African authorities are citing woman’s extramarital affair in the murder of the Twin Cities missionary from Minnesota

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. – Two of the three suspects in the Oct. 25 murder of Northwestern Missionary Beau Shroyer from Minnesota were arrested in Angola and presented by authorities in the provincial capital Lubango on Thursday. According to the Angolan news agency ANGOP, a third suspect is still being sought.

All three suspects are Angolan men in their early 20s – one was a security guard at Shroyer’s residence – and all have criminal records for armed robbery and kidnapping, according to the Angolan Criminal Investigation Service.

In a Thursday article from the Angolan News Agency, CIS claimed that Beau Shroyer’s wife, Jackie Shroyer, 44, was the “mastermind” behind the murder, which allegedly occurred after Beau Shroyer, 44, was lured to a remote area by the suspects. who feigned engine failure and then fatally stabbed him while his wife was away from the scene.

The article suggests that Jackie Shroyer merely pretended to be distraught when police arrived on the scene and that she was not in Lubango “for ‘supposed’ health reasons” when the other suspects were presented Thursday.

According to Detective Chief Inspector Manuel Halaiwa, the motive for the murder was “strong suspicions of a romantic relationship” with the guard indicted and “a suspected intention of the woman not to want to leave Angola when her husband’s mission ended.” .”

Jackie Shroyer reportedly had $50,000 to pay for the murder; Halaiwa said the evidence includes the vehicle used to commit the crime, the murder weapon (a knife from the United States that Beau Shroyer allegedly offered to the guard) and 4.5 million kwanzas (about $5,000) that were seized.

Jackie Shroyer and the two Angolan suspects are in custody on court order.

Halaiwa said the US embassy was monitoring the situation and contacts had also been made with family members.

Beau Shroyer joined the Detroit Lakes Police Department in 2013 before becoming a real estate agent in the area. In 2021, he and his wife and their five children moved to southern Africa to become missionaries.