9-05-2024 2:32am

Suspects Impersonating Police Officers Commit Murder During Home Invasion

Chris Edwards Editor

On July 28, 2024, New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau agents were called to 104 Aspen, Trailer 18 in Capitan to investigate a homicide per a release posted to social media.

Agents learned at around 4:30 a.m. that morning, a vehicle occupied by Daniel Hernandez, 29, Gabriel Thyberg, 41, Samuel Rey Duran, 30, all of Roswell, and Benisha Shanta, 33, of Capitan pulled up to 104 Aspen Trailer 18 in Capitan. Shanta got out of the vehicle and knocked on the door for several minutes.

When the residents opened the door Hernandez, Thyberg, and Duran got out of the vehicle wearing masks, bandanas, and t-shirts with “RPD” printed on the front and “POLICE” printed on the back and were armed with rifles. One subject was wearing a ballistic vest. They announced themselves as police and entered the residence, where they shot and killed 44-year-old Nathan Ogden. They stole an unknown amount of money and narcotics from the residence and fled the area. Ogden’s girlfriend was also inside the residence at the time and was unharmed.

On August 5, 2024, NMSP agents, with the assistance of the United States Marshals Service, located and arrested Shanta in El Paso, TX. She was arrested and charged with:

• Murder in the First Degree

• Armed Robbery

• Conspiracy to Commit Armed Robbery

On August 6, 2024, NMSP agents located and arrested Daniel Hernandez in Roswell. He was charged with:

• Murder in the First Degree

• Armed Robbery

• Attempt to Commit a Felony

• Impersonating a Peace Officer

On August 9, 2024, Gabriel Thyberg was arrested in Albuquerque by the New Mexico State Police and the United States Marshals Service. He was charged with:

• Murder in the First Degree

• Armed Robbery

• Attempt to Commit a Felony

• Impersonating a Peace Officer

On August 30, 2024, Duran was arrested in Albuquerque by New Mexico State Police and the United States Marshals Service. He was charged with:

• Murder in the First Degree

• Armed Robbery

• Attempt to Commit a Felony

• Impersonating a Peace Officer

• Felon in Possession of a Firearm

Also arrested with Duran was his girlfriend, Angela Montoya,27 of Roswell, who was charged with Felon in Possession of a Firearm.