Jackie Shroyer biography: 10 things about Detroit Lakes, Minnesota woman

Who is Jackie Shroyer?

Jackie Shroyer is an American woman from Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, United States. Here are 10 more things about her:

1. She and Beau Shroyer have four daughters and one son.
2. He and Beau were both born in 1980.
3. In 2005, she and Beau got married.
4. On February 14, 2007, she gave birth to Bella Shroyer.
5. On May 6, 2008, she gave birth to Avery Gray Shroyer.
6. On January 4, 2014, she gave birth to Eden Shroyer.
7. On August 2, 2015, she gave birth to Iva Joy Shroyer.
8. In 2021, she and Beau moved to Lubango, Angola with their five children.
9. In 2024, Beau was killed in Angola by three people she allegedly hired.
10. In 2025, she was charged with Beau’s murder while still imprisoned in Angola.

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TIMELINE

2021

• On December 14, 2021, she, Beau and their children moved to Lubango, Angola after becoming missionaries with SIM USA, an evangelist organization based in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.

2022

• On May 5, 2022, she took to Instagram to share a photo of her son Oakley Shroyer with an Angolan boy named Immanuel.
• On June 2, 2022, she took to Instagram to share a photo of Iva and Eden with an Angolan boy named Adolvo, then 6.
• On July 2, 2022, she wrote on Instagram, “In 6 months all 5 of our kids have their own stack of hospital paperwork & have been to the clinic more times than we can count. Each child has experienced malaria, amoebas, giardia, & parasites. Avery currently has her first case of malaria. And Oakley even received stitches.” 

2023

• On January 1, 2023, she, Beau and their five children welcomed the new year in Lubango.
• In March 2023, she and her five children visited Namibia.
• On June 19, 2023, she wrote on Instagram, “Dad, Daddy, Padrinho, Tio Beau… Beau is a one of a kind dad with many titles from more than just his 5 birth children.”
• On August 5, 2023, she and Oakley worked out at Fit Box gym in Lubango.
• On August 17, 2023, she went to Mutundo, Huila, Angola.
• On November 23, 2023, she, Beau and their five children celebrated Thanksgiving Day at Senhora do Monte in Lubango.

2024

• On June 30, 2024, she went to Huron, South Dakota, USA.
• She, Beau and their five children went to Long Prairie Baptist Church in Long Prairie, Minnesota on July 28, 2024, the Eksjo Lutheran Church in Lake Park, Minnesota and the Augustana Lutheran Church in West Saint Paul, Minnesota on August 4, 2024, the Bakke Lutheran Church in Detroit Lakes on August 11, 2024 and the Lakes Area Vineyard Church in Detroit Lakes on August 18, 2024.
• On August 19, 2024, she, Beau and their five children left the U.S. and on August 20, 2024, while on their way back to Lubango, the third of their four flights was delayed and they had to stay in Germany until August 21, 2024.
• On August 22, 2024, she, Beau and their five children arrived in Lubango.
• On September 29, 2024, she took to Instagram to share a photo of herself with 13 shoe-shining boys in Lubango. In the caption, she wrote in part, “I bought a bunch of cookies, juice, milk, and bread and sat outside the mall with my favorite boys and ate, laughed, and told stories for almost 2 hours.”
• On October 14, 2024, she took to Instagram to share a photo of Oakley with seven Angolan boys and one Angolan girl inside the cinema. In the caption, she wrote in part, “I brought my group of boys (& 1 girl ☺️) to the cinema today! They cleaned themselves up and waited all morning for me to arrive. These boys work shining shoes all day, every day, in front of this mall. Yet have never been allowed in. They actually aren’t even allowed in the parking lot unless they are with me.”
• On October 21, 2024, she took to Instagram to share a photo of Bella and wrote in caption, “This girl. My first born. My best friend. My companion. My beautiful, inside and out, Bella.”
• On October 25, 2024, Beau was found dead in Thienjo, Angola. She hired the Bernardino Isaac Elisa, then 24, Isalino Musselenga Kayoo, then 23, and Gelson Guerreiro Ramos, then 22, who lured him to a remote area, feigned engine failure and murdered him while she was away from the scene, according to the Criminal Investigation Service (CIS) of Angola.
• On November 1, 2024, Beau’s parish Lakes Area Vineyard Church announced in a statement that she was arrested in connection with his murder.
• On November 7, 2024, the Angolan Press Agency stated that she was accused by the CIS as the mastermind behind Beau’s murder.

2025

• On February 24, 2025, Lakes Area Vineyard Church confirmed that she has been charged with Beau’s murder.