Accused Killers of Stacie Schjang and Arnold Jarvis May Go Free as DOJ Seeks Dismissal Without Prejudice

The accused murderers of Stacie Schjang and Arnold Jarvis, Jr. will likely walk free – for now – after government prosecutors asked the court to dismiss the charges against them.

On Wednesday, V.I. Department of Justice lawyers filed a motion to dismiss first-degree murder charges against Joshawn Ayala and Anthony Schneider, saying that the burden of proof cannot be met at this time. The request is for dismissal without prejudice, which would allow prosecutors to refile charges at some later date should they choose to do so.

Ms. Schjang was killed in January 2022 by a stray bullet which entered her home and struck her. Mr. Jarvis was shot dead about a week later at Green Cay Beach.

In February 2023, Mr. Ayala and Mr. Schneider, maternal cousins, were arrested in Georgia by the Muscogee County Sheriff's Office Drug, Gang and Fugitive Unit in coordination with the U.S. Marshals service on outstanding warrants from the USVI and Cobb County, Georgia. The duo was extradited back to the territory to be tried for Mr. Jarvis’s and Ms. Schjang's murders.