Colin Strickland, a former criterium and cyclocross racer turned Red Bull-sponsored gravel rider, has expressed his shock at the murder of top gravel rider Moriah ‘Mo’ Wilson. The 25-year-old was shot dead in an apartment in Austin, Texas, last Wednesday week, May 11th.
Strickland’s partner Kaitlin Marie Armstrong (34) is suspected of the killing and a warrant has been issued for her arrest. Strickland also says in his statement he had a brief relationship with Wilson late last year when he and Armstrong had split up for a period. However, he added that at the time of her murder they were not in a romantic relationship.
“I am reeling from grieving Mo Wilson's death and from the facts that have emerged during the investigation. I cannot begin to imagine the pain felt by Mo's family and her close friends,” he said in a statement.
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“There is no way to adequately express the regret and torture I feel about my proximity to this horrible crime. I am sorry and I simply cannot make sense of this unfathomable tragedy.
“Although it will be a matter of small consolation to anyone else who cared for Mo, I want you to know that I have cooperated fully with investigators ever since I learned the terrible news and I will continue to do so until some form of justice is served.
“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.
“At the time, she and I had both recently ended relationships. She returned to her home in California and about a month later, Kaitlin Armstrong and I reconciled and resumed our relationship.
“Since then I often saw Mo at cycling events, and always in public settings. We both competed in Bentonville, AR, Stillwater and Monterrey, CA. We also met for a 4-hour training ride in Santa Cruz after the Sea Otter Classic in Monterrey.
“After our brief relationships in October of 2021, we were not in a romantic relationship, only a platonic and professional one. It was not my intention to pursue along an auxiliary romantic relationship that would mislead anyone. Moriah and I were both leaders in this lonely, niche sport of cycling, and I admired her greatly and considered her a close friend. I am deeply grieving her loss.”
