The wife of a US missionary who was killed in a “violent, criminal attack” in Angola last October has been “formally charged as a co-author in the murder.”

Beau Shroyer, 44, was found stabbed to death in a vehicle on Oct. 25 while on a missionary trip to Angola with his wife and their five kids.

The widow will remain in custody until her court date, which “will likely occur within the next 6 months,” the pastor told parishioners.

Beau, a former Detroit Lakes police officer, and his family moved to Angola in 2021 to be missionaries for the organization SIM.

Shroyer was previously described as the “mastermind” behind her husband’s murder by Angolan law enforcement when she was arrested in November last year.

Her alleged accomplices — Bernardino Isaac Elias, 24, and 23-year-old Isalino Musselenga Kayoo, who is nicknamed “Vin Diesel” — were arrested shortly afterward.

Murder Suspects

A third man — 22-year-old Gelson Guerreiro Ramos — was reported as “on the run” and wanted in connection with the murder, Angolan law enforcement said at the time. It isn’t known if he has been brought into custody.

Angolan law enforcement has alleged that Shroyer was having an affair with Elias, who was a security guard at their home, and that she did not want to return to the United States when her husband’s mission was coming to an end.

He claimed that on the day of the murder, the suspects rented a car and pretended to have broken down, before Shroyer lured her husband to a spot in the woods.

Elias allegedly asked Kayoo to carry out the murder in exchange for $50,000.

The Shroyer family ‘s story had featured in the Detroit Lakes Tribune where they spoke about their move to Angola. They told the outlet they were moving to a “remote village” with no electricity.

Jackie said the family would be teaching the region’s residents about Christianity and God’s love.