The supposedly buttoned-up wife of a US missionary murdered in Africa was having an affair with one of the family’s security guards — and hired her much younger lover to help kill her hubby, local cops say.
Jackie Shroyer, a 44-year-old mom of five, allegedly promised her illicit boyfriend and two other men $50,000 to kill her husband, Beau Shroyer, 44, a former police officer, last month in Angola, where the Minnesota couple had been living with their kids for the past three years.
Jackie’s lover, 24-year-old Bernadino Elias, worked at the family’s home as a security guard, police said, according to a report from the Angola Press Agency.
Mom of five Jackie Shroyer is accused of hiring hitmen to kill her cop-turned-missionary husband, Beau, in Angola. Facebook/Beau ShroyerElias and alleged accomplice Isalino “Vin Diesel” Kayoo, 23, were arrested. A third suspect, Gelson Ramos, 22, is still at large. All of the men suspected in the slaying have criminal records, including charges of armed robbery and kidnapping.
Police say the three men lured Beau to a remote area by pretending to have engine issues with a rental car and stabbed him to death Oct. 25.
Jackie reportedly did not want to leave Angola when her husband’s mission to the African country had ended. Beau was the former lead pastor of Lakes Area Vineyard Church in Detroit Lakes.
Detectives recovered an American-made knife at the murder scene that Beau had given Elias as a gift, according to Manuel Halaiwa, the rep for the superintendent of criminal investigation.
Police also said they found about $5,000 at the crime scene.
The couple moved to Angola with their brood three years ago. Instagram/Jackie ShroyerPolice indicated that Jackie was pretending to be distraught when police arrived.
Jackie and the two Angolan suspects are being held in jail.
Halaiwa said the American Embassy is monitoring the process and that contacts have been initiated with family members.
The hitmen allegedly lured Beau Shroyer to a remote area and stabbed him to death. Amelia Oliveira – ANGOPCurrent Lakes Area Vineyard Pastor Troy Easton announced Beau’s death — and his wife’s arrest — to his congregation last week.
The pastor said he did not “have words to express” the community’s “disbelief and sorrow” over the news.
The Shroyers were missionaries for the organization SIM.
Angolan authorities say two suspects in the death of Beau Shroyer have been arrested. Instagram/Jackie ShroyerThe pastor said the couple’s five children were being “well cared for.”
SIM said in a statement that it was “working closely” with the Lakes Area Vineyard Church to “care for the Shroyers’ five children.”
Before his mission, Beau was a member of the Detroit Lakes Police Department and a real estate agent.
Additional reporting by Isabel Vincent
