Word on social media is that this is not the first time Colin Strickland had cheated on a girlfriend before. He has a reputation in the cycling community for setting up women to fight each other by finding the most vulnerable ones and dating multiple ones at the same time. A real douchebag and his public statement contradicts what he told police where the police report writes that Colin Strickland hid calls and texts from Moriah Wilson because Armstrong found out about them before and yet Strickland still continued the affair on that day.
We merged two threads into 1. The other thread was called, "Deadly Love Triangle Involving World Class Cyclists - Woman Charged."
Outside online has a very lengthy story out on the murder
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Gravel racing has gotten big FAST.
There’s world tour road guys doing gravel races.
The big races are typically epic. like, 120+ miles.
I prefer road and mountain bike racing but there serious momentum in the young gravel scene.
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That Strava thing sounds like a plague. Glad I'm not on it.
"Strickland told detectives Armstrong did not know where Wilson was staying. But Wilson's Strava account might have provided a clue: On the day she was killed, she uploaded a ride that began and ended at the home where she was staying."
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DanM wrote:
That Strava thing sounds like a plague. Glad I'm not on it.
"Strickland told detectives Armstrong did not know where Wilson was staying. But Wilson's Strava account might have provided a clue: On the day she was killed, she uploaded a ride that began and ended at the home where she was staying."
"According to police, a tipster assisting in the homicide investigation told detectives that Armstrong learned in January about Strickland's relationship with Wilson and "became furious and was shaking in anger." The tipster told police that Armstrong said she wanted to kill Wilson. Around that time, police say Strickland bought two firearms: a 9 mm handgun for himself, and another for Armstrong."
So Colin Strickland bought two guns for him and Armstrong after she "learned" about Strickland's affair with Moriah Wilson. With what I've read about Strickland's reputation with other women and a pattern of setting up women to fight each other, I say Strickland planned this to set Armstrong up to shoot Wilson. He bought the guns and left calls and texts on his phone where Armstrong would find them knowing full well what it would lead to.
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"Sammi Runnels:
As someone that’s known him, lived with him and been associated with him for nearly 8 years. This isn’t surprising. Anyone in the Austin cycling scene will tell you his game, find the most unstable attractive girl he can find and play games with her till it explodes into drama, it’s his dating cycle. It’s ended in theft of property, restraining orders, all kinds of wild ****.
At what point is a person responsible for pushing another to the point of insanity? Did he pull the trigger? No… and she deserves everything she gets for that murder. but I will always consider him at fault for pulling Mo into his trash fire of a dating life.
She deserved better than this. "
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Hell hath no fury...
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breaksit wrote:
A few common threads I've heard from Southern California people I know who have moved to Austin in recent years.
Traffic is no better.
People are just as crazy.
The taxes are no better.
There's no land to go hike on, enjoy, whatever, everything is fenced.
No ocean.
Restaurants suck.
My parents live in Austin. Traffic is way better than LA. LA is only place I’ve been in traffic at midnight on a Friday or Sunday afternoon. LA is where I had two friends live and I asked them how often they saw each other ‘only for special occasions . You don’t know how long it will take to see one another’ (now this was 10 years ago before everyone used google maps)
having said that around rush hour traffic in austin is way worse than it used to be.
2. Food is great. Especially if like Tex mex and bbq.
3. Taxes aren't a free lunch but I guarantee it’s not as bad as California.
4. People can be nuts anywhere and austin is nuttier than the rest of Texas but I assume not LA extreme .
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wejo wrote:
breaksit wrote:
A few common threads I've heard from Southern California people I know who have moved to Austin in recent years.
Traffic is no better.
People are just as crazy.
The taxes are no better.
There's no land to go hike on, enjoy, whatever, everything is fenced.
No ocean.
Restaurants suck.
My parents live in Austin. Traffic is way better than LA. LA is only place I’ve been in traffic at midnight on a Friday or Sunday afternoon. LA is where I had two friends live and I asked them how often they saw each other ‘only for special occasions . You don’t know how long it will take to see one another’ (now this was 10 years ago before everyone used google maps)
having said that around rush hour traffic in austin is way worse than it used to be.
2. Food is great. Especially if like Tex mex and bbq.
3. Taxes aren't a free lunch but I guarantee it’s not as bad as California.
4. People can be nuts anywhere and austin is nuttier than the rest of Texas but I assume not LA extreme .
How can you be in traffic at midnight on an afternoon?
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3-Way wrote:
"Sammi Runnels:
As someone that’s known him, lived with him and been associated with him for nearly 8 years. This isn’t surprising. Anyone in the Austin cycling scene will tell you his game, find the most unstable attractive girl he can find and play games with her till it explodes into drama, it’s his dating cycle. It’s ended in theft of property, restraining orders, all kinds of wild ****.
At what point is a person responsible for pushing another to the point of insanity? Did he pull the trigger? No… and she deserves everything she gets for that murder. but I will always consider him at fault for pulling Mo into his trash fire of a dating life.
She deserved better than this. "
At no point is he responsible for what ultimately happened. All these people are adults. If you find out your partner cheated that cheating is on them, how you react is on you.
The guy sounds like as ass and should be ashamed of himself but he didn't make his partner kill his side piece.
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82uwhw7sywgg wrote:
3-Way wrote:
"Sammi Runnels:
As someone that’s known him, lived with him and been associated with him for nearly 8 years. This isn’t surprising. Anyone in the Austin cycling scene will tell you his game, find the most unstable attractive girl he can find and play games with her till it explodes into drama, it’s his dating cycle. It’s ended in theft of property, restraining orders, all kinds of wild ****.
At what point is a person responsible for pushing another to the point of insanity? Did he pull the trigger? No… and she deserves everything she gets for that murder. but I will always consider him at fault for pulling Mo into his trash fire of a dating life.
She deserved better than this. "
At no point is he responsible for what ultimately happened. All these people are adults. If you find out your partner cheated that cheating is on them, how you react is on you.
The guy sounds like as ass and should be ashamed of himself but he didn't make his partner kill his side piece.
I wouldn't be too sure about that.
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82uwhw7sywgg wrote:
3-Way wrote:
"Sammi Runnels:
As someone that’s known him, lived with him and been associated with him for nearly 8 years. This isn’t surprising. Anyone in the Austin cycling scene will tell you his game, find the most unstable attractive girl he can find and play games with her till it explodes into drama, it’s his dating cycle. It’s ended in theft of property, restraining orders, all kinds of wild ****.
At what point is a person responsible for pushing another to the point of insanity? Did he pull the trigger? No… and she deserves everything she gets for that murder. but I will always consider him at fault for pulling Mo into his trash fire of a dating life.
She deserved better than this. "
At no point is he responsible for what ultimately happened. All these people are adults. If you find out your partner cheated that cheating is on them, how you react is on you.
The guy sounds like as ass and should be ashamed of himself but he didn't make his partner kill his side piece.
Colin Strickland is absolutely responsible for the murder of Moriah Wilson. He bought the gun used in the murder for Armstrong knowing full well her mental state and him continuing to cheat on her as a direct means of provacation, coupled with Strickland's past history of getting women to fight and steal from each other as part of his sick fantasies. Just read the police report, Armstrong is no mastermind murderer and told the police everything without resistance. Strickland supplied her with the weapon and set this whole thing up to happen.
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3-Way wrote:
82uwhw7sywgg wrote:
At no point is he responsible for what ultimately happened. All these people are adults. If you find out your partner cheated that cheating is on them, how you react is on you.
The guy sounds like as ass and should be ashamed of himself but he didn't make his partner kill his side piece.
Colin Strickland is absolutely responsible for the murder of Moriah Wilson. He bought the gun used in the murder for Armstrong knowing full well her mental state and him continuing to cheat on her as a direct means of provacation, coupled with Strickland's past history of getting women to fight and steal from each other as part of his sick fantasies. Just read the police report, Armstrong is no mastermind murderer and told the police everything without resistance. Strickland supplied her with the weapon and set this whole thing up to happen.
She is an adult in full control of her actions. No one made her do anything, she could have just walked away. Him buying the gun means nothing, she could have just as easily killed him instead of her.
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82uwhw7sywgg wrote:
3-Way wrote:
Colin Strickland is absolutely responsible for the murder of Moriah Wilson. He bought the gun used in the murder for Armstrong knowing full well her mental state and him continuing to cheat on her as a direct means of provacation, coupled with Strickland's past history of getting women to fight and steal from each other as part of his sick fantasies. Just read the police report, Armstrong is no mastermind murderer and told the police everything without resistance. Strickland supplied her with the weapon and set this whole thing up to happen.
She is an adult in full control of her actions. No one made her do anything, she could have just walked away. Him buying the gun means nothing, she could have just as easily killed him instead of her.
Do you know what abusive and manipulative men are? Why do you always blame women? Colin Strickland buying the murder weapon and supplying it to Armstrong means a lot because he premeditated the acts. Strickland set this up to happen because he preys on mentally vulnerable women like Armstrong and manipulates them to carry out violence and theft to fulfill his sick fantasies like he has done with other women. Armstrong would not have bought a gun herself so Strickland pushed one on her after leaving calls and texts from Moriah Wilson on his phone where he knew Armstrong would see them.
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3-Way wrote:
82uwhw7sywgg wrote:
She is an adult in full control of her actions. No one made her do anything, she could have just walked away. Him buying the gun means nothing, she could have just as easily killed him instead of her.
Do you know what abusive and manipulative men are? Why do you always blame women? Colin Strickland buying the murder weapon and supplying it to Armstrong means a lot because he premeditated the acts. Strickland set this up to happen because he preys on mentally vulnerable women like Armstrong and manipulates them to carry out violence and theft to fulfill his sick fantasies like he has done with other women. Armstrong would not have bought a gun herself so Strickland pushed one on her after leaving calls and texts from Moriah Wilson on his phone where he knew Armstrong would see them.
Please provide the Texas statute that defines premeditation, the statute that covers these sorts of scenarios, and tell us what Strickland will be charged with.
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AUSTIN, Texas - Police have identified the suspect who allegedly shot and killed a rising star in gravel and mountain bike cycling in an East Austin home as Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, 34.
Anna Moriah "Mo" Wilson, 25, was found shot dead in an Austin apartment on May 11.
According to cycling magazine VeloNews, Wilson had flown from Colorado to Texas earlier that week in preparation for the Gravel Locos race in Hico, where she was a favorite to win. A few weeks earlier, she won the Belgian Waffle Ride in California.44 -
Looks like a cheating deceptive boyfriend was at the center of this
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Sad she was such a talented and nice person.
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Your thread title is inaccurate; as of now (very late Friday night) Kaitlin Armstrong has not been arrested and is on the lam.
LRC note. We have changed the thread title which initially incorrectly said an arrest had been made.41 -
ArthurNotInMyYard wrote:
Your thread title is inaccurate; as of now (very late Friday night) Kaitlin Armstrong has not been arrested and is on the lam.
not world class cyclists either. not that it takes away from the tragedy here.
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