NMSP: Capitan Man Killed In Home Invasion

Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on September 5, 2024
- 7:22 am

NMSP News:

CAPITAN — New Mexico State Police (NMSP) Investigations Bureau agents were called to 104 Aspen, Trailer 18, July 28, 2024, in Capitan to investigate a homicide.

Agents learned at around 4:30 a.m. that day that 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 Nathan Ogden, 44. 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.

Aug. 5, 2024, NMSP agents, with the assistance of the United States Marshals Service, located and arrested Shanta in El Paso, Texas.

Shanta is charged with:

Murder in the First Degree
Armed Robbery
Conspiracy to Commit Armed Robbery

Aug. 6, 2024, NMSP agents located and arrested Hernandez in Roswell.

Hernandez is charged with:

- - - - Murder in the First Degree
      - Armed Robbery
      - Attempt to Commit a Felony
      - Impersonating a Peace Officer

Aug. 9, 2024, Thyberg was arrested in Albuquerque by NMSP and the United States Marshals Service.

Thyberg is charged with:

- - - - Murder in the First Degree
      - Armed Robbery
      - Attempt to Commit a Felony
      - Impersonating a Peace Officer

Aug. 30, 2024, Duran was arrested in Albuquerque by NMSP and the United States Marshals Service.

Duran is charged with:

- - - - Murder in the First Degree
      - Armed Robbery
      - Attempt to Commit a Felony
      - Impersonating a Peace Officer
      - Felon in Possession of a Firearm