After the murder of an Oklahoma pastor, his wife and his alleged accomplice in the love triangle were arrested

Two people were arrested last week in the murder of an Oklahoma pastor, including his wife, who allegedly confessed to her role in his assassination, authorities said on Friday.

Kristie Evans, 47, and Kahlil Square, 26, face first degree murder charges in the March 22 murder, said Captain Beth Green of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.

An arrest affidavit alleges that Square and Kristie Evans planned the murder of David Evans, the pastor of Harmony Free Will Baptist Church in Ada, while on a missionary trip to Mexico in mid-March.

Previously, the couple had trios with Square in a Super 8, according to the documents. Kristie Evans continued to have a secret relationship with Square and told her that David Evans was verbally abusive of her, saying she was “fat and ugly and a whore,” the affidavit says.

“Kristie told Kahlil it would be nice to have more freedom,” the affidavit states.

Square reportedly entered their home on the night of March 22 and shot David Evans while lying in bed, the affidavit states. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Kristie Evans first told authorities she was woken up by a popping noise and discovered her husband had been shot in the head, the affidavit states.

But later, she later allegedly told her daughter that she had “begged” Square to kill her husband, according to the affidavit officer Special Agent Justin Brown. Kristie Evans reportedly told investigators that she gave Square her husband’s handgun, a box of bullets and left the backdoor unlocked on the night of March 21.

After hearing Square enter their home, the affidavit states, Kristie Evans allegedly told him to implement their plan.

In a statement, Harmony Free Will Baptist Church said it lamented the murder of David Evans when “the circumstances which have now come to light” took the church “by surprise”.

“We are very saddened,” the statement said, adding that “even pastors can succumb to human frailty.”

Kristie Evans’ daughter did not respond to a request for comment on Sunday and it was not immediately clear whether Kristie Evans or Kahlil Square had lawyers. They were being held in the Pontotoc County Jail.