Moriah ‘Mo’ Wilson was set to become one of the world’s greatest athletes. However, that quickly came to a grinding halt…
Even though Moriah Wilson had shifted gears multiple times in her life, no matter what she decided to do, it was clear that she excelled.
Born Anna Moriah Wilson in Northern Vermont, U.S., Moriah, known as Mo, was a driven athlete. Taking part in alpine skiing at school, Moriah then went on to major in engineering at Dartmouth College – from then on, she swapped skis for wheels, becoming an ‘exceptional’ endurance cyclist.
In 2022, with a busy racing schedule ahead of her, 25-year-old Mo liked to work hard and play hard, too.
Not only was she on a ‘beautiful trajectory to win races’ but she also wanted to ‘win and open hearts’.
Something that she had seemingly achieved with her lover Colin Strickland, 35.
Also considered a ‘pioneer’ in gravel racing, he too had won an array of prestigious races.
Colin and Mo were a great match – both off and on the track.
And in May 2022, the couple were spotted swimming together at an outside pool in Austin, Texas, just a week before Mo’s 26th birthday.
Going on to have lunch together at a nearby restaurant, Colin then dropped Mo off at her close friend Caitlin Cash’s apartment at 8.30pm – with Mo arriving in Texas to prepare for the Gravel Locos Bike Race, where she was expecting yet another win, it was a chance to see Colin before the competition.
Later that evening, just before 10pm on 11 May 2022, Caitlin returned home – but she wasn’t greeted with a friendly smile.
Instead, she made an unbelievable discovery.
‘She’s laying on the bathroom floor and there’s blood everywhere,’ Cailtin screamed, calling 911. ‘Her brain is leaking.’
And despite attempting CPR, it was too late.
Aspiring athlete Mo had already passed away.
Clear from her injuries, this wasn’t suicide or an accident.
With two bullet wounds, one straight through Mo’s heart, this was homicide.
Winning every single race, had envy got the better of a competitor?
With no trace of the perpetrator, Mo’s death shook the cycling world as tributes started pouring in.
All while her murderer remained at large.
Known to be the last person to see Mo alive, Austin police officers quickly turned to Colin, visiting him at his home address.
Only, as soon as Detective Marc McLeod and Detective Jonathan Riley informed Colin of Mo’s death, he was very ‘obviously in shock’.
With the investigators claiming that he was ‘very transparent’, agreeing to be interviewed ‘without holding back’, he was ‘very forthcoming’ about it all. Colin wasn’t th
