ALBUQUERQUE DETECTIVES THINK THEY’VE SOLVED A COLD CASE MURDER FROM MORE THAN EIGHT YEARS AGO. ROGER PAUL PRESTON HAS BEEN INDICTED ON FIRST DEGREE MURDER CHARGES IN THE DEATH OF CATO “TERRI” BENALLY, WHO WAS FOUND BADLY BEATEN IN THE 500 BLOCK OF MAPLE SOUTHEAST IN JULY OF 2009. APD’S SIMON DROBIK SAYS PRESTON IS ALREADY IN PRISON IN ANOTHER CASE, AND WILL REMAIN THERE, THOUGH HE WAS ABOUT TO BE RELEASED.
DROBIK SAYS PRESTON ALSO FACES A HATE CRIMES CHARGE SINCE THE VICTIM WAS A TRANSGENDER NATIVE AMERICAN.
