A lady accused of killing US skilled bicycle owner Anna Moriah Wilson as a romantic rival has pleaded not responsible to a homicide cost, as her attorneys pressed for a fast trial.
Wilson, 25, was discovered shot to demise on Could 11.
Kaitlin Armstrong, 34, fled the nation after her preliminary interviews with investigators, prompting a 43-day manhunt that ended together with her arrest at a beachside hostel in Costa Rica on June 29.
Authorities mentioned she had tried to vary her look and used a number of aliases as she moved round Costa Rica whereas attempting to set herself up as a yoga teacher in that nation.
A aggressive gravel and mountain bike racer and Vermont native generally known as “Mo,” Wilson had been in Austin for a race she was among the many favourites to win.
Police have mentioned Wilson had beforehand dated Armstrong’s boyfriend, bicycle owner Colin Strickland, who they are saying has cooperated with investigators and isn't a suspect.
In accordance with investigators, Armstrong’s SUV was seen on surveillance video outdoors the house the place Wilson was killed.
Armstrong faces as much as 99 years in jail if she's convicted.
She is being held on $US3.5 million ($5 million) bond.
Prosecutors questioned whether or not the fast trial setting amounted to a “privilege” for Armstrong, as it will put her case in entrance of different homicide trials which have waited for 2 years or longer due to pandemic slowdowns.
In addition they famous that investigators are nonetheless gathering proof that prosecutors and defence attorneys have but to obtain.
“In the event that they selected to indict with out proof, that’s the district legal professional’s downside,” Armstrong’s legal professional, Rick Cofer, informed District Choose Brenda Kennedy earlier than she granted the request to set a trial date and scheduled it to start October 24.
After the transient court docket listening to, Cofer urged that Armstrong’s defence will problem the proof gathering and conduct by Austin police investigators, and whether or not they didn’t observe leads that would have led to a special suspect.
“Ms Armstrong desires her day in court docket,” Cofer mentioned, with out taking questions.
“Merely put, there's much more to this story that has but been heard.”
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