A pastor’s wife had him murdered because she was having an affair with the couple’s security guard in Angola, police say.
Jackie Shroyer, 44, is accused of masterminding the murder of her husband Beau Shroyer in the African nation, where the missionary couple had moved with their five children in 2019.
Beau, 44, was killed Oct. 25 after he was lured to a remote area, his hometown church in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, announced last week.
Police say Jackie, who was arrested days after the murder, paid three men the equivalent of $50,000 to kill her husband. Two have been arrested and a third remains at large.
Jackie was having an affair with one of the hitmen, Bernadino Elias, 24, who worked at the family’s home as a security guard, according to officials.
Jackie Shroyer, 44, has been charged in the murder-for-hire plot against her husband Beau Shroyer, 44, in Angola, where their missionary family (pictured) moved in 2019.
Angolan officials say the two men pictured above were promised $50,000 to kill Beau Shroyer. One of the men, Bernadino Elias, 24, was allegedly having an affair with Jackie Shroyer.
Apparently, she had had doubts about leaving Angola when her mission ended, according to reports KVRR.
Elías and his alleged accomplice Isalino Kayoo, 23, were arrested and a third suspect, Gelson Ramos, 22, remains at large.
All of the men have criminal records that include armed robbery and kidnapping, according to the Angolan Criminal Investigation Service.
Police say the three men lured Beau to a remote area by pretending they were having trouble with a rental car and stabbed him to death.
Detectives reportedly recovered an American-made knife that had been given to Elias at the crime scene.
Beau was the former senior pastor of Lakes Area Vineyard Church in Detroit Lakes.
He had moved to the Central African country with his wife, Jackie, and five children in 2021 to become a missionary for the SIM USA organization.
Jackie, pictured with Beau, had apparently been having an affair with her security guard.
Authorities said the men lured Beau to a remote area, where they fatally stabbed him on October 25.
Current Lakes Area Vineyard pastor Troy Easton announced Beau’s death to his congregation last week.
“This is unimaginable and yet it is very real,” Easton wrote in an updated letter to parishioners Friday revealing Jackie’s arrest.
“I love you so much and I am heartbroken and shocked to have to send you this kind of update today,” he told the congregation, imploring them to “sit back, take a deep breath and remember that God is ours always.” -present help in times of trouble’ before revealing the news.
The pastor went on to say that “our pain and sadness have deepened greatly” with the news of Jackie’s arrest.
“As a community, we must cry out to the Lord for His grace, mercy, and comforting presence for Shroyer’s children and family,” Easton wrote.
“We must honor God and love one another by the way we communicate about this, and we must continue to stand together asking God to do in all of this and through all of this what only He can do.”
SIM USA leaders also said they were “shocked and devastated” by the news.
The family’s hometown church in Detroit Lakes, Michigan, confirmed the death of its former pastor. The Shroyer family is shown above.
Beau had moved with his family to the central African country in 2021 to become a missionary for the SIM USA organization.
“SIM thanks the Angolan authorities for their diligence in investigating this matter and encourages patience and respect for all involved as the legal process unfolds,” they told Valley News Live.
“SIM remains committed to supporting the continued pursuit of justice for Beau and has taken steps to ensure that Jackie has appropriate legal representation,” they added, noting that its leadership team is also working with Lakes Area Vineyard Church “to care for the five Shroyers.” the children and everyone else affected by this tragedy.
“We continue to keep you all in our prayers.”
Beau had previously worked as a police officer and joined the Detroit Lakes Police Department in 2013, before becoming a real estate agent, according to the Detroit Lakes Tribune.
He eventually changed careers again to become a pastor, and in 2021, he and his wife, Jackie, became missionaries, becoming one of the first families to move to Angola after pandemic lockdowns eased.
Beau would then share updates about his mission work on social media.
Beau had previously worked as a police officer and joined the Detroit Lakes Police Department in 2013, before becoming a real estate agent.
Jackie was arrested shortly after her husband’s murder. She is accused of planning his murder in Angola.
In a post on October 24, just one day before his untimely death, Beau wrote about his encounter with a young student named Mauricio, who was walking long distances to attend school.
Another post mentioned his farming efforts in the region, saying he spent the day “spreading manure by hand on a 40 x 16 meter farm plot.”
He also explained during a presentation that the Angolan government had given the ministry a plot of land next to an orange farm that was constantly attacked by criminals, according to the Christian Post.
At the top of his list of needs for the property he presented to Country Faith Church was the need to build a perimeter wall and hire more security.
Beau explained that the orange farm installed a 10-foot-high electrified barbed wire fence and hired about 50 guards to protect the farm, but they were still fighting crime in the area.