The Texas yoga instructor accused of murdering a pro cyclist in a love triangle had a plastic surgery receipt among her possessions when she was arrested hiding in Costa Rica, a new report says.
Fugitive Caitlin Marie Armstrong, who was captured Wednesday at a Santa Teresa Beach hostel, left behind two passports and a $6,350 receipt for cosmetic surgery that a witness told Inside Edition was under “another name.”
The witness also said it looked like something had happened to her face.
“[She had] a bandage over her nose and she had blood in her nostrils,” Zachary Paulsen told the publication.
US federal officials said Armstrong had changed her appearance when they found her and that she had a bandage on her nose and bruises under her eyes.
She had also cut her hair and dyed it a darker brown.
“She was just asking how to get around cheaper and then the police came,” Paulson told Inside Edition.
Authorities said when they found Armstrong, she had bruises under her eyes and a bandage on her nose. Fuerza Publica CR Armstrong fled after police questioned her in Texas. US Marshals Service/AP
Armstrong was reportedly staying at Don Jon’s Surf and Yoga Lodge under a different name and was apparently learning new yoga, possibly to instruct again, Inside Edition said.
After Armstrong’s arrest, Paulsen said he found items in a locker, including her passport, a second passport belonging to her sister, Christine, and the receipt for cosmetic surgery.
Deputy U.S. Marshal Brandon Fila previously said Armstrong used a valid, active passport belonging to a person with “very similar physical descriptions” when she boarded a flight from Newark, New Jersey to Costa Rica last month. He did not say who the passport belonged to or how Armstrong obtained it.
Armstrong was captured in Costa Rica after a 43-day manhunt. Teletica.com Moriah Wilson was shot and killed while visiting Austin, Texas. Instagram / Moriah Wilson Armstrong and Wilson were involved with cyclist Colin Strickland. Instagram / Colin Arturo Strickland Authorities said a car resembling suspect Caitlin Armstrong’s 2012 Jeep Cherokee was captured on surveillance video near the victim’s residence on May 11, 2022.
Cops believe Armstrong shot 25-year-old Anna Moriah Wilson multiple times at an Austin residence on May 11 in a jealous rage over the biker’s relationship with Armstrong’s boyfriend. Wilson had just spent the day swimming and dining with Armstrong’s boyfriend Colin Strickland, who is also a professional cyclist and once had a relationship with Wilson.
Wilson, who was in town from San Francisco for a race, had been dating Strickland last fall while he was out with Armstrong, he later told cops. Armstrong’s black Jeep Grand Cherokee was seen on surveillance video outside her friend’s house shortly after Strickland dropped Wilson off at her friend’s house the night of her murder, cops said.
The yoga instructor fled Texas after cops questioned her about the murder. Authorities say she took a flight to New York, then was dropped off days later at Newark Liberty International Airport, where she took a flight to Costa Rica.
Armstrong is to be deported from Costa Rica within the next 30 days and returned to the US to face charges.
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