The investigation into the beating death of a Minnesota pastor in Angola has taken another shocking turn. Police have now announced that the pastor's wife was having an affair with the couple's security guard, and that the wife offered the security guard and two others $50,000 for the murder of her spouse. .
Former Lakes Area Vineyard Church pastor Beau Schroyer, 44, was found stabbed to death in the African country on October 25th. A few days later, it was revealed that his wife Jackie had been arrested in connection with his death, although the exact circumstances were not clear. Little was revealed about the nature of his death.
Angolan police have now arrested two of the suspected killers, and the third is on the run, Angola's public news agency Angola News Agency said. The couple and their five children moved to Angola in 2021 to become missionaries.
Wife of pastor killed while missionary in Africa arrested on suspicion of death: 'huge shock'
Two of the suspects outside the police station. (angop)
According to the report, the Angola Criminal Investigation Department said Jackie was having an affair with Bernadino Elias, 24, who worked as a security guard for the family, and that she was upset that her family's mission was coming to an end. states that he did not wish to do so. leave.
Reports say she paid $50,000 to a trio with criminal records to kill her husband in a sinister plot.
The diabolical plan involved three men renting a car and pretending to have car trouble in a remote part of the town of Tienho, Palanca state.
They called Baugh, who arrived in a Jeep and three suspects stabbed him to death, the report said.
Police released an image of Elias and his alleged accomplice, Isarino Cayo, 23, outside the police station.
The two were photographed standing in front of a blue rental car and Beau's white SUV. Photos from inside Bo's white SUV show blood stains on the front seat and binoculars.
Police said they recovered an American-made knife given to Elias at the scene. The knife was displayed on a table along with cash and a cell phone.
According to Angola News Agency, CIS Criminal Investigation Director Manuel Halaiwa said the motive for the crime was “a strong suspicion of a romantic relationship between the person who ordered the crime, his accomplice, the security guard and the couple's residence.” Ta.
Minnesota missionary father of five killed in 'act of violence' in Angola
Beau Schroyer, a Minnesota pastor whose family immigrated to Africa to spread Christianity, was killed Friday in an “act of violence” there, according to a notice from Lakes Area Vineyard Church in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. Ta. (Lakes Area Vineyard Church, left, Beau Shroyer via Facebook, right)
The State Department confirmed Beau's death to Fox News Digital, but could not provide further details due to privacy concerns.
“We extend our deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of the deceased,” a State Department spokesperson said.
Bo previously described the area the family moved to as a “remote bush village” with no electricity, sewer or running water. In a Facebook post the day before his death, Schroyer wrote that after meeting a young man named Mauricio, who was nearly two years old and walking to school, Schroyer said the Nineka people they served were “the most marginalized in Angola. I am one of the groups of people who A few hours before class starts.
Prior to becoming a regional real estate agent, Mr. Schroyer joined the Detroit Lakes Police Department in 2013.
In a previous press release, Lakes Region Vineyard Church Senior Pastor Troy Easton said the religious community was shocked to hear of Beau's death and Jackie's subsequent arrest.
He said local missionaries SIM USA and SIM Angola are caring for the couple's five children. It is unclear whether the children are still in Africa.
David Dorman, who worked with Beau Schroyer in real estate for years before he decided to leave for Africa, told Fox News Digital that Beau was “a great guy.” Ta.
A bloodstained seat can be seen inside Schroyer's SUV. (angop)
“I'm not sure I've ever met a more selfless person,” Dorman told FOX News Digital. “The courage it took to take this leap in the first place is something I've admired for years. He loved people and genuinely cared about those less fortunate. It was heartwarming to see this unfold. It was a huge shock.”
Dorman said Bo's passion for helping those less well-off permeated the real estate industry, where the two worked together on some complex and difficult transactions.
“Bo was special. Beau went the extra mile for his clients…He was a true partner and loved what he did. His attitude was contagious. I really loved working with him,” Dorman said. I meet Beau for the closing and then we have dinner together.
“He was one of the true 'good guys' in the real estate industry, which is much less common than you think. I've been doing this job for 13 years, and he gave me all the rightful… He stood out for a reason: A true servant in the ocean.''He was a 100% client advocate and no one worked harder than him. ”
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Pastor Beau Schroyer and his children sit on the roof of the Jeep. (Beau Schroyer, via Facebook)
Baugh sent regular email updates about their assignments, highlighting the ups and downs, some of which Dorman shared with Fox News Digital.
“We are currently living in a house in a missionary complex in Lubango, which is a big change from living in the middle of the Senhora do Monte neighborhood,” the email, updated in April, said. are. He said his family at the time was “settled and loving it,” noting that they planned to move back to Detroit Lakes last summer.
A video online shows the couple speaking about their mission at one of those gatherings. They then returned to Angola before the October 25 incident occurred.
