Wife arrested in connection with death of former MN pastor in Africa

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Pastor Beau Shroyer recently got his hair cut in Africa. (Beau Shroyer via Facebook) (Included)

ANGOLA (FOX 9) – The wife of the man killed while doing missionary work in Africa has been arrested in connection with his death.

What we know

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

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

The couple's five children were “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 missionaries 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 what connection Shroyer's wife had 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 before his missionary work.

In a social media post the day before his death, Shroyer wrote on Facebook about encountering a young student who was on his way to school, saying, “One of the reasons that the Nyneka people we serve , one of the most marginalized ethnic groups 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 to and from school,” the post said.

A previous post detailed that as part of his daily job in Angola, he was “hand-spreading manure across a 40 x 16 meter agricultural plot.”