Jacklyn ‘Jackie’ Shroyer, 44, who is accused of masterminding Beau Shroyer’s slaying in an African country where they were serving as missionaries has been formally charged with murder

The Pastor’s wife is accused of taking out a hit on her husband after allegedly embarking on an affair with one of their security guards

Beau Shroyer, 44, was was lured into a remote area in the south of Angola by three men who stabbed him to death, on October 25, 2024

Two members of the hit squad, Bernadino Elias, 24, and Isalino Kayoo, 23, were arrested, but a third suspect, Gelson Ramos, 22, remains at large

Jackie allegedly, was having an affair with one of the hit men, Bernadino Elias, who worked as a security guard at the family’s high rise condo complex

Police believe Jackie Shroyer paid three men the equivalent of $50,000 to kill her husband, she was arrested four days after the murder when detectives uncovered her relationship Elias

Jackie Shroyer remains in custody in Angola and is expected to go on trial within six months

Jackie Shroyer, [left], is accused of masterminding the murder of husband Beau Shroyer [right], in Angola after allegedly embarking on an affair with one of their bodyguards

Authorities in Angola have charged an American missionary wife for taking out a hit on her husband after starting an extra-marital affair with one the security guards at the family residence in Mapunda, Angola. The couple had moved the the central African nation a few years earlier to serve as missionaries.  
Jacklyn ‘Jackie’ Shroyer, 44, is accused of masterminding Beau Shroyer’s assassination after allegedly embarking on an affair with one of their security guards at their high rise condo complex.
The couple who had been married for 20 years had been in Angola for three years having moved from their native Minnesota to Angola with their five children in 2021. Beau, 44, was killed on October 25 last year, after he was lured into a remote area by three men who stabbed him to death, police said.
The authorities believe Jackie, who was arrested four days after the murder, paid three men the equivalent of $50,000 to kill her husband. Two have been arrested, while a third remains on the loose.

Angola officials said Jackie Shroyer paid the three men a fee of $50,000 to kill Beau Shroyer. She was having an extra-marital affair with one of the killers, 24-year-old Bernadino Elias, [left], who at the time was one of their security guards

Jackie was having an affair with one of the hit men, Bernadino Elias, 24, who worked at the family’s home in Mapunda as a security guard, according to officials.
News of the charges were confirmed by the lead pastor of Beau’s hometown church  Lakes Area Vineyard Church in Detroit Lakes.
The development ‘saddens me immensely’, pastor Troy Easton said. Jackie reportedly, will remain in custody until her trial before a judge, which is expected to take place in the next six months.

Jackie and Ben Shroyer moved from their native Minnesota to Angola with their five children in 2021. She has been formally charged in connection with the murder of her pastor husband last year in Angola

The couple’s children will continue to be cared for by other family with support from SIM USA, the missionary organization Beau worked with, as well as the church. 
Beau’s murder sent shockwaves through the church when it was reported near the end of last year.
Initially, it was reported that the father-of-five had been killed in a, ‘violent, criminal attack’.
Then a narrative quickly emerged which suggested that Jackie was upset about leaving Angola when Criminal Investigation Service [CIS], in Angola believe Jackie had Beau killed because she did not want to leave Angola when his mission work finished.. 
Local investigations quickly uncovered the lead that the widow apparently, had been having an extra-marital affair with one of their security guards. She promised to pay the three men $50,000 to kill Beau Shroyer, authorities in Angola allege.

The former police officer in Detroit Lakes had exchanged the badge for the cassock before moving his ministry to the African country at the end of the pandemic lockdown in 2021

Police said  three men lured Beau to a remote area in Huila in the south of Angola by pretending they were having issues with a rented car and stabbed him to death.
Detectives reportedly recovered an American-made knife that had been gifted to Elias at the crime scene in Humpata.
Four days after the body was found, Jackie Shroyer was arrested. Bernadino Elias and alleged co-conspirator Isalino Kayoo, 23, were also arrested, while third suspect, Gelson Ramos, 22, is still on the run.
The three men involved all have criminal histories that include armed robbery and kidnapping, according to Angola’s Criminal Investigation Service.

The killers lured Beau by pretending their vehicle had a problem in a remote area. The vehicle, a rental that was later found abandoned was impounded

Police display a knife gifted to Bernadino Elias that was recovered at the scene of the murder along with a mobile device and local currency recovered from the suspects

Beau had previously worked as a police officer, joining 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.
They were among the first families to move to Angola after the pandemic lockdown eased.

Beau Shroyer’s mission ran a development and empowerment program for local youths in Angola. The pastor, seen [photo], getting a haircut from a mentee, was lured to a remote area by the killers on October 25 2024, where he was brutally stabbed to death

Jackie Shroyer [third left], was arrested shortly after the murder of her pastor husband Beau, [second left]. She remains is in custody in Angola. According to their hometown church in Minnesota, her trial scheduled to begin in the next six months.

Beau’s body was flown back to the US on December 14. Burial was December 21.
‘Beau was laid to rest during a short, but meaningful graveside service surrounded by his family,’ an update on his GoFundMe read.