a breath because you know the hours/days of anxiety you have to pay. 🤷♀️
Its a game you can't win. If you are on time, just the fact that you made the trip shows that you are doing something nefarious in the sick mind. So what if you sit in the car and get a moment of peace? You get accused anyway.
I don't follow your Channel but I gotta say the dog in the background just kickin' back enjoying life, being loved and cared for really made my day!! Awesome!!
Your dog! I had to zoom in on that one lol
Usually just watch on the TV, but popped in the phone to see the comments on your dog 😂. Double subscribed and liked 🙌🏻! Look forward to more.
Saw CS stamping on journalists feet, pushing cameras out of hands etc jury finds that out may think its him
The jury will decide the case on the evidence presented in court. Such behavior would not influence them because it is irrelevant. Nobody likes paparazzi.
How long until this turns into a lifetime movie.
Just noticed your dog in the chair ❤️ thank you for your recaps
New sub. You are fantastic ❤.
the boyfriend is shady for sure, there's something off with him.
LOVE your dog-in-the-chair in the background. xoxoxo
Your gorgeous dog in the background made my day
This case reminds me of Lisa Novak the astronaut. Only she had the US government pulling strings for her.
That was a crazy case too 😮
The key thing I remember about that case is the stalker diapers... 🤷🙄🤦
6:53 👍🏼 I’m super impressed for your effort to pronounce “Marrissa Guevara”
Great job
I love your 🐕..quite the supporter ❤️
Your dog is cracking me up! lol
Love your Harry Potter lighting!
New subscriber. Just checkin' on the dog. I think it's batteries need changing!
☺️❤️😍
New subscriber here. You have the best recap on this trial and I really appreciate your time in assembling it. I watched part of the opening statements you posted and the sound quality was the best I heard. But it was still difficult to listen to because of the noise in your area, if you're able to mute yourself when your not speaking I think it would be helpful for the closing statements. Great channel, thank you!
Love the floating candles! 😊😁
The instructions were clearly not followed when you put together your puppers!😂. Thanks for covering this, @Legal Bytes!
Yeah, it seems I missed a step somewhere in the middle... hahaha
The Austin dating scene in itself is a crime ☠️ - Austinite
Former ATXite. Truth
How can it be hearsay if it is a literal video? How does that work legally speaking?
The hearsay would be in what Strickland was saying that was captured on the video.
Hearsay as a legal term is defined as an out-of-court statement offered to prove the truth of the matter asserted. In other words, a statement made by someone somewhere else that one party or witness is trying to essentially shovel into court to present to the jury. The main reason for the rule against allowing hearsay testimony is that the jury doesn't get to see cross-examination of that person making the out-of-court statement, and they don't get to observe the witness while the witness is under the gun in court. (There is a laundry list of exceptions to the rule against hearsay, but they are all very specific exceptions intended for specific situations.)
In a situation like this, the out-of-court statement was Colin explaining on camera to the police what happened the day before, etc. It fits the rest of the definition of hearsay because what he explains to the police is what the prosecution would want to present to the jury as what actually happened (offered to prove the truth of the matter asserted). In a case where the jury was already going to be hearing all of this information from Colin himself while he's on the witness stand, it's not only hearsay if presented through the body cam footage, but it's a less ideal way of presenting this evidence (since it's better to bring the horse into the courtroom and get it from the horse's mouth, so to speak).
Hope this explanation was helpful!
Thank you! Very well explained!
It gets wilder 😮
Love the dog in the chair!!!❤
seeing your dog passed out chilling in the back is so wholesome
Love the dog
He "learned: to be LESS transparent. Wow.
I think your dog is broken 🤣💕🐕
You need to go to a parade in China to see bigger red flags than this relationship was throwing up.
The real world is just crazy
Oily substance on the firearm may be a cleaning solution or lubrication to the firearm that helps prevent rusting. Could be that they regularly clean it as part of firearm safety if they shoot recreationally.
Colin needed Kaitlin to help him with his business. He didn’t want to let that part of their relationship go, which is selfish but of course it’s not his fault. Kaitlin has some real issues with impulse control. Why isn’t her attorney going in that direction? Mental defect is clearly the way to go.
That dog is sooo cute!
Boundaries are important.
Do you know how long the trial is expected to be?
Pe reports, it should be over by the 15th of November.
I think what collin meant was this thing with the other girl and the pics happened when he and kaitlin were broken up. I think he was trying to make it less wierd by being open ish but not shoving that he was moving on his exs face. I dont think he necessarily made any errors in how he tried to deal with a very awkward situation. Kaitlin though def crossed some big lines particularly, if they were not dating at that time.
I think she believed he was dating mo again and lying about it and that’s why she killed her.
"Kaitlin, you need to be an adult while I go around smashing other women." Colin Strickland
Is the ex kaitlyn or mo?
@@Junitunes neither were exes. Mo was his side piece while Kaitlin was his live-in girlfriend.
@Junitunes I meant kaitlin. They apparently broke up a few times but still had to live together. very awkward. Sounds like kaitlin was monitoring his devices. I don't think I would class Mo as an ex, really. But yeah, I think that the issue was that kaitlin was jealous of Mo, and collin was hiding them still being friends.
The oily substance could be the cleaning oil or oil from someone touching the gun.
Re the oily substance: some firearm cleaning liquids have both a solvent and an oil. The solvent evaporates quickly because it's volatile, but oil residue can remain if you use a lot of it. You might use a lot of it if you were trying to THOROUGHLY clean the firearm...
Wow 😮
No, if someone is insecure they’ll always be insecure: If you pull away, they’ll be insecure. If you smother them they’ll be insecure, they’ll think you are compensating for something and they will still be insecure. GET THEM INTO THERAPY IMIDIATLY if they display unnatural insecurities. Get them into normal therapy and also go with them into couples therapy, don’t just only go to couples therapy with them; so you have to do most of the work, no, get them to work on themselves enough to meet you at least half way and have the tools and mental state to work with you in couples therapy.
Strange, strange background: a dead dog in a blue chair; mysterious floating candles, green thing with black eyes and purple neon and a bunch of other random things that would have any interior designer breaking out into a cold sweat. However, the narrator is very good.
Your dog is broken!!
🧡
Who else loves the sleeping dog on the chair?
Yr dog!🥰😍
That’s not ok to be checking his phone etc. Communication is everything.
I do a lot of work on guns. That oily substance very likely indicates they had just been cleaned and lubricant applied and left behind. If nothing was on those guns at all but that substance it is quite likely they had just been scrubbed and cleaned
Could be CLP (a substance used to clean guns) pretty common
Collin started this whole thing. He should have just broken up with Kaitlin and everyone would be ok in the end. I imagine he has some guilt over this.
As for Kaitlin, she was jealous of Mo. not only is she beautiful, but she successful, she is much younger than her, and Collin likes her. She was everything that Kaitlin wished to be. Her jealousy took over her
I so agree with you about Colin feeling guilty over his involvement in this situation. I think he's a clueless jerk, but not a sociopath, so even jerks can feel guilty. He must be filled with guilt!
So we blame the men..... Even when the women that kill the other women.... Got it.
wow so they're trying to pin it on the ex and he has to sit there and see his other ex with a new face being charged with the murder of his ex and testify in it. what a nightmare. He doesn't seem to carry himself as he partake in any way. If he was guilty and he had to testify I think he'd be happy to.... given he isn't on the other side. She is whacked out and so is the plastic surgeon who messed with her face.
Her face improved imi
At least for me, when I clean a weapon after a shooting session, I wipe the weapon’s exterior down with a rag that has some form of oil/ rust inhibitor, on it. That could be what was on the weapon.
But depending on what side of the gun is facing down when I stow it in the safe after cleanings, oil/lube from the internal portion of the weapon can leech out of the weapon. When I pick the weapon up a day or so later, there is oil all over that side of the weapon that was facing down.
Good doggo
I do not have the same sympathy you do for the boyfriend, Colin. He continuously lied which led to the tragedy.
22:30 where in this timeline was mo killed?
Love triangles are the most dangerous human relationships.
Your dog in the blue chair is so incredibly still.
Haha she's ok though! She's just very relaxed 🙂
The “oily substance” on the firearms could be a few things. It really depends on the condition the firearm was in to give an educated guess. That and what color the oil is. If the firearm was fairly clean and the oil was clear, I am going to guess it was probably some post cleaning, standard, gun oil. If the firearm wasn’t fairly clean, the oil was a orange/red/brown color, it could be some type of conditioner people will apply to a dirty/hard to cycle gun while at the range.
If I was an attorney for either side, I would like to see if that oily substance was on the victim too. Especially if the firearm was found dirty and saturated in the oil. If the firearm was clean and the oily substance was clear, I would assume the last person to use that firearm cleaned and over oiled the gun after its last use.
Or she was like Jodi Arias and he thought she would move out and she forced her way in . Maybe he couldn’t get rid of her but she made herself useful as a manager so he didn’t feel he had to be faithful … maybe he was afraid that he would end up like Travis Alexander
Oily substance is probably just oil. Contact surfaces often need some kind of lubricant but most firearms can function just fine without (giggity). This is a guess not gospel.
Also there are other oil that are not for lubrication for example:
grinding oil (giggity) to polish metal on metal contact point that can make "racking" the slide of a full metal firearm (e.g. colt 1911) much smoother.
or a cleaning oil to remove carbon build up, aka fouling especially after (very) heavy use.
these are all just guesses
also sorry, couldn't help myself😂
Love the dog. I think I have it’s soul sister lol
What did you do to your dog?
He’s sleeping with his belly up haha
Random thought: I find it odd that Kaitlyn kinda made herself look similar to Mo. I'm sure that wasn't on purpose but to me, it strangely adds to Kaitlyn's obsession of Mo.
She made herself look similar to her sister, whose passport she used to flee the country.
@@21lynnlee oooooh, that's right!! Thanks for the correction. My bad. Completely forgot she used the sister's passport
@@ShaeLilly yeah, like how is she gonna explain that one away??
Colin may have been a rat, but that is no excuse, for anything but ending their relationship. It doesn't make any of her subsequent abuse or violence his fault. As for the half nude picture, he may not have encouraged it or sanctioned it and may not have felt that his relationship required him to delete it. Its presence on his device is immaterial. Her discovery of it, is problematic and may have caused him to be more careful of his female friends. He obviously knew women who would like to have a relationship with him, but that is not his fault.
I just don’t see why people characterize Strickland that way.
She was a self fulfilling prophecy
Yay