Kaitlin Armstrong (L); her plastic surgeon, Dr. Jorge Badilla (R).Photo:Mikala Compton/Austin American-Statesman via AP; NBC
Mikala Compton/Austin American-Statesman via AP; NBC
When Dr. Jorge Badilla first metKaitlin Armstrong, she “behaved totally normal,” he tellsDatelinein an exclusive interview about hisclientwho turned out to be a murderer.
But on the day of herscheduled plastic surgery, Armstrong arrived at his practice in San José, Costa Rica, in a hoodie, with a mask covering her face.
Armstrong was a long way from home — on the run since killingAnna Moriah “Mo” Wilson, a professional cyclist who she considered to bea love rival, in a home in Austin, Texas, May 11, 2022.
Weeks later, Armstrong was in the plastic surgeon’s office,spending some $6,000in an effort to change her appearance to better evade authorities.
This week’s two-hour episode “The Night Time Stopped” airs onDatelineFriday, April 5 at 9 p.m. ET on NBC, and streams the next day onPeacock. (An exclusive clip is below.)
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Filmed on location in Austin, Texas, and in Costa Rica, the episode will feature interviews with detectives and U.S. Marshals who investigated the case, as well as footage of police questioning a key witness and never-before-aired evidence from the courtroom, which was used to secureArmstrong’s murder convictionin November.
Anna Moriah “Mo” Wilson.Moriah Wilson/Instagram
Moriah Wilson/Instagram
Armstrong wassentenced to 90 yearsbehind bars, after a jury determined that the yoga instructor hadtracked Wilson on Strava, a workout app, and, finding her alone at a friend’s home, shot her in the heart.
In Badilla’s office, Armstrong — who was slated to get lip fillers, rhinoplasty and a brow lift, became agitated when the doctor wanted to snap a “before” photograph of her face.
Dr. Jorge Badilla.NBC
NBC
“I needed to take some pre-op pictures because I do that for all the patients — just to have a before and after,” Badilla tellsDateline. “She didn’t want me to do that.”
Badilla — who knew Armstrong as Allison Page, one of several aliases she used — did not understand why the woman was so reticent, and he pushed for the photograph.
Kaitlin Armstrong, leaving the courtroom, after she was sentenced to 90 years behind bars, Nov. 17, 2023.Mikala Compton/Austin American-Statesman via AP
Mikala Compton/Austin American-Statesman via AP
“The day of the surgery: it’s a must,” he says, of pressing Armstrong for the photograph. “She told me, ‘Okay, doctor, you can take pictures, but only with my cell phone.’”
“Initially it did not appear to be her,” Perez told the jury. “But as I got closer, I realized it was her.”Dateline: The Night Time Stopped, a two-hour special,premieres Friday, April 5, 9 p.m. ET on NBC, and streams the next day onPeacock.
source: people.com
