# Ad for yoga teacher helped catch killer **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 30, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-for-yoga-teacher-helped-catch-killer/996875 "2024-01-30T20:14:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-for-yoga-teacher-helped-catch-killer/996875/1 "2024-01-30T20:14:15Z")
Just a weird story, but I’m glad that the apparent killer has been arrested. > **[Killer of pro cyclist Mo Wilson was captured with help of want ad for yoga...](https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/killer-pro-cyclist-mo-wilson-captured-ad-yoga-106799492)** > > Federal investigators say a local want ad for a yoga instructor in Costa Rica helped them capture the killer of rising pro cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson in 2022 ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-for-yoga-teacher-helped-catch-killer/996875/2 "2024-01-30T23:08:36Z")
Her trial was last November. She can lead the Yoga class in prison. [https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/17/us/kaitlin-armstrong-sentenced-anna-moriah-wilson/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/17/us/kaitlin-armstrong-sentenced-anna-moriah-wilson/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-for-yoga-teacher-helped-catch-killer/996875/3 "2024-01-30T23:46:12Z")
Oops, sorry. I guess I should have put it in the past tense. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-for-yoga-teacher-helped-catch-killer/996875/4 "2024-01-30T23:59:03Z")
It was incredibly stupid to look for work in her old profession. Cops knew she was a yoga instructor. I guess they had a tip she was in Puerto Rico and placed the phony ad. She was sneaky. Link [Kaitlin Armstrong escape: Suspect in murder of pro cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson caught after fleeing from officers in Austin, Texas - ABC7 Chicago](https://abc7chicago.com/kaitlin-armstrong-escape-anna-moriah-wilson-murder/13919583/) > [@](#): > > An affidavit now details the 35-year-old put in a “medical request restricting the use of leg restraints,” and then “utilized an injury complaint,” getting herself an appointment outside the prison in Austin, Texas. > > Law enforcement said as they escorted the former yoga instructor from the doctor’s office to the car, she bolted. > Later in article… > > The affidavit said she “attempted to scale a 6-foot fence” and that one officer pulled her down, “causing both to fall to the ground.” He advised her to get to her feet, but she “began to flee again.” > > They said Kaitlin ran a mile away, stripping off her prisoner uniform and even freeing a hand before being caught. > > Officials later discovered Kaitlin had a metal pen and dental floss in her cell, they say, were manipulated in a way that could remove a handcuff. > > Officials closely combed through video, which they said shows Kaitlin had been “exercising vigorously” for months. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-for-yoga-teacher-helped-catch-killer/996875/5 "2024-01-31T00:07:44Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > It was incredibly stupid to look for work in her old profession. Sometimes you have to go with [your existing skill set](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_List_(murderer)). ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-for-yoga-teacher-helped-catch-killer/996875/6 "2024-01-31T01:24:35Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I guess they had a tip she was in Puerto Rico and placed the phony ad. Costa Rica, actually. I have friends who knew the victim (Mo Wilson) fairly well and I’m so glad Armstrong was caught. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-for-yoga-teacher-helped-catch-killer/996875/7 "2024-01-31T01:26:30Z")
I thought she was still in US territory. Thanks for the correction. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-for-yoga-teacher-helped-catch-killer/996875/8 "2024-01-31T01:33:14Z")
She traveled on her sister’s passport to avoid detection. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-for-yoga-teacher-helped-catch-killer/996875/9 "2024-01-31T12:36:38Z")
Which puts her sister in pretty deep shit too. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-for-yoga-teacher-helped-catch-killer/996875/10 "2024-01-31T20:43:08Z")
Well, we’ve already established that she isn’t very bright. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-for-yoga-teacher-helped-catch-killer/996875/11 "2024-01-31T23:01:59Z")
It worked at first, she got out of the country and gave her enough time to get plastic surgery and alter her appearance.