Claire Osborn

Defense attorney Rick Cofer didn't suggest a sentence for Kaitlin Armstrong to the jury but asked them to consider forgiveness and redemption.

Prosecutor Guillermo Gonzalez has asked jury to convict Kaitlin Armstrong for a minimum of 40 years if not more. Jury left for deliberation at 10:45 a.m.

Prosecutor Rickey Jones tells jury not to consider Kaitlin Armstrong's silent demeanor during trial but to think about her running away for a mile in leg chains when she briefly escaped from deputies.

The jury has arrived at the Kaitlin Armstrong trial. They will hear closing arguments in the punishment phase of the trial. Armstrong faces up to 99 years in prison after being convicted of the murder of Mo Wilson in May 2022 in East Austin.

Kaitlin Armstrong's sister, Christie Armstrong, just testified that Kaitlin was her best friend and a "loving, caring, beautiful bright light." She was testifying during the punishment phase of the trial.

Anna Moriah Wilson's brother, mother and father have just finished testifying with many tears about how much she meant to them. Her father said Wilson had just planned to quit her job and pursue professional bicycling after she had won many races.

Kaitlin Armstrong found guilty of murder of Anna "Mo" Wilson after more than two hours of deliberation. The punishment phase of the trial had now begun. The state has four witnesses who will testify.

Jury about to enter with their verdict in Kaitlin Armstrong trial. They have deliberted more than two hours.

Defense attorney Rick Cofer made a motion before jury left for them to hear what he said was evidence that defense was denied a chance to test evidence collected to see if Wilson was sexually assaulted. Judge denied motion.

Closing arguments in Kaitlin Armstrong trial have ended. Jury has left for delibertation at 12:16 p.m.

Prosecutor says Strickland's DNA was not found on Wilson's bike. If Wilson had touched the bike and transferred Armstrong's DNA onto it, as defense suggested, then why wouldn't Strickland's DNA be on it because Armstrong had her arms around Strickland on bike, prosecutor said.

Prosecutor Guillermo Gonzalez said defense had chance to test for DNA in evidence collected to see if there had been sexual assault of Mo Wilson. Defense didn't do it, he said. Defense objected saying they weren't given chance.

Defense attorney Geoffrey Puryear said Kaitlin Armstrong didn't flee to Costa Rica. He said police had told her she was free to go anywhere.

Defense Attorney Rick Cofer said it was easy for police to paint Armstrong as "jealous and scorned woman" to fit their case.

Defense lawyer Rick Cofer suggests Kaitlin Armstrong fled to Costa Rica because she might have been afraid that her boyfriend killed Mo Wilson.

Defense attorney said Kaitlin Armstrong has been "trapped in a nightmare of circumstantial evidence."

Prosecutor Rickey Jones said that when Kaitlin Armstrong escaped from custody on Oct. 11 she was not just running from deputies. She was running from jury, Jones said, because she knew her trial was starting on Nov. 1 which is the Day of the Dead in the Mexican American culture.