A Texas yoga instructor who allegedly shot and killed a romantic rival in a jealous rage was finally brought back to Austin and charged Tuesday with first-degree murder.
Caitlin Marie Armstrong, 34, returned to Austin six days after she was arrested in Costa Rica, hiding out and studying yoga with an altered appearance and apparent cosmetic surgery.
Armstrong was arrested Tuesday afternoon in the May 11 slaying of Anna Moriah Wilson, 25, who was romantically involved with Armstrong’s live-in boyfriend and went swimming with him hours before she was killed.
The embattled yogi also faces theft of services charges for running up a $654 Botox bill from a local spa in Travis County, Texas, in 2018, jail records show.
She had arrived back in the States on Saturday, with ABC video showing her being escorted by US marshals from George W. Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston on Saturday.
Fugitive yoga teacher Caitlin Armstrong was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder.
The murder and Armstrong’s elaborate efforts to evade arrest drew national attention and sparked an international manhunt that lasted more than a month.
Her longtime boyfriend Colin Strickland, also a cyclist, was dating Wilson last fall while he was allegedly out with Armstrong. Armstrong found out about the relationship in January and told a friend he “wanted to kill Wilson,” according to a police affidavit published by the Austin American Statesman.
Strickland reportedly denied having a relationship with Wilson, but he lied to Armstrong about his whereabouts when he met with Wilson on May 11 when she was visiting Austin from San Francisco to prepare for the upcoming race.
Murder victim Anna Moriah Wilson had a relationship with Caitlin Armstrong’s boyfriend while they were out. Instagram / Moriah Wilson
Strickland picked up Wilson from her friend’s house on a motorcycle, went swimming and had dinner before dropping her off, the affidavit said. A vehicle matching Armstrong’s black Jeep Grand Cherokee was seen pulling up to the friend’s house moments after Wilson was dropped off.
She was found later that night shot multiple times in the residence’s bathroom, the affidavit said. Armstrong was later questioned by police in the shooting, but was reportedly released due to a technical glitch in the warrant for the Botox section. It’s unclear why it took cops so long to arrest Armstrong for theft of services.
Cyclist Colin Strickland had gone swimming with Anna Moriah Wilson hours before she was killed by Caitlin Armstrong. Flo Bikes video shows Caitlin Armstrong being escorted by U.S. Marshals at George W. Bush International Airport on Saturday.
The yoga instructor then sold the SUV for $12,200 and took a flight from Austin to New York. Days later, she was dropped off at Newark Liberty International Airport and used a valid passport belonging to someone else to board a flight to Costa Rica.
When she was arrested at a hostel last week, authorities said she was wearing a bandage over her nose and had cut her hair and dyed it from a light brown-reddish color to a darker shade.
A witness told “Inside Edition” she left behind her passport, a passport belonging to her sister — and a receipt for $6,350 for cosmetic surgery.
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