Vance Luther Boelter is an American businessman and evangelist who traveled in Africa, the Middle East, North America and South America to preach Christianity. He once launched a Christian nonprofit called Revoformation Ministries.
BIOGRAPHY
In the early 2000s, Boelter registered to vote as a Republican. In 2023, he moved to Green Isle, Sibley County, Minnesota, United States where he lived with his wife Jenny Boelter while renting a room at a residence in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.
Praetorian Guard Security Services, a company that provides residential armed home security in Minnesota, was registered to Vance and Jenny’s address in Green Isle. She was listed as president and chief executive officer and his cousin Todd Boelter, a former police officer, was listed as a security training manager.
Vance worked as director of security patrols for Praetorian Guard Security Services. Here are 13 more things about him:
- From 1993 to 1996, he attended St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minnesota where he earned a bachelor’s degree in international relations.
- From February 1999 to March 2004, he was a supervisor at Nestle and Gerber.
- In 2008 to 2010, he attended Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA where he earned his master’s degree in management.
- From 2011 to 2016, he attended Cardinal Stritch University where he earned his PhD in leadership.
- From March 2004 to April 2008, he was a Johnsonville Sausage operations leader.
- From April 2008 to July 2011, he was a Del Monte Foods production system manager in Minnesota.
- From July 2011 to April 2016, he was a Greencore general manager in Shakopee, Minnesota.
- Appointed by Mark Dayton, he served as a private sector representative to the Workforce Development Council of the Minnesota governor from 2016 to 2019.
- From April 2016 to November 2021, he was a 7-Eleven general manager in Minneapolis.
- Appointed by Tim Walz, he served on the Minnesota governor’s Workforce Development Board, a group of business owners who recommend policies to the state government, from 2019 to 2023.
- From 2021 to 2023, he frequently visited the Democratic Republic of the Congo to preach Christianity.
- On July 23, 2024, he turned 57.
- In 2025, he allegedly shot John Hoffman and Yvette Hoffman at their residence in Champlin, Hennepin County and fatally shot Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman at their residence in Brooklyn Park, Hennepin County.
TIMELINE
Boelter is 6’1″ tall and his registered weight in 2025 is 220 pounds. He has brown eyes and gray hair.
2021
- In December 2021, he became the CEO of Red Lion Group in the DR Congo.
2022
- In August 2022, he participated in the Minnesota Africans United nonprofit’s virtual webinar about trade and investment in the DR Congo.
2023
- In January 2023, his term as a business member on the Governor’s Workforce Development Board ended.
- In February 2023, he said in a sermon at a Pentecostal church in Matadi, DR Congo, “There’s people especially in America, they don’t know what sex they are, they don’t know their sexual orientation, they’re confused. The enemy has gotten so far into their mind and their soul.”
2025
- On the morning of June 14, 2025, he was seen in Minneapolis carrying a dark bag and wearing a light-colored cowboy hat, dark long-sleeve shirt and light pants. He went on the run after he allegedly shot John, Yvette, Melissa and Mark. After the shootings, law enforcement towed a black Ford Explorer equipped with police lights outside his residence in Green isle. Earlier that day, he sent a text message to his roommate, saying, “Dead shortly. So, I just wanna let you know that I love you guys both, and I wish it hadn’t gone this way. I don’t want to say anything more and implicate you in any way because you, you guys, don’t know anything about this. But I love you guys, and I’m sorry for all the trouble this has caused.”
- On June 15, 2025, he was arrested in Sibley County.
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