The household of a slain bike owner launched an announcement over the weekend, dismissing theories that the killing may need been motivated by a love triangle.
Anna Moriah Wilson, 25, was discovered bleeding and unresponsive by a pal outdoors of a house in East Austin, Texas, on Could 11, in response to KXAN Information. Police responding to the house later pronounced her lifeless on the scene. Wilson, who was an expert bike owner, had been touring to Texas from her dwelling in Vermont for a race.
"Investigators arrived on the scene and found a 25-year-old feminine with a number of gunshot wounds," a information launch from the time said, in response to the Austin American-Statesman. "Officers and EMS carried out life-saving measures. Nonetheless, the sufferer died from her accidents."
The principle suspect in Wilson's killing is Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, who has been charged with first-degree homicide, however stays on the run. Previous to her demise, in response to an arrest warrant within the case, Wilson went swimming with an acquaintance, one other skilled bike owner named Colin Strickland. Police later decided that Armstrong and Strickland have been courting on the time Wilson was killed, sparking theories that the taking pictures was motivated by some type of love affair.
"Whereas we is not going to elaborate concerning the ongoing investigation, we do really feel it is vital to make clear that on the time of her demise, these closest to her clearly understood, straight from Moriah, that she was not in a romantic relationship with anybody," Wilson's household wrote in an announcement.
Police investigating Wilson's belongings, nonetheless, have discovered proof supporting the love triangle concept, together with textual content messages indicating that she believed she was in "a romantic relationship with Strickland despite the fact that he was at the moment courting Armstrong."
The Austin Police Division didn't provide a response when reached by Newsweek, because of the ongoing nature of the investigation.
In her honor, Wilson's household has established a GoFundMe web page, with the purpose of serving to to "fund neighborhood organizations that assist youth discover self-confidence, energy, and pleasure via biking, snowboarding, and different actions that Moriah was enthusiastic about." As of Monday morning, it had raised just a little over $60,000 of its $100,000 objective.
"We're completely devastated by the lack of our lovely daughter and sister, Anna Moriah Wilson," the household's assertion added. "There aren't any phrases that may specific the ache and struggling we're experiencing resulting from this mindless, tragic loss. Moriah was a gifted, variety, and caring younger lady. Her life was taken from her earlier than she had the chance to attain the whole lot she dreamed of. Our household, and all those that cherished her, will ceaselessly miss her."
Officers are urging members of the general public with details about Armstrong's whereabouts to contact the U.S. Marshals Service Communications Heart at 1-800-336-0102, submit a tip utilizing the USMS Ideas app, or submit a tip to Austin's Capital Space Crime Stoppers at 1-800-893-8477.
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