AUSTIN (Talk1370.com) -- Authorities say the Austin woman wanted for the murder of a professional cyclist at an east Austin home last month has been captured in Costa Rica.
34-year old Kaitlin Marie Armstrong is the suspect in the murder of Anna Moriah Wilson on May 11 at a home off of Maple Avenue.
According to the U.S. Marshals Service, Armstrong was located and arrested at a hostel on Santa Teresa Beach in Provincia de Puntarenas, in Costa Rica on Wednesday.
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Her arrest was a joint effort between the Marshals' Office of International Operations, the Homeland Security Investigations department, and the State Department's Diplomatic Security Service, along with local Costa Rican authorities.
“The Marshals Service elevated the Kaitlin Armstrong investigation to major case status early in this investigation, which likely played a key role in her capture after a 43-day run,” said U.S. Marshal for the Western District of Texas Susan Pamerleau. “This is an example of combining the resources of local, state, federal and international authorities to apprehend a violent fugitive, bring an end to that run and hopefully a sense of closure to the victim’s family.”
Armstrong will be deported and returned back to the United States, officials said. She is facing a homicide warrant issued by Austin Police on May 17, as well as an additional charge of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.
Wilson, 25, a Vermont native and world class cyclist, had been in Austin preparing for a race. She was found unconscious and bleeding with multiple gunshot wounds, and was pronounced deceased. Armstrong was interviewed by Austin Police on May 12, one day before she sold her black Jeep Grand Cherokee to a south Austin CarMax dealership and two days before she departed Austin for New York on May 14.
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According to the Marshals Service, Armstrong fled Newark International Airport on May 18 using a fake passport and arrived in Costa Rica that day.