Who is Colin Strickland and what is his relationship with Kaitlin Armstrong?
A FRIEND of professional athlete Moriah Wilson found the cyclist dead in an Austin apartment on May 11, 2022.
Moriah briefly dated fellow athlete Colin Strickland, who was one of the last people to see her alive.
Who is Colin Strickland?
Born on November 7, 1986, Colin Strickland is a native of Johnson City, Texas.
He began riding professionally in 2011 and is a member of the Red Bull athletic community.
Growing up on a farm, Colin learned to ride a bike on gravel roads.
"The first time I got on a bike, there was no tarmac in sight - it was two miles on gravel to the highway," he told .
Colin won his first bicycling race post-college and went on to compete internationally.
With over 40,000 followers on Instagram, Colin remains a popular element of the cycling community.
His Instagram biography previously listed his sponsorships, which included The Meteor Cafe, Allied Cycle Works, and Rapha.
In a from Colin following the death of Moriah Wilson, he described their chosen exercise as the "lonely, niche sport of Cycling."
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What is his relationship with Kaitlin Armstrong?
Kaitlin Armstrong and Colin dated for around three years but took a break at one point in their relationship.
Colin became romantically involved with his fellow cyclist, Moriah Wilson, while they were on a break.
They ended things after about a week together. Roughly a month later, Colin and Kaitlin reunited.
Colin and Moriah remained friends and continued to spend time together after he got back with Kaitlin.
According to Colin's statement, the two maintained a "platonic and professional" relationship.
"As a point of clarification to facts previously reported, Moriah Wilson and I had a brief romantic relationship from late October-early November 2021 that spanned a week or so while Wilson was visiting Austin," he added.
"At the time, she and I had both recently ended relationships."
The night Moriah died, she and Colin agreed to meet up for a swim.
Moriah had flown into Texas to participate in the Gravel Locos, a 150-mile bike race.
Authorities claim Kaitlin allegedly followed Moriah to the apartment she was staying in and fired a 9mm handgun.
Police said security camera footage shows Kaitlin's SUV driving past the apartment Moriah was staying in at the time of her death. Kaitlin escaped the scene of the crime.
After a 43-day manhunt, Kaitlin was caught in Costa Rica and arrested on June 29, 2022.
On November 16, 2023, Kaitlin Armstrong was found guilty of shooting Moriah Wilson.
During closing arguments in court, Assistant District Attorney Rick Jones painted Armstrong as a "shrinking violet."
Family members of Wilson in the courtroom were seen crying silently as the verdict was read out loud.
On November 17, she was sentenced to 90 years in prison with a $10,000 fine.
Who was Moriah Wilson?
Moriah Wilson was a 25-year-old competitive gravel and mountain cyclist.
She grew up in Vermont and traveled the world for sporting events.
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According to , Moriah had multiple races planned for the year - including one in Africa.
The Wilson family organized a in honor of Moriah to help raise money for "community organizations that help youth find self-confidence, strength, and joy through biking, skiing, and other activities that Moriah was passionate about."