How U.S. Marshals captured murder suspect Kaitlin Armstrong | Forensic Files

in a new 48 Hours investigation for the first time we hear from law enforcement officers who tracked down a killer on
the Run Katlyn Armstrong eluded authorities for 43 days back in 2022 after police issued a warrant for her
arrest she was suspected in the murder of Mariah Wilson an upand cominging professional cyclist and in November
Armstrong was indeed convicted in a Texas Court of first-degree murder and sentenced to 90 years in prison now
Jonathan Vigliotti has the very first interview with the US Marshals who went undercover to track Armstrong down and
bring her in here's an early look at his 48 Hours report in June 2022 one month after
Caitlyn Armstrong suspected of murdering Mariah Wilson disappeared Deputy US Marshals Damen Fernandez and Amir Perez
traveled to Costa Rica they knew finding Armstrong was going to be a challenge we had intelligence indicating
that she was was staying in hosts in Costa Rica and I don't know if you know anything about Costa Rica but Costa Rica
has a lot of hostels a lot an unbelievable amount of hostiles A source told them Armstrong could be hiding out
in the small village of Santa Teresa but it was challenging because the town was
full of tourists many who look similar to Armstrong the marshals would later learn that Armstrong had also used
different names and had changed her appearance she had cut and colored her hair hair and even had gotten plastic
surgery they hit dead end after dead end so you're this close to giving up yes so
after many intense days of searching for Armstrong with no luck the marshals decided to try one last tactic hoping
that Armstrong's love of teaching yoga would pay off for them they turned to a local Facebook page we decided we were
going to put an ad out for a yoga instructor and see what would happen and just saying a we're this hostel we're
looking for a yoga instructor the soon as the possible please contact us at this number but after almost a week of
hunting even that didn't seem to be working we haven't gotten any response back from
anything none of them have panned out so the marshals were about to head back to
the United States when suddenly they got a break we got a bite somebody that identified herself as a yoga instructor
and said that wanted to meet with us at a particular hostel and we said this is this is our
[Music] chance wow Jonathan vigotti joins us now Jonathan good morning so that bite I
guess was an email the Marshalls got what happened after that email arrived yeah Tony good morning to you it's a
remarkable story because the marshals we spoke with said Caitlyn Armstrong nearly
got away with it all the woman that responded to this ad said that she was a yoga instructor working at at a local
hostel in Santa Teresa the marshals quickly moved in they sent in Deputy Marshall Perez to make that initial
contact he had been studying images of her for several weeks but what's remarkable when he came face to face
with her there pretending to be a tourist he said he didn't recognize her at first until his eyes locked with hers
and that's when he realized they had found the woman that they had been searching for it was later discovered
that she got plastic surgery specifically to change the shape of her nose wow and almost got away with it now
she's serving 90 years in prison for killing Mariah Wilson what did you learn about Mariah the victim as you were
covering this case Mariah Wilson she went by Mo an incredible woman very smart she studied at Dartmouth
engineering but she was ultimately driven by PR gravel bike racing and she wanted to get more women involved in the
sport she quickly Rose to the top of the sport and was incredible at what she did
but despite all of her career achievements everyone we spoke with said she was a remarkable woman because she
was so caring so supportive and ultimately everyone said she just had no idea she was at the center of what would
become this Deadly Love Triangle Jonathan Vigliotti Jonathan thank you very much you can watch
Jonathan's full report capturing mariia Wilson's killer on 48 hours tomorrow night at 109 Central right here on CBS
and streaming on Paramount Plus

Kaitlin Armstrong fled to Costa Rica after she murdered cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson -- known as "Mo" Wilson. CBS News contributor Jonathan Vigliotti has a preview of his "48 Hours" report.

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Brief Summary

US Marshals detail the 43-day manhunt for Caitlyn Armstrong, suspected of murdering cyclist Mariah Wilson, leading to her capture in Costa Rica.

Key points

Caitlyn Armstrong's Capture. After 43 days on the run, Caitlyn Armstrong was finally apprehended by US Marshals.
Mariah Wilson's Legacy. Mariah Wilson, a talented cyclist, was remembered for her caring nature and achievements.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

She nearly got away with it all.

Jonathan Vigliotti on Caitlyn Armstrong's close call with evading capture.

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