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here with the fabulous Mo Wilson you are like ready I'm ready I'm so excited to be here um feels like the first big race
of the year so um yeah I'm ready to kick it off I'm still getting better I'm still
learning it's an exciting time there's still so much for me to learn her name was Mariah but everybody called her Mo
my name is polar Melendez and I am a senior reporter with The Daily Beast funny and friendly and smart and
driven Mo was a rising star she graduated from Dartmouth in engineering everyone thought she was
about to make her big break in cycling I have always relied on other people to push myself myself
myself what happened to Mo was a tragedy they found a mo inside the residence who
was pretty grizzly scene she had been shot multiple times at first detectives thought it was a robbery you're looking
into this possibility of a robbery or a burglary but parallel to that there is this name Colin Strickland
sure my name is Colin Strickland I am a bicycle racer Colin Strickland was a top biker
and he was also friends with Mo I mean Colin you know he was an interesting character had a lot of like
you know cool qualities about him motorcycled professional athlete I mean Colin had dated like a few girls in the
cycling scene you know girlfriends here and there but but you know pretty standard
stuff Colin's relationship with Mo like was like they were both bike racers they
had like a romantic relationship there had definitely been something romantic between
them colins said they had broken up the situation was complicated there was another woman in
Colin's life her name was Caitlyn [Music] Armstrong Caitlyn you know first impressions she
was really nice Globe hopping around the world was you know really interested in
yoga like very attractive person uh both inside and out at least the Caitlyn and
I you know initially knew homicide detectives were very interested in talking to Caitlyn
Armstrong he's starting to get the sense that there could be some jealousy to it
she has a gun few things like that start to paint a picture of like it could definitely be
her we were still trying to figure out are they going to have enough information to sit down and scratch out
a warrant at this point she kind of disappears no one knows where she [Music] [Applause]
is Caitlyn Armstrong vanished seemingly in a thin air sparking what would become
an international Manhunt first leading a ities across the United States and then
eventually here to the beaches of Costa Rica along the way she used multiple identities and changed her appearance
even getting plastic surgery how smart was Caitlyn Armstrong she did some pretty intelligent things
the thing that people don't know is you don't have to be just smarter than one two three or four of us cuz there's a
team of 20 plus people you have to be smarter than a lot of people to get away with it m it almost worked it almost
worked

A promising young athlete is murdered. Her suspected killer disappears and an international manhunt by U.S. Marshals begins. “48 Hours” contributor Jonathan Vigliotti reports Saturday, Jan. 27 at 10/9c on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.

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Brief Summary

Mo Wilson's murder leads to an international manhunt for Caitlyn Armstrong, revealing complex relationships and dark motives.

Key points

The Tragic Story of Mo Wilson. Mo Wilson, a rising star in cycling, was tragically shot multiple times.
Caitlyn Armstrong's Disappearance. Caitlyn Armstrong vanished, sparking an international manhunt.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

What happened to Mo was a tragedy.

Reflecting on the loss of Mo Wilson.

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