American missionary couple killed by gang in Haiti, family says

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A U.S. couple serving as missionaries in Haiti were killed there on Thursday, family members said.

Davy and Natalie Lloyd “were attacked by gangs tonight and both killed,” Natalie Lloyd’s father, Missouri state Rep. Ben Baker, said in a Facebook post. “They went to heaven together.”

According to Baker’s social media channels, the Lloyds married in 2022 and worked for Missions in Haiti, Inc., which has been run by Davy Lloyd’s parents for more than two decades, according to the group’s website.

“Tonight, as Davy, Natalie and the children were arriving from the church youth group, they were ambushed by a gang of three trucks full of men,” the organization posted on its Facebook page on Thursday. “Davy was taken to the house tied up and beaten. The gang then took our trucks, loaded everything they wanted into them and left.”

Three hours later, Missions in Haiti posted that Davy and Natalie were “shot by the gang around 9pm tonight. We are all devastated.”

“Please pray for my family, we desperately need strength. And please pray for the Lloyd family too,” Baker said on social media early Friday. “I’m at a loss for words right now.”

Missouri Republican Governor Mike Parson mourned the loss of the couple on Friday morning, calling it “absolutely heartbreaking news.”

CNN has reached out to Haitian officials and missions in Haiti for further information and has also reached out to the White House and U.S. State Department for comment.

Missions in Haiti’s Facebook feed reported on worsening conditions in the country this year. “Gangs are still fighting for more control and chaos,” the organization posted on April 23. “It seems the world has turned its back on Haiti and it will remain completely under gang control.”