I'm all for letting her marinate in a foreign jail for a while.
US MARSHALS PRESS RELEASE
Kaitlin Armstrong Captured in Costa Rica
Austin, TX – The Austin woman accused of killing world class cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson May 11 has been captured in Costa Rica. The U.S. Marshals Office of International Operations, Homeland Security Investigations, and the Department of State Diplomatic Security Service, working with...www.usmarshals.gov
I was thinking exactly this... The flight was booked using the name on the passport (sorry for stating the obvious here...). I think one of the reasons it took some time to locate her is that she didn't use her sister's passport and law enforcement had to search for friends and acquaintances - I have a feeling that when they located the person whose passport was used, law enforcement leaned on that person hard - once they had the name, it would be easy to find the location.
That's a new twist on criminal detection: checking yoga studio voluntary sign-in logs - in my experience, they never check for proof of identity, you can call yourself anything, as long as you pay cash.
Given what we know about her New York connection, and the statement from the guy who claimed he had seen KA at the Haven right before everything blew up, and given the short period of time that she was actually in NY, the most obvious conclusion, and the one that I am sticking to until I see facts to dispute it, I feel comfortable that the passport she used of someone who looked very similar to her, belongs to her sister. I would not rule out more charges in this case, though I think probably the threat of more charges will serve LE better than actually pursuing them.
BBMIt was actually Costa Rican LE who caught KA:
Armstrong was stopped by agents assigned to the Santa Teresa de Cóbano Tourist Police division and provide the cops a different name. However, no record of her entry into the country came up when the name she gave was cross referenced with the country’s immigration registry.
She then told the agents her real last name, which was checked with a data base that revealed she was wanted on an international arrest warrant.
Woman wanted for killing love rival arrested in Costa Rica
Kaitlin Armstrong, 34, was wanted for the murder of cyclist Moriah Wilson, 25, on May 11 in Texas. On Thursday evening, Armstrong was captured at a Santa Teresa Beach hotel in Costa Rica.www.dailymail.co.uk
For what? Felony bad-boyfriend? What conceivably could he be charged with? Not supporting him, just think there’s a lot of misplaced anger toward him on this thread. He may be a creep, but his sins pale considerably when compared to Kaitlin’s.
Why would she give a different name than the one she had used to immigrate into CR? I’m very confused by this.It was actually Costa Rican LE who caught KA:
Armstrong was stopped by agents assigned to the Santa Teresa de Cóbano Tourist Police division and provide the cops a different name. However, no record of her entry into the country came up when the name she gave was cross referenced with the country’s immigration registry.
She then told the agents her real last name, which was checked with a data base that revealed she was wanted on an international arrest warrant.
Woman wanted for killing love rival arrested in Costa Rica
Kaitlin Armstrong, 34, was wanted for the murder of cyclist Moriah Wilson, 25, on May 11 in Texas. On Thursday evening, Armstrong was captured at a Santa Teresa Beach hotel in Costa Rica.
She'd prolly get picked up in Houston in a paddy wagon and driven to wherever.
Maybe she didn't pass through immigration when entering Costa Rica? Then, her alias wouldn't be on file.
Is it possible her sister also has a married name that she used sometimes and perhaps had been issued a passport under that name? Anyone know if she was previously married?
I agree. The press conference made me think that KA used a different passport than CA. Three reasons:
I don't believe they would've been allowed to do that without evidence that KA had CA's passport in her possession. In the press conference, the US Marshal said that they figured out whose passport she was traveling under after conducting a physical search of that person and discovering their passport was missing. My guess is that they weren't able to search flight records for that individuals name until after the search.
I'm thinking Costa Rican jail might not be that bad. Maybe that's the reason KA didn't flee to Nicaragua.
I don't believe they would've been allowed to do that without evidence that KA had CA's passport in her possession. In the press conference, the US Marshal said that they figured out whose passport she was traveling under after conducting a physical search of that person and discovering their passport was missing. My guess is that they weren't able to search flight records for that individuals name until after the search.
Access to third party records (such as airline tickets) almost always have to be obtained via court order or subpoena, so my best guess is that the USMS weren't able to actually see if the passport had been used until they conducted the physical search and discovered it was missing, at which point they likely obtained a court order from a judge to search for that person's name in flight manifests.
Law Enforcement Access to Third Party Records
A new set of Criminal Justice Standards on Law Enforcement Access to Third Party Records approved by the ABA House of Delegates in February 2012 appears along with commentary in a publication entitled: ABA Standards for Criminal Justice: Law Enforcement Access to Third Party Records, 3d ed. © 2013.www.americanbar.org
Close proximity to a crime doesn't give police the right to search you. For example, the US Supreme Court held in Ybarra v. Illinois, 444 U.S. 85 (1979) that police couldn't search all the patrons at a bar where a crime was committed and held that a warrant can not be used to search an unnamed individual unless the warrant mentions that unnamed parties are involved or exigent circumstances are shown to exist.
Very good point. Sort of like cellophone data, they can't go on fishing expeditions.The cell companies requires a warrant for a specific number.I don't believe they would've been allowed to do that without evidence that KA had CA's passport in her possession. In the press conference, the US Marshal said that they figured out whose passport she was traveling under after conducting a physical search of that person and discovering their passport was missing. My guess is that they weren't able to search flight records for that individuals name until after the search.
Access to third party records (such as airline tickets) almost always have to be obtained via court order or subpoena, so my best guess is that the USMS weren't able to actually see if the passport had been used until they conducted the physical search and discovered it was missing, at which point they likely obtained a court order from a judge to search for that person's name in flight manifests.
Law Enforcement Access to Third Party Records
A new set of Criminal Justice Standards on Law Enforcement Access to Third Party Records approved by the ABA House of Delegates in February 2012 appears along with commentary in a publication entitled: ABA Standards for Criminal Justice: Law Enforcement Access to Third Party Records, 3d ed. © 2013.
