Investigators from the Lone Star Fugitive Job Power discovered that Armstrong bought her black Jeep Grand Cherokee to a CarMax dealership for $12,000 on Might 13, the day after Austin authorities questioned her, a Marshals’ assertion mentioned. She boarded the flight out of Austin the following day.
Armstrong, 34, is an actual property agent and yoga instructor based mostly in an Austin, Texas, and now a fugitive. She is needed for the Might 11 taking pictures of Wilson, who had beforehand dated Armstrong’s boyfriend — 35-year-old skilled bike owner Colin Strickland — in what investigators imagine could have been a violent act of romantic jealousy.
On Might 11, the day of the killing, Wilson informed her buddy she was going for a day swim with Strickland, days earlier than the Gravel Locos race in Hico, the place she was staying with a buddy, in line with an arrest affidavit filed in Travis County District Courtroom.
Strickland informed investigators after they swam, he and Wilson received dinner, and he then dropped her off at her buddy’s dwelling. He mentioned he didn’t go inside, the affidavit exhibits. Austin Police responded to the house later that night, shortly earlier than 10 p.m. CT, and located Wilson with a number of gunshot wounds. She was pronounced useless on the scene.
On Might 12, the Travis County Medical Examiner’s post-mortem of Wilson’s physique decided the official explanation for demise to be a number of gunshot wounds, and the style of demise was a murder. Inside 24 hours of Wilson’s demise, officers from the Lone Star Fugitive Job Power apprehended Armstrong in reference to an unrelated arrest warrant and spoke to her.
Nonetheless, Austin Police mentioned they then discovered Armstrong’s arrest warrant was not legitimate and informed her she was free to go away.
On Might 13, Armstrong bought her black Jeep Grand Cherokee to a CarMax dealership in south Austin for $12,200 {dollars}. She was given a verify by the dealership a day after being questioned by Austin authorities, in line with the US Marshals’ Workplace.
On Might 17, police issued a murder warrant for Armstrong. The affidavit for her arrest factors partly to video surveillance obtained by investigators that exhibits a automobile much like hers close to the house shortly earlier than Wilson’s physique was discovered.
Armstrong was seen on Might 18 at Newark Liberty Worldwide Airport, in line with the US Marshals. Nonetheless, no reservations have been made beneath her identify, the Marshals mentioned, citing a search of outbound flights on the airport.
A Might 19 arrest affidavit filed by police in Travis County District Courtroom reveals that Strickland admitted to making an attempt to cover his communications with Wilson from Armstrong by altering Wilson’s identify on his telephone and deleting texts. The affidavit cites a tipster who alleged Armstrong got here to imagine Strickland and Wilson’s romantic relationship was ongoing as of January 2022.
Armstrong had contacted Wilson a number of occasions and in a single occasion informed her to “keep away” from Strickland, considered one of Wilson’s associates informed investigators, in line with the affidavit.
Strickland and Armstrong reconciled and resumed their relationship a few month later, he informed the paper. His relationship with Wilson then turned “platonic {and professional}” and he thought-about her a “shut buddy,” he mentioned.
CNN’s Elizabeth Wolfe, Hannah Sarisohn, Melissa Alonso, Dakin Andone and Eric Levenson contributed to this report.
