A San Angelo murder dismemberment investigation has ended in charges against a 31-year-old woman accused of shooting, stabbing, and dismembering her live-in boyfriend before hiding portions of his body in a dumpster and encasing other remains in concrete. Audrey Reannan Troncoso faces one count of murder over the death of 34-year-old Roland Matthew Sheppard, according to the San Angelo Police Department.
Troncoso was booked into the Tom Green County Detention Center at 6:46 p.m. on 24 June 2026 and is held on a $2 million bond.
The San Angelo Murder Dismemberment: What Investigators Found
According to an arrest affidavit obtained by local CBS and NBC affiliates broadcasting as Concho Valley Homepage, an anonymous witness contacted police on 24 June 2026 to report having observed the alleged killing the previous evening.
The killing of Sheppard is reported to have occurred on the night of 23 June 2026 at a residence in the 1400 block of Parker Street, where the body was subsequently dismembered, according to GoSanAngelo.
Troncoso allegedly shot Sheppard in the face, then stabbed him in multiple areas of his body until he died. During a custodial interview, she reportedly described dismembering the victim using several knives and a saw.
The victim’s torso was wrapped in Christmas wrapping paper, placed in a black bin bag, and deposited in a dumpster at the Apple Tree Apartments on Baker Street, approximately five miles from the Parker Street address. The remaining limbs and head were allegedly submerged in concrete mixtures poured into totes, then loaded into a red vehicle parked in the driveway of the Parker Street property.
Detectives who initially searched the apartment complex dumpsters discovered that one had already been collected by a refuse lorry. Officers intercepted the vehicle, redirected it to a landfill, and there located a large black bag tied with a red cord. Inside, investigators found silver metallic wrapping, quantities of cut carpet and a pair of jeans saturated with what appeared to be fresh blood, and an apparent human torso carrying tattoos described in the affidavit as directly comparable to known images of Sheppard.
A subsequent search warrant executed at the Parker Street house produced further human remains stored in containers in the red vehicle, as well as remains mixed with concrete elsewhere on the property.
Police Chief’s Statement and the Arrest
San Angelo Police Chief Travis Griffith led a press conference on Thursday at which he confirmed the broad outline of the investigation. ‘We have a suspect in custody, and we don’t believe there’s any threat to the public,’ Griffith told reporters, adding that a prior relationship existed between the suspect and the victim, according to the San Antonio Express-News.
San Angelo, a city of approximately 100,000 residents in the Concho Valley region of west Texas, sees comparatively few homicides of this character, and the case drew swift attention from local media.
Father Also Arrested on Evidence-Tampering Charge
Later on 24 June, Troncoso’s father, Mario Valdes Troncoso Jr., 54, was arrested on one count of tampering with or fabricating physical evidence. Prosecutors allege he assisted his daughter in concealing Sheppard’s remains. GoSanAngelo reported his arrest separately from that of his daughter.
The younger Troncoso’s booking details are recorded on the Tom Green County Sheriff’s Office inmate roster under booking number 464332, with the arresting agency listed as the San Angelo Police Department.
No trial date has been set. Subject to any bail review or subsequent procedural steps, Troncoso remains in custody pending further proceedings in Tom Green County.
