David Charles Evans, a 50-year-old pastor at Harmony Free Will Baptist Church in Ada, Oklahoma, was found in his bed shot in the head in the early morning hours of March 22, 2021. His wife, Kristie Evans, initially told dispatchers that an intruder had broken into the home and shot her husband while she lay beside him.

Investigators later say that account unraveled. Kristie Evans admitted she enlisted a man identified as Kahlil Deamie Square to kill her husband, provided David’s own gun and ammunition, and left the back door unlocked so Square could enter. Prosecutors charged both Kristie Evans and Kahlil Square with first-degree murder. Kristie Evans pleaded guilty to her role and was sentenced to life in prison; Kahlil Square also later pleaded guilty to first-degree murder.

The case shocked the congregation and community because it involved an alleged affair and a plotted betrayal. If anyone knew David, Kristie, or Kahlil and has information that could shed more light on the planning or timeline, please come forward.