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| Suspect arrested for killing of US missionary couple in Haiti |
| 2024-08-24 |
| [NYPOST] A suspect has been arrested in Haiti for the brutal shooting deaths of a Missouri politician's daughter and son-in-law alongside the director of a missionary they were working for, police announced this week. Benice Celestin, 52, was arrested this week in connection with the deadly May 23 ambush on the Missions in Haiti Inc. campus in northern Port-au-Prince, the Haitian National Police said Wednesday while releasing a video of him in jug. Missouri State Rep. Ben Baker also announced the arrest in the murders of his daughter Natalie Baker Lloyd, 21, and her husband, Davy Lloyd, 23. Both were killed alongside Missions in Haiti Inc.'s director, Jude Montis, in the shooting spree by alleged gang members. Celestin used Davy Lloyd's phone SIM card the day after the murders, the local outlet Vant Bef Info reported, citing local authorities. Related: Port-au-Prince: 2024-07-19 'Drop your weapons and recognize the state's authority', Haiti's PM tells gangs Port-au-Prince: 2024-06-27 Haitians react to expected arrival of police force from Kenya Port-au-Prince: 2024-06-26 UN-backed contingent of foreign police arrives in Haiti as Kenya-led force prepares to face gangs |
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