Michael Pelkey, a 62-year-old White man, was working as an attendant at the Smith’s Fuel Center in Edgewood, New Mexico, when he was killed during a robbery on February 11, 2018. The robbers took just forty-nine dollars. New Mexico State Police say the group fled to Albuquerque afterward and hid in hotels before community tips helped identify them.

Investigators say Daniel Gonzales entered the kiosk and Daniel Martinez fatally shot Pelkey. Within a week six suspects were arrested: Daniel Martinez, Daniel J. Gonzales, Donald Herbert Gregory, 46, of Edgewood, Veronica M. Martinez, 30, Eileen G. Sandoval, 48, and Misty Roseanne Nevarez, 29 — most from Albuquerque. A seventh suspect, Morgan Ramita, 30, evaded capture until July 2020 after removing an ankle monitor and absconding in August 2018.

Daniel Martinez later pleaded guilty to federal charges including robbery affecting interstate commerce and firearm offenses, and was sentenced on May 3, 2022, to 26 years in federal prison for Pelkey’s death. Few public details are available about outcomes for the other co-defendants.

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