A 37-year-old woman accused of stabbing and suffocating another woman inside a Northeast El Paso apartment has been released from custody on a $750,000 surety bond, just weeks after investigators say she confessed to the killing and tried to pay someone to help dispose of the body. Regan Shameika Anderson appeared before a magistrate judge for her bond hearing on Friday and was ordered into intensive supervision as a condition of her release.
Anderson is accused of killing Daissy Guadalupe Moreno on July 18 inside an apartment at 3613 Fred Wilson Avenue, according to a criminal complaint affidavit cited by KTSM 9 News. Investigators say Moreno's death was caused by multiple stab wounds and strangulation-asphyxiation, and that a plastic bag placed over her head contributed to her death. Officers did not discover Moreno's decomposing body inside the apartment until July 23, the outlet reports.
The property at Fred Wilson Avenue is an 1,880-square-foot multi-family residential building constructed in 1957, located in El Paso's Logan Heights neighborhood near Fort Bliss, according to property records reviewed by Realtor.com. The block falls under the jurisdiction of the El Paso Police Department's Northeast Regional Command, which is headquartered at 9600 Dyer Street.
How the Night Allegedly Unfolded
According to the affidavit, the confrontation traces back to July 17, when an argument broke out at a Leavell Avenue apartment after Moreno claimed at a party that she was a police informant. That same day, Moreno was placed inside a black Nissan sedan with Anderson, Devyuan Jamal Williams Kee, and Holli Ann Soper, per the affidavit's account relayed by the station.
The following day, Anderson, Kee, and Soper arrived with Moreno at Kee's home at 3613 Fred Wilson Avenue and entered the apartment together, the affidavit states. Court documents note that Moreno was not seen leaving the apartment with the three afterward, though Anderson, Kee and Soper were seen leaving together that day.
Investigators allege Anderson attacked Moreno over drugs and over Moreno's sexual relationship with Kee. Per the affidavit, Anderson later told a confidential source on July 19 that she stabbed Moreno in the neck while Soper held Moreno down. Soper allegedly told a witness through Facebook Messenger that Anderson had stabbed Moreno and that they got rid of the problem, the affidavit states.
Attempts to Dispose of the Body
The affidavit further alleges that Anderson offered a confidential source $250 to help dispose of Moreno's body and separately asked Andrew Aguilar for help moving the body to New Mexico. Aguilar told investigators that Anderson admitted to killing Moreno, according to the affidavit. Moreno's body was later found wrapped in a shower curtain, with a bottle of bleach discovered nearby.
Investigators say they recovered fingerprints belonging to Anderson and Kee inside the apartment. The affidavit states that Kee witnessed the alleged killing but did not intervene. As of Friday, according to an editor's note in the station's report, Kee has not been charged or booked in connection with Moreno's murder, and it remains unclear whether Soper or Kee will face additional charges.
Bond Conditions and Legal Exposure
The judge placed Anderson under intensive supervision and ordered her to report to a probation officer as conditions of her release on the $750,000 surety bond. Under Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 17.40, magistrate judges have the authority to impose pretrial conditions such as probation reporting, intensive supervision, and travel restrictions to balance public safety against a defendant's right to release, according to the L&L Law Group.
A surety bond of that size requires a defendant or bail bondsman to guarantee the full amount, unlike a personal recognizance bond that allows release without upfront financial collateral, per Texas State University materials on state bail law, with commercial bondsmen typically charging a non-refundable premium of around 10 percent of the total. Intensive Supervision Probation, the framework Anderson has been placed under, requires rigid rules including prior approval before leaving home and unannounced face-to-face check-ins by probation officers, according to the Brazos County Community Supervision Department.
Anderson has been charged with murder in connection with Moreno's death, a first-degree felony in Texas under Penal Code § 19.02 that carries a statutory range of 5 to 99 years or life in prison, along with a fine of up to $10,000, per the L&L Law Group. It remains an open question whether Kee or Soper will ultimately face indictment or accomplice charges tied to the case.
A Rare Case in a Historically Low-Crime City
The killing stands out in a city that FBI crime data analyzed by Security.org identified in August as one of only five major U.S. cities with total crime rates significantly below the national average. Statewide, reported murders and nonnegligent homicides fell from 1,651 in 2024 to 1,464 in 2025, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety, mirroring a national trend the FBI's Crime Data Explorer reported in August, which found murder rates nationwide fell 19.1 percent between May 2025 and April 2026.
El Paso police also run narcotics enforcement locally through the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area task force, which has arrested more than 291 individuals and seized millions of dollars in illicit drugs in the region, according to the department. Given the affidavit's allegations that drugs factored into the motive behind Moreno's death, that ongoing enforcement effort adds context to a case that has drawn significant local attention as it moves through the courts.
