David Evans was murdered by his wife’s boyfriend, but the impetus behind the crime is far scarier. David Evans and his family via Brittney Long on NBC News After 30 years of marriage, David Evans and his wife Kristie still seemed very much in love. To outsiders, the pastor of the small Baptist church in Oklahoma was living the dream, but behind closed doors, it was all but perfect. The couple met at high school in a small town just outside Arkansas in 1991. They married a few