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Kaitlin Armstrong’s trial has come to an end after two and half weeks of heart-breaking evidence.

The Texas yoga teacher was sentenced to 90 years behind bars on Friday, and ordered to pay $10,000.

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After two and half weels of evidence, Kaitlin Armstrong was swiftly convicted of killing professional cyclist Anna Moriah ‘Mo’ Wilson after they were allegedly involved in a love triangle. Andrea Cavallier and Andrea Blanco explain the most crucial moments in her high-profile trial

Kaitlin Armstrong evaded police for 43 days after being named a suspect in the murder of Moriah Wilson. This week, her murder trial ended. Andrea Cavallier and Mike Bedigan explain how events unfolded:

Wilson’s father Eric Wilson, addressed reporters outside of court following the sentence of Kaitlin Armstrong, telling them that it was now time for “prayer and healing”. Mr Wilson thanked everyone involved in the case, and God.

“Other than the prosecution team, there really are no winners here,” he said. “This is not a time for celebration, but it is a time for prayer. Time to pray for our family, our friends, and the Armstrong family and their friends.

“This sad story is a perfect example of why integrity and honesty are crucial in our personal relationships and how dishonesty can often lead to unintended consequences.”

“Selfish manipulation, jealousy and hatred never lead to positive outcomes. Violence is never a good way to solve personal, personal issues. In fact, violence doesn’t solve anything. It only leads to more suffering.

Mr Wilson added: “Our lives would change forever. But with this challenging ordeal now behind us we are ready to move forward and continue our healing, and we will do this with Moriah’s strong, determined, gentle and kind spirit, because we know this is what she would want us to do.”

After Kaitlin Armstrong was sentenced, Ms Cash and Karen Wilson returned to the stand to address the discgraced yoga teacher directly for one final time.

“Kaitlin Armstrong. I’m not sure that my words can penetrate your heart but I’m gonna try,” Ms Wilson said. “I hate what you did to my beautiful daughter it was very selfish and cowardly.”

Ms Wilson said that had Armstrong endeavoured to have a “civil” conversation with her daughter, things may have been resolved. “She would have cared about your feelings. She was a caring empathetic person,” she said.

“When you shot Moriah in the heart, you shot me in my heart. You shot Eric and Matt in the heart… You shot cousins and aunts and uncles and all the people who loved her, there in their hearts.”

Ms Wilson finished her remarks by urging Armstrong to admit her guilt and seek forgiveness.

“It’s up to you. There is no winner in this story. Your actions have caused all sides to suffer,” she said.

“There is a ripple effect of sorrow upon sorrow upon sorrow. Moriah is free of this sorrow, though. She is more alive today than any of us here.”

As she left the stand, Ms Wilson looked at Armstrong directly. It was not clear if Armstrong returned her gaze.

Anna Moriah “Mo” Wilson, 25, a competitive gravel and mountain bike racer from Vermont.

A month before her death, in May 2022, Wilson beat 30 of the top gravel racing cyclists in the United States to claim the Fuego 80k at the Sea Otter Classic in Monterey, California.

Wilson followed up that victory with a win at the Belgian Waffle Ride in San Diego on 30 April 2022 and arrived in Austin on 10 May as the favourite to win the Gravel Locos in Hico, a few days later.

She had been staying at her friend Caitlin Cash’s apartment on Maple Avenue, East Austin, and on 11 May she arranged to meet fellow pro-cyclist Colin Strickland, who according to a police affidavit she had an on-again, off-again relationship with when he and his then-girlfriend Armstrong were on a hiatus.

The pair went swimming at the Deep Eddy Pool public aquatic centre in Austin before going for a meal at nearby Pool Burger, Mr Strickland, 35, told investigators. He dropped Wilson off at her friend’s home at around 8.30pm.

Wilson was later found dead with multiple gunshot wounds by Ms Cash.

Now that the murder trial of Kaitlin Armstrong has concluded, here is a look back at some of the key moments from the trial.

Following the sentencing of Kaitlin Armstrong the family of Moriah Wilson said that it was time for “prayer and healing”.

Wilson’s mother, father and brother all delivered heart-wrenching impact statements after jurors delivered the guilty verdict on Thursday.