Missouri state Rep. Ben Baker identified Natalie Lloyd as his daughter in a social media post where he said he and his family were heartbroken and needed prayer. “They went to Heaven together,” he said of his daughter and her husband.

The Oklahoma-based missionary organization Missions in Haiti Inc. early Friday morning said that gang members killed two of its members, Davy and Natalie Lloyd. Another man, identified by his first name of Jude, also died, the organization said. Other individuals and ministry organizations identified Jude as an assistant to the organization in Haiti.

What happened?

Hours earlier on Thursday night, Missions in Haiti had posted on social media requesting prayers after it said the Lloyds and Jude were involved in an altercation with gang members. The organization said at least one person in the group had holed up in a house and connected with other ministry leaders via Starlink phone. Ministry leaders at the time were working their connections to get the police to the scene or to possibly pay gang members to leave, according to the social media post.

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