Todd Bagley biography: 13 things about US Army veteran born in Ottumwa, Iowa

Both Todd Alan Bagley and his wife Stacie Bagley were Christian youth ministers. On the morning of June 21, 1999, they attended a morning worship service at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, United States.

After having lunch with friends that day, Todd stopped at a convenience store called Mickey’s to use the payphone while Stacie waited for him in the car, a Buick LeSabre. He was approached by gang members Christopher Lewis and Tony Sparks, who asked for a ride to their uncle’s house.

Todd agreed to give Lewis and Sparks a ride. While Todd and Stacie occupied the front seats, Lewis and Sparks sat in the backseat with their fellow gang member Christopher Andre Vialva, who gave Todd directions before pointing .40 caliber gun at him and ordering him to stop the car.

With Vialva serving as the mastermind, the gang members robbed the couple before killing them at a secluded area in the Belton Lake Recreation Area on the Fort Hood military reservation with the help of Brandon Bernard and Terry Brown. Todd died instantly when he was shot in the head by Vialva.

Both Todd and Stacie were Christian youth ministers.

Hailing from Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa, USA, Todd was buried at the Memorial Lawn Cemetery in Ottumwa. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. He was born in Ottumwa to Rickey D. Bagley and Georgia A. Crouse Bagley.
2. His paternal grandparents Raymond Edgar Bagley and Edna Christina Alvina Noftz Sweatt and his maternal grandparents George Crouse and Marcene Crouse are all from Ottumwa.
3. He was a U.S. Army veteran. He was stationed at Fort Hood.
4. He fell in love with Stacie the moment he saw her sing in the church choir at Grace Christian Center in Killeen where they both worked with the youth group.
5. He worked as an assistant health director with Bos Landen Athletic Club in Pella, Iowa.
6. He considered becoming a police officer, which concerned Stacie because of the dangers of the job.
7. He was a member of the Jubilee Family Church, a nondenominational evangelical charismatic church in Oskaloosa, Iowa where he and Stacie served as youth pastors.
8. On January 12, 1996, he and Stacie got married in Travis, Texas. After getting married, they moved from Fort Hood to Iowa where they served as Christian youth ministers.
9. He lived near Pella before returning to Ottumwa in February 1999.
10. On April 28, 1999, he turned 26.
11. In June 1999, he and Stacie returned to Fort Hood to attend revival services.
12. On July 3, 2016, his father died in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa at age 70.
13. On June 13, 2000, Vialva and Bernard were sentenced to death after being found guilty of murdering him and Stacie. Vialva and Bernard were executed on September 24, 2020 and on December 10, 2020, respectively.