Speaker
Colin Strickland
Appearances over time
1 episodes
Episodes
1
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Quotes & moments
Prosecutors turned GPS data from Armstrong's Jeep infotainment system into an animation for the jury, showing the vehicle loop the same stretch of Maple Avenue again and again before stopping behind Mo's apartment for 37 minutes. It pulled away two minutes after the gunshots.
Moriah Wilson went from never considering cycling as a career to winning 10 events in a single year and leading the Lifetime Grand Prix standings — all in under three years. She beat Olympians, crushed seasoned World Tour pros, and did it all while being universally loved by everyone she raced alongside.
Colin Strickland met Moriah Wilson at a gravel race in Idaho in 2021, and a brief romantic relationship followed just days after his split with Kaitlyn Armstrong. Mo didn't know Kaitlyn was still living in Colin's house. Kaitlyn found out, called Mo directly, and the obsession began.
Investigators pieced together the night of Mo's murder to the minute using Ring doorbell timestamps, Jeep GPS data, cell phone records, and security cameras. Armstrong looped the same block around Mo's apartment for 37 straight minutes. The gunshots were recorded at 9:15 PM. Her Jeep pulled away at 9:17.
Police used an outstanding Botox theft warrant to bring Armstrong in for questioning — but three different dates of birth on the warrant documents didn't match, and she had to be released. Five days later the ballistics came back as a match. By then, she was already gone.
Armstrong flew to Costa Rica on her sister's stolen passport, dyed her hair, cycled through three aliases, then paid $6,360 for a rhinoplasty and lip fillers to change her face. US Marshals eventually found her using a fake yoga instructor job posting on a Facebook community group.
After weeks of failed searches, US Marshals posted a bogus yoga instructor job ad on a Santa Teresa community Facebook group. Armstrong took the bait under the alias Ari Martin, suggested meeting at the hostel where she'd been staying, and was identified by Deputy Marshal Perez who leaned in close — her new nose was bandaged, but her eyes hadn't changed.
Three weeks before her murder trial, Armstrong escaped a corrections escort by fashioning a homemade handcuff key from a thin piece of metal she'd stashed in her cell. She peeled off her jail uniform mid-sprint, climbed a tree, then a six-foot fence — and was caught at the top after a 10-minute chase.
Mo's family founded the Mariah Wilson Foundation to get kids into cycling and skiing who couldn't otherwise afford it — the two sports Mo loved most. In its first years, the foundation has distributed over $140,000 to organizations across the country. Every year, they host a Ride for Mo on the Kingdom Trails where she grew up.
Mo Wilson wrote in 2022 that when you love something enough to fully commit, the risk becomes irrelevant — because even if you fail, it will have been worth it. She was 25 years old and had already lived that principle more than most people do in a lifetime.
Colin Strickland built one of cycling's most remarkable careers without a coach, a team, or a conventional path — he just kept winning. He swept four consecutive Red Hook Crit victories across four countries, broke the 10-hour barrier at Unbound Gravel, then turned down a WorldTour contract because he wasn't willing to let anyone else write his schedule.
Long before the murder, Kaitlyn Armstrong was openly threatening Mo Wilson's life — twice telling different people she wanted to kill her. She tracked Mo's rides on Strava, monitored Colin's phone, blocked Mo's number from his contacts, and accessed his Gmail and Instagram. This wasn't jealousy. It was surveillance.
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- Society & Culture 34%
- Sports 33%
- True Crime 33%
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