Woman on Trial for Murder Fled, Got Plastic Surgery in Costa Rica | Trial Day 2 Recap
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- In the so-called "Love Triangle Murder Trial," 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. This video is a recap of Day 1 of this trial.
Watch the full Opening Statements via live stream: czcams.com/users/livemEltnVdP5fw?...
Day 1 Recap: • Woman on Trial for Mur...
Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:51 Day 1
1:36 Witness No. 1 - Sgt. Rolando Ramirez
5:15 Witness No. 2 - Crime Scene Specialist Caitlan Longoria
8:09 Witness No. 3 - Crime Scene Specialist Katie Ferrara
12:13 Witness No. 4 - Sgt. Timothy Price
14:44 Witness No. 5 - Landlord & Neighbor David Harris
16:49 Witness No. 6 - Neighbor Martha Palao
17:58 Witness No. 7 - Neighbor Michael Donlin
18:59 Witness No. 8 - Andrew Vuong
21:09 What Do YOU Think?
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What do you think about this case? What about Day 2 specifically? Let us know!!
I think I've never seen a person so dumb in my whole life.
I think she's cooked. There's too much physical evidence, she flew across the country then internationally after being questioned. She had major plastic surgery, then she escaped again. Innocent people don't do that. The full integration of HD tech into our lives can feel creepy
I said it in a comment , but I'll say it again: This video was amazing, idk why you said they are coming out slowly. This rate has been excellent with the high quality we've been accustomed to from your channel. Stop being so hard on yourself, you're doing great!
Oh, thank you so much!! Speed of content has never been my strength, so it's something I'm always focused on trying to improve. But I'm very grateful for your patience!! And thank you so much for the Super Thanks, really appreciate it!! 💙
I used to do crime scene photography.. it is an odd experience as the camera gives a detachment to what is happening. This was years ago when we only had film. I am now a clinical therapist and I think i would call it a professional disassociation that may only work for some.
this is only somewhat related, but I never heard of this kind of job in my country (I think the cops do everything, not 100% sure but almost) so I’m really curious about what kind of job this is/ what are the qualifications needed/ how do people get this type of job? Is it still inside law enforcement? Just curious and only if you are willing to share!
She’s asking to be released on supervision. It’s clear she’s delusional! I wish Colin had done the right thing but he didn’t and now he has to live with this monumental weight forever.
I love the candle lights behind you, so pretty!❤🙏✨thank you for covering this case!
What do you mean by “the right thing”? I suppose he should have gotten far away from Armstrong much earlier, but how would he have known to do that?
@@GH-oi2jf the right thing is honesty. To be honest with both of them. I’m not blaming Colin, I’m questioning his behavior. Had he been honest I’m certain Mo would be alive.
@@karolynknight931- From my (male) perspective, I think discretion is the right thing, especially when someone who is known to be jealous is in the picture. If I had conversation and drinks with a female friend, would I tell my wife about it? Of course not! Why start an argument over nothing?
@@GH-oi2jf hmm, I guess that’s why I’m not in a relationship. Honesty is incredibly important and if having drinks with a friend would start an argument there’s something deeper to look at there.
@@GH-oi2jf buddy, if your wife thinks you having drinks with a female friend is something worth fighting over, get marriage counseling lol. men are allowed to have friendships with women, they're allowed to have platonic relationships with women, and they shouldn't have to hide that from anyone, least of all their partners. if anything, i'd be suspicious if i ever found out my partner was SECRETLY having drinks with a friend, because it would be weird to keep it a secret unless there actually was some form of indiscretion going on. if my partner said "hey i'm gonna get drinks with my friend tonight, see you later!" i'd say "oh have a good time and tell your friend i said hi" because we're adults in this hypothetical and well-adjusted adults don't control each others' social lives. just think about how much worse the alternative scenario is - you one day discover your partner has been secretly having drinks with a friend you didn't even know existed until this moment. what would you be thinking? is it A, "oh of course my partner just didn't want to start a fight!" or B, "shit is my partner cheating on me?" so what's worse, knowing who your partner's friends are and what they do together, or finding out your partner has a whole secret relationship?
to me it seems like there was no winning for Colin in this situation - if he was honest, she'd be jealous, if he wasn't, she'd STILL be jealous. a person capable of murder like the woman on trial here probably doesn't care either way. he is not responsible for his friend's death, his actions and choices shouldn't be causing him any kind of pain or weight. he did everything right. the only person who acted in the wrong was the insanely jealous woman who (allegedly, in my opinion) did this.
New here. From a family of attorneys, big fan of human behavior and psychology and true crime and I can tell this is one of my new favorite channels. Intelligence not just drama. Thank you. Glad to have found you.
Well put. Sense with compassion sans sensationalism. Brava.
The term “bike” is being used to describe both Collin’s motorcycle (not sure what he had when they were together but it wasn’t a bicycle) and MO’s bicycle. When the landlord said he heard a bike take off quickly, I think he’s referring to Collin leaving. What would it sound like for a bicycle to take off quickly? And I’m confused at too why the bike was moved anyway. Was Kaytlyn just angry at the fact that that sport is what bonded Collin and Mo and she threw the bike?
I can kind of get the disinterest in how the bike was placed- like I can't see any relevance for that beyond was this a burglary crime where they had to dump the bike for some reason (which sounds unlikely given nothing else was taken) or a personal one, I think you've said before lawyers should try and keep the jury on side (annd especially this defence lawyer- sounds like he's got a real uphill battle) and asking pointless questions seems like a bad move
I have a hard time with people considering the apparent emotional state of a defendant or witness. People are complicated and don’t respond to emotionally charged situations the same. Also, I’m always baffled by judges who punish convicted defendants, who continue to maintain their innocence, for not showing remorse. I don’t think big decisions, like sentencing, should be based on that.
We call the prison system “corrections.” Ideally, a convicted criminal would return to society ready and willing to lead a crime-free life thereafter. Particularly when the crime is violent, we don’t want repeat offenders. A convicted person who has no remorse will need more time on ice to come to her or his senses.
Shortening sentences for those who plea guilty is an incentive for the criminal to be honest with the court. If you are going to get the same sentence regardless of how you plea, then everyone would plea innocent and waste legal resources for no reason. The guilty plea is important as it gives criminals a motive to come clean and make things easier for everyone.
This video was amazing, idk why you said they are coming out slowly. This rate has been excellent with the high quality we've been accustomed to from your channel. Stop being so hard on yourself, you're doing great!
I've been through a few jury selection processes. One of the questions they ask is, do you watch shows like CSI and Law and Order. Because the reality of most cases is that the evidence presented isn't like what you see on those shows.
The theft of services...was a bad check ..for dermatology procedures that she tried to dodge.
I have not been following this case, except for the random thumbnail in my home feed. I clicked onto one video, and I was shocked because I could not follow the story for the life me. All this to say that your videos are crystal clear, well thought out and cleanly presented. Thank you. Love your dog, by the way. It's nearing November and the case is concluded now and the accused has been sentenced. What I would really like to know is what made KArmstrong snap. In this video you explain Mo's bicycle, her very cherished and expensive bicycle, a vital equipment for her career in cycling, was tossed in the bushes. I think that's a pretty damning piece of evidence. I don't think Strickland would have the heart or the cahones to do something like that. That's not the action of a random person. It would have to be a fellow competitor or someone else who was jealous of the 25 year old Mo. This case has all kind of ironies. Armstrong was/is (I'm not sure which) 35 years old. What else did she do for a living besides teach yoga? Where did she get the money to take off for expensive trips and even to get plastic surgery? Was she ever married before? Did she go to college? There's something off about Armstrong. She was jealous of a woman 10 years her junior with a fantastic future ahead of her. What did Armstrong bring to this relationship she had with Strickland? I think Strickland was attracted to Mo's energy. Who wouldn't? We have a stereotype of people who practice yoga, even more so for people who teach yoga, that they have a strong mind body connection and they are self-aware. From everything I have heard Strickland was not really into Armstrong emotionally. He liked her. Maybe in his strange way he loved her -- but he wasn't committed to her heart mind body and soul. I'm not even sure she felt that way about Strickland -- but I do think that is what she was looking for. At 35 Armstrong was perhaps feeling the proverbial biological ticking clock. Alternatively, was she on some kind of anti-depressant that wreaked havoc on her emotions.
In the end that's what I don't understand. What caused this woman to snap and react so viciously? On top of that she didn't want to face the truth of what she did. She got surgery. She ran away. An innocent beautiful 25 year old woman is taken out for no reason. What kind of person refuses to take account of her own actions? At 35 why didn't Armstrong walk away from Strickland and find someone who valued her? These are not questions for the criminal justice system -- other than using these questions to develop their theory of the case. I just can't get over the evil cowardice of K Armstrong. Strickland may or not have been a great boyfriend, but I don't think he hid who he was/is. He can't. Armstrong doesn't seem to have a problem sneaking, conniving, working in the shadows and denying she did anything wrong. How monstrous. I think deep down inside Mo picked up on Armstrong's evil side. Alas who would believe Armstrong would resort to what she did. But if Mo understood how evil people are, I think she would have been more serious about keeping her distance from Strickland.
I’ve been mostly watching Runkle’s livestream. Thank you Alyte for covering this💙
Would an absolute tragic, shame, and waste of a wonderful life
Thx for the informative recaps. Hope you feel better soon!
Great recap! I’m interested in the case, and don’t mind waiting a bit for the recap 👍🏻
I am so happy l found you. I am from Costa Rica from the town she was caught l really want to follow on her. For us in CR she was one more American tourist. We could not believe all the story behind her.
With the landlord admitting to taking a substance is his testimony even valid? you could argue that he's under the influence and even though he says he wasn't altered mentally...he's also the one saying that. I'd consider it at the very least not trustworthy.
I can’t get past the part where she was a yoga instructor! So much for “namaste”!
Babies ----> bathwater.
If this taints one's appraisal of yoga instructors henceforth... it will be odd.
It blows my mind she did this because she didn’t even get to be with Colin in the end, she fled to a country that would extradite her. She could of gone to a different country that wouldn’t of.
Even if she went to a no-extradition country, they’d still extradite her because no country wants to harbor foreign criminals. There’s only one condition in place, though: they will extradite only if the death penalty is off the table.
@@warrenstringham415 no theres lots of countries that won’t extradite no matter what. That’s the whole point of not extraditing. Has more to do with that countries relationship with America than anything. They literally have many times not extradited murderers.
@@Junitunes any specific examples?
@@warrenstringham415
Your point is well made.
Lots of folks... assume.
@@mortalclown3812 This whole extradition treaty is BS. All governments are working together.
I think the landlords story might be a setup for later testimony for the prosecution about how the bicycle had been taken and then hidden by the defendant to try to either frame Colin or make it seem like someone was after the bike
Great job reporting on trial coverage!
Thanks for the recap and unbiased info. I love your vids. :)
Appreciate these daily recaps.
I've only seen your videos and channel about 3 times (right now being #3) and I'm invested in this particular case. Can't wait for the next one
Thanks. Great summary.
Thank you again for this great video
So she thought she’d live out her crazy lost murder life in free and happy fashion.
Thank you for these
Be Well!
When I was on a jury for a criminal trial they asked me several times about my opinion on police before I was selected. I suppose you could lie, but it seems like they could’ve tried to vet that out before hand maybe?
I live in Philadelphia though where there have also been many police controversies haha
Get better!
Interesting.
6:47 I hope you are going to talk about her plastic surgery when you get a chance … she kind of looks the same now, just older and more boring. Also, Caitlin and Mo have a similar look, or used to. But I don’t get what surgery Caitlin did by looking at her.
Either way, what a story!
I think her nose looks more narrow and her chin not as pointy. In my opinion she definitely messed her looks up. She was gorgeous before.
In addition to a nose job she had an eyebrow lift and facial fillers injected into her face and lips. Ugh not gorgeous just basic.
I find it "odd" that you think that there are an odd number of Katlin's...How many "Johns" do you know? How many William's, or Thomas's or Mary's or Linda's you know? hmmmm, seems odd...?
Weird bone to choose from myriad cogent points and relatively few rando asides. In other words... this is about you.
The jury hadn't seen the photos before and they all had normal expected reactions. Had the defendant not seen those imagery before, they would have the same kind of normal reactions. A lack of a reaction, to me anyway, is telling of someone who has seen it before and already moved past it, whether that is coupled with another unexpected emotion or not is up to question, but a complete lack of any emotion is at LEAST telling of a psychopath.
So weather the defendant had been at the scene of the crime and already had time to emotionally cope and move past the imagery, or they are a danger to society because they do not care when forced to witness another person's suffering, either way there is something seriously wrong/dangerous about the defendant.
I agree, but just to be clear, not having an emotional reaction to gore doesn’t make her a psychopath; psychopaths are usually characterized by being able to naturally manipulate others. If anything, her response is most akin to sociopathy, but even then, it’s just one symptom and we shouldn’t diagnose or name call people recklessly!
Does anyone else think Katelyn looks a little bit like Mo after her surgery? I haven't completely analyzed the facial structures but there is a slight correlation.
no
No
No. Armstrong is much older also.
No emotion cuz she's the cold blooded killer
💙💜💗
Do u think she shaved her chin down? What surgeries do u think she had besides the nose job?
Soulectomy?
@@mortalclown3812 definitely!
Is this one being covered live by one of the networks?
no
11:42 now this irks me. Autistic people deal with this shit all the time as children and adults too probably but it mostly happened to me as a child. The truth is there are too many answers that could be "the correct one" sometimes and it is super duper uper important that "right needs to be right"! It is one of the hugest staples for people with aspergers. As well as the hate/fear/discomfort of "being wrong". Therefore when asked a question that has too many right answers it will take a while to decide on the right one as well as to just sort through all of the information swirling in your head, as well as come to terms with the absurd feeling perhaps of being asked such a ridiculous question, so when you realize the person actually wants a legit answer you have to manually start the process of sorting through all the relevant info and selecting the "right answer" for this particular moment/scenario.
So, no, it isn't strange that a person might need a bit more time to sort through all the information and selecting the rightest answer for the situation at hand as to not "be wrong" and to make sure that "right is right"! Thank you very much.
A homicidal psychopath:
Psychopathic behavior is defined more by having a cruel, cunning, and insincere personality and not caring about others feelings. The term 'homicidal maniac' implies the person is delusional/psychotic.
I know it's hot stuff atm, however Sam Bankman Fried's case is like a crazy novel...
The bike is the weirdest part of this whole case to me. So much so, I'm wondering if I missed something.
Like... what's she supposed to have done with it? It's got her DNA on the handles... but why? "She moved it" Okay, that makes sense, but you wouldn't normally move a bike like that if you just want to get it out of there. You'd grab the frame and heft it. And why did she try to hide it in any case? There's nothing else about the bike that sounds like it points to her. Plus... she came to the scene in a jeep? Couldn't she just put it in that?
The witness having heard someone on a bike is... interesting but doesn't make this make any more sense to me. Day 2 in general makes me feel like the defense is going through the motions to an extent. They don't have a great opening so he's just trying to question everything he can.
She just threw it in the bushes to vent her anger.
@GH-oi2jf I think that is what happened also. She hated that MO was an amazing cyclist with loads of potential when she couldn't even keep up with Colin on rides with his friends.
@@violinist-tiffanyg3276she just tried to make it seem as if this was a robbery to throw off the cops.
The Depp v Heard case taught me the impressions being given from a courtroom are not necessarily going to align with my own opinion if I had the ability to watch it.
It's disappointing about the judge's ruling and to be honest its weird in 2023 that cameras cannot be made less obtrusive so they do not affect proceedings and how counsel and the witnesses act. But I also do kind of see how the salacious details of the case aren't something I necessarily need to know. So I'm torn.
This case is nuts.
But I have a different question - why killing MO specifically? Why was She "special" to the point of stalking her and killing? I bet the defendant boyfriend slept with a lot women when they were broken off. Just why?
Jealousy.
Wilson was much younger than her, a college grad with a six figure income and Olympic quality in her sport field PLUS was close to Strickland.
15:48 weird to take a bong rip and go for a walk? Hm 🤔 I guess being a Portland girl makes that normal as all normal for me.
Keep Portland Weird 🤘🏾
Hey, zero judgment from me!! For some reason that detail just struck me as kind of funny--maybe it's just me 🙂
@@LegalBytesMedia you didn't come across as judgemental AT all. You seemed super amused by it and I love it. Made me smile thinking Austin and Portland, the two weirdos, so the same weird shit. Love your content 😁
Can we hear about your running 😅
If you can not place KA, backed by hard evidence, at the crime scene at the time of the murder, you have NO case!
Right Jan….
You're certainly underestimating the power of circumstantial evidence that crosses locations, personal conversations, digital footprints...the list is impressive.
Plus, plenty of good - i.e appeal-proof - convictions arise from 'purely' circumstantial evidence every day. Do a bit of research: juries have a lot to add up. 'Gotcha' scene of the crime stuff hardly ever happens. That's why forensics is a critical field of expertise.
@@dianahernandez1709😂