Kaitlin Armstrong‘s defence attorneys have rested their case in her trial over the murder of cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson.
Ms Armstrong is accused of the 11 May 2022 murder of Wilson, who prosecutors have described as her “love rival.”
The two women were reportedly involved in a love triangle with Ms Armstrong’s then on-and-off boyfriend and Wilson’s fellow cyclist Colin Strickland.
In the aftermath of the shooting, Ms Armstrong fled to Costa Rica and was only captured five weeks later.
The state rested its case on Wednesday morning after introducing testimony from Mr Strickland, friends of Ms Armstrong, and law enforcement personnel, including a US Marshal agent who aided in Ms Armstrong’s arrest overseas.
The defence called experts who sought to discredit the state’s DNA and ballistics evidence before resting their case later in the day.
Mr Strickland was briefly called back to the stand by the defence.
Then, Ms Armstrong was advised of her right to testify in her own trial, which she declined.
According to NewsNation Correspondent Alex Caprariello, Ms Armstrong seemed confused, and even scared during that exchange, a stark contrast from her stoic demeanour in the two and a half weeks of trial.
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