We mourn the tragic deaths of missionaries Davy and Natalie Lloyd. Our hearts break at such news. Please pray for the family and many friends. We also pray for the violence in Haiti to come to and end! In JESUS name we pray, Amen.
Baptist Press
By Dánica Coto, Evens Sanon, posted May 24, 2024 in International Missions, International News
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – A U.S. missionary couple was shot and killed by criminal gang members in Haiti’s capital after they were abducted while leaving a youth group activity held at a local church, according to a police official and a religious group.
A third person also was killed during the attack Thursday evening in the community of Lizon in northern Port-au-Prince, Lionel Lazarre, head of a Haitian police union, told The Associated Press on Friday.
The slayings occurred as the capital crumbles under the relentless assault of violent gangs that control 80 percent of Port-au-Prince while authorities await the arrival of a police force from Kenya as part of a U.N.-backed deployment aimed at quelling gang violence in the troubled Caribbean country.
Two of the victims were a young married couple, Davy and Natalie Lloyd, according to a Facebook posting from Natalie Lloyd’s father, Missouri state Rep. Ben Baker. The name of the third person killed wasn’t immediately available.
“My heart is broken in a thousand pieces,” Baker wrote on Facebook on Thursday. “I’ve never felt this kind of pain. Most of you know my daughter and son-in-law Davy and Natalie Lloyd are full time missionaries in Haiti. They were attacked by gangs this evening and were both killed. They went to Heaven together.” More Here
