Missouri State Rep. Ben Baker on Friday, May 24, announced his daughter and son-in-law were killed in a gang attack in Haiti.
Baker's daughter, Natalie, and her husband, Davy Lloyd, were working as missionaries in Haiti when they were killed Thursday evening.
"My heart is broken in a thousand pieces. 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," Baker wrote on Facebook early Friday.
"They went to Heaven together. Please pray for my family we desperately need strength. And please pray for the Lloyd family as well. I have no other words for now," he wrote.
“God bless Davy and Natalie. Such a tragedy. Haiti is totally out of control. Find the killers NOW!!!” former President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social.
The U.S. State Department issued a travel advisory in March warning Americans not to go to Haiti amid "unpredictable and dangerous" conditions as a surge in gang violence caused tens of thousands of people to flee the capital, Port-au-Prince.
The young couple was in Haiti with Missions in Haiti Inc., an organization found in 2000 by Davy Lloyd's parents, David and Alicia Lloyd.