Kaitlin Armstrong is suspected of picking her handcuffs with a pin, ditching her jail jumpsuit and injuring 2 guards in a failed 10-minute escape attempt.
Kaitlin Armstrong has a nose for notoriety. The Texas woman suspected in the 'love triangle' murder of a romantic rival before she led U.S. Marshals on a 43-day, international manhunt is now accused of picking the lock on her handcuffs with a pin for an escape attempt she spent months vigorously preparing for, according to court documents. Armstrong, 35, is scheduled to go to trial on Oct.
After the slaying, she flew to New York to obtain her sister's passport, then Costa Rica. She dyed her hair and assumed a new identity. She began dating and teaching yoga at Santa Teresa Beach, using fake names including Beth, Air and Liz. When police arrested her, she had a bandage on her face that she allegedly claimed came from a surfing accident. Her lawyer denies that she got a nose job down there, but photos taken before and after appear to show significant differences in her face.
bystander recorded a few seconds of the short-lived flight on cellphone video. It shows Armstrong sprinting through the back of a parking lot as a guard tries to keep up, stumbling. Early in the attempt, Armstrong allegedly started to scale a six-foot-tall fence when a guard tackled her from behind. They both fell, but she got up, hopped over, and kept on running, according to the affidavit.
She was being held on $3.5 million bail in the murder case – a sum that is now increased by $50,000 for the alleged escape attempt. Before the court issued a gag order on the case, Armstrong's defense disputed prosecutors' claim that she saw Wilson as a 'romantic rival' as 'misogynistic and fictitious.' Strickland, according to court documents, also told detectives he did not believe Armstrong was the jealous or violent type.
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