The judge in charge of the murder trial of Caitlin Armstrong, charged in the shooting death of cyclist Moriah Wilson, is scheduled to deliver her decision on November 9 on two motions filed by Armstrong's defense team to suppress evidence.

Armstrong's trial was scheduled to begin in October, but has been delayed until Judge Brenda Kennedy issues her decision on the two motions.

Armstrong was formally charged with first-degree murder in connection with Wilson's death on May 11 at her East Austin, Texas, home. She is currently being held at the Travis County Detention Center in Austin, where her bail is set at $3.5 million. She has pleaded not guilty.

At a multi-day pretrial hearing held on October 19 in the Travis County Courthouse, Armstrong's defense lawyers asked Judge Brenda Kennedy to strike some of the evidence obtained by authorities during their investigation of the case.

Armstrong's lawyers filed a motion for a Frank Hearing and Motion to Suppress Evidence challenging the authenticity of information that detectives had provided in affidavits in support of search and arrest warrants during the initial investigation.

Armstrong's counsel, Rick Cofer, previously argued that the search and affidavit used to support Armstrong's arrest warrant contained "factual errors," "false attribution," and "false allegations."

KXAN News reports that prosecutors have acknowledged errors in the original affidavit, but suggest that the errors were not made with reckless disregard for the truth.

In addition, defense counsel argued the legality of the authorities' interrogation of Armstrong when she was brought in on an outstanding Class B arrest warrant for an unrelated incident on May 12. At that time, she was briefly detained and interrogated by authorities regarding Wilson's death.

Armstrong's counsel argued that the Class B warrant was irrelevant to the murder investigation and that the interrogation by the detectives was an "illegal interrogation" because the detectives did not adequately read Armstrong her Miranda rights during this interrogation.

Armstrong was released due to a discrepancy between the file and the date of birth on the Class B warrant.

The state prosecutor claimed that the detective told Armstrong he was free to leave five times.

In an earlier investigation, authorities, with the help of the U.S. Marshals Service Lone Star Fugitive Task Force, discovered that Armstrong had sold her black Jeep for $12,200 on May 13. Investigators believe that the black Jeep "appears to be the same vehicle that was seen on surveillance video" outside the crime scene at her East Austin home on May 11.

Investigators believe that on May 14, after selling the black Jeep, Armstrong traveled from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to New York's LaGuardia Airport via Houston Hobby Airport.

According to authorities, on May 18, Armstrong used someone else's passport fraudulently to flee the United States from Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey to San Jose, Costa Rica.

After a 43-day fugitive manhunt, Armstrong was found and arrested at a hostel in Santa Teresa Beach, Puntarenas, Costa Rica on June 29 and deported to the United States on July 2.

Judge Brenda Kennedy has asked defense lawyers to submit a memorandum by the end of October, taking 10 to 15 minutes to summarize their respective arguments before ruling on November 9.

Cycling News has compiled a timeline of how the authorities believe the crime unfolded, based on legal documents. Cycling News will provide additional information as it becomes available from the authorities.