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Pastor Beau Shroyer has been getting a haircut in Africa lately. (Beau Shroyer via Facebook) (included)

ANGOLA (FOX 9) – The wife of the man murdered while serving in Africa has been arrested in connection with his death.

What we know

According to a statement from the Lakes Area Vineyard Church in Detroit Lakes, Beau Shroyer’s wife was arrested in connection with his death in Angola, Africa.

Church officials say Shroyer was killed in a “violent, criminal attack” while doing missionary work in the area.

The five children the couple share are being “well cared for” after the woman’s arrest, church officials said.

Shroyer, 44, was a former pastor at Lakes Area Vineyard Church and moved to Angola with his family in 2021 after becoming a missionary with SIM USA – a North Carolina-based evangelist organization.

What we don’t know

The circumstances leading to Shroyer’s death are currently unknown. It is also unknown how Shroyer’s wife was connected to his death.

Authorities have not said whether charges have been filed.

Philanthropic heart

According to the Detroit Lakes Tribune, Shroyer worked for the Detroit Lakes Police Department in 2013 before becoming a real estate agent prior to his missionary work.

In a social media post the day before his death, Shroyer wrote on Facebook about encountering a young student walking to school, saying, “One of the reasons the Nyneka people we serve are among the most marginalized populations in the world.” Angola” was a lack of access to education.

“Please pray for Mauricio and others like him who spend half their day walking back and forth to school,” the post read.

An earlier post described how he “spread manure by hand over a 40 x 16 meter agricultural plot” as part of a daily task he completed in Angola.