Fugitive Caitlin Marie Armstrong — who was arrested Wednesday at a Santa Teresa Beach motel — left behind two passports and a $6,350 receipt for cosmetic surgery, which a witness told Inside Edition was under “another name.” The witness also said it looked like something had happened to her face. “[She had] a bandage over her nose and she had blood in her nostrils,” Zachary Paulsen told the newspaper. US federal officials said Armstrong’s appearance had changed when she was found and that she had a bandage over her nose and bruises under her eyes. She had also cut her hair and dyed it a darker shade of brown. “He was just asking how to get around cheaper, and then the police came,” Paulsen told Inside Edition. Officials said when they found Armstrong, she had bruises under her eyes and a bandage over her nose. Fuerza Publica CRArmstrong fled after police questioning in Texas. US Marshals Service/AP Armstrong was reportedly staying at Don Jon’s Surf and Yoga Lodge under a different name and was apparently studying new yoga, possibly to teach again, Inside Edition said. After Armstrong was arrested, Paulsen said he found items in a locker that included her passport, a second passport belonging to her sister Christine and proof of cosmetic surgery. Deputy US Marshal Brandon Filla previously said Armstrong used a valid, active passport belonging to someone with “very similar physical descriptions” when she hopped a flight from Newark, NJ to Costa Rica last month. He did not say who owned the passport or how Armstrong got it. Armstrong was captured in Costa Rica after a 43-day manhunt. Teletica.com Moriah Wilson was shot during a visit to Austin, Texas. Instagram / Moriah Wilson Armstrong and Wilson both participated with cyclist Colin Strickland. Instagram / Colin Arturo Strickland Authorities said a car resembling suspect Kaitlin Armstrong’s 2012 Jeep Cherokee was captured on surveillance footage near the victim’s residence on May 11, 2022. Police believe Armstrong shot 25-year-old Anna Moriah Wilson multiple times at an Austin residence on May 11 in a jealous rage over the biker’s relationship with Armstrong’s boyfriend. Wilson had just spent the day swimming and dining with Colin Strickland, Armstrong’s friend, who is also a professional cyclist and had once fallen out with Wilson. Wilson, who was in town from San Francisco for a fight, had gone out with Strickland last fall while he was out with Armstrong, he later told cops. Armstrong’s black Jeep Grand Cherokee was seen on surveillance footage outside the friend’s house shortly after Strickland dropped Wilson off at her friend’s house the night of her murder, cops said. The yoga teacher fled Texas after police questioned her about the murder. Authorities say he took a flight to New York City, then landed days later at Newark Liberty International Airport, where he took a flight to Costa Rica. Armstrong is to be deported from Costa Rica within the next 30 days and returned to the US to face charges.
