True Crime Vault: House of Cards

Summary

20/20 True Crime Vault: House of Cards

Date: April 21, 2026
Podcast: 20/20 (ABC News)
Episode Theme:
A chilling exploration of the double homicide of Vonda and Angelique “Angel” Goyena in Norfolk, Virginia. Investigators and family members recount the investigation’s twists and turns, emotional reverberations, misdirection by a taunting killer, and the shocking truth behind the murders. The episode dives deep into psychological manipulation, failed relationships, circumstantial detective work, and the devastating impact upon the victims’ loved ones.

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Main Theme Overview

“House of Cards” presents the harrowing true crime story of a mother and daughter brutally murdered in their home. The case, marked by bold taunting letters from the perpetrator, a lack of forensic evidence, and a web of misinformation, ultimately reveals the tragic truth hiding in plain sight: the monster was someone the victims—and listeners—least expected.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Discovery of the Crime

• The Crime Scene:

  • Officer John Schraft responds to a frantic 911 call: “I need an ambulance. I'm dying.” [02:14]
  • The house is entered, revealing Vonda (74) stabbed and bleeding but momentarily alive. Her daughter Angelique (35) is found naked, face-down, and already deceased. [03:43 - 05:09]
  • Detective Walter Whiteside: "That room literally just looked like something out of the movies. It didn't even look real… She had more stab wounds than you could possibly count—over 37, 38.” [05:51]
  • Notable Quote:
    • Detective Rick Malvin: “We had a 74 year old woman kill[ed], a 35 year old woman killed. Somebody needs to tell their story.” [39:39, 41:35]

• Dying Declaration:

  • Legal Expert Phil Evans explains the rare and powerful legal tool of a dying declaration: “With their last breath, it’s presumed to be the truth.” [07:07]
  • Vonda, dying, names "Walter Lucas" as the attacker—quickly disproven as a suspect. [08:11, 17:22]

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2. Early Investigation and Dead Ends

• No Signs of Forced Entry: No murder weapon is found; only immediate family and the two victims have keys. [08:27, 08:39]
• Family Member: “Why would you murder two innocent people? Two innocent women?” [01:10, 08:58]
• Walter Lucas’s alibi and DNA confirm his innocence, despite Vonda naming him, attributable to her dementia. [17:22 - 17:57]
• The fiancé, David Hoshaw, and others are seemingly eliminated. [18:13 - 18:23]

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3. Angelique’s Life and Character

• Family Insights:
  • Angel loved poetry, fantasy, and Renaissance fairs; she cared for her mother (who had dementia), and was "the baby of the family.” [10:07 - 12:28]
  • Angel was “very trusting,” loving, and imaginative—a "package deal" with her mom. [10:52, 11:38]
• Interests and Relationships:
  • Angel and Vonda were fascinated by Wicca, tarot cards, and nature. [12:28 - 13:26]
• Desires:
  • She longed for romantic love, marriage, and motherhood. [13:36 - 14:17]
• Notable Quote (Angel, via diary):
  • “A heart is judged by the love it gives, its thoughts, deeds, and actions. First you must open your heart and take a chance.” [11:20]

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4. A New Suspect Emerges: The Fiancé

• David Hoshaw:
  • David is introduced as an ideal partner—Boy Scout master, “Prince Charming,” integrated into the family. [15:11 - 16:03]
  • Wedding plans progress, but two months before the planned wedding, Angel is murdered. [16:03 - 16:58]
• Alibi Under Suspicion:
  • David appears to have been at a Boy Scout camp hours from the crime scene. “[He] could get to the house without being noticed.” [32:03, 18:23 - 18:49]
• David's Odd Behavior:
  • He does not attend Angel’s funeral, moves away soon after, and takes up with another woman. [53:51 - 54:41]
• Red Flags:
  • Secretive with money, pressuring Angel to institutionalize her mother, emotionally cold, and possibly cheating. [51:06 - 52:09]
• Quote (Angel’s diary):
  • "David said in a condescending tone of voice, don't question me where I am." [52:09, 74:18]

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5. The Taunting Letters

• Arrival of Letters:
  • Shockingly, two letters arrive, both postmarked out-of-state, in which the killer brags:
    • “About 12:30 or so, I got my knife and did the dirty deed. What a rush. Don't bother checking for prints or DNA. I'm wearing a bodysuit and gloves.” [01:15 - 01:39, 20:57]
    • Second letter: “I have done it for a second time. Fried and street was just the beginning for me.” [01:39, 22:43]
• Letter Analysis:
  • Slang and racialized spelling seem designed to deflect suspicion. [21:56]
  • Details match Angel’s own diary, suggesting the writer was intimately familiar with her life. [21:06, 20:57]
• Investigation:
  • No DNA or fingerprints on letters; forensics will not solve it. [23:55, 26:07]

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6. False Leads and Unusual Suspects

• Occult Angle:
  • Police pursue a lead involving Angel’s Wiccan interests, including a tip from a self-described vampire who claims to know something, but is quickly eliminated. [29:23 - 31:28]
• Notable Moment:
  • A man hands in a ceremonial knife, says he's a vampire: “He also disturbingly implied to the detectives that he may know something about Angel's murder.” [30:30-31:08]

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7. “Peeling the Onion”—Digging into David Hoshaw’s Past

• Pattern of Violence:
  • Investigators uncover disturbing behaviors, including abuse and manipulation of women across multiple relationships. [43:48 - 49:22]
  • First wife Naomi: “He came down the hall and grabbed my throat and started strangling me. My oldest son was just screaming and screaming and screaming…” [44:02, 44:31]
  • He was discharged from the Air Force after pleading guilty to indecent acts and assault on a 12-year-old family friend. [46:12]
  • Third wife Allison: “I just felt something just smack across the back of my head, and I just blacked out.” [40:09, 47:52]
• Chilling Reflection:
  • Family Member: “He preys on those that are insecure and maybe people he perceives as being weak.” [73:04]

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8. How the Killer Was Caught—Building a Circumstantial Case

• Cracking the Alibi:
  • Investigators reconstruct David’s travel using cell phone towers and credit card use, placing him near both letter postmarks in Chicago and Gaylord, Michigan, at the relevant times. [57:17-59:08]
  • Crucial Evidence:
    • “There was a cell call that bounced off a tower within a few miles of where this letter would have had to have been mailed.” – Narrator / Lead Investigator [58:10]
• Amanda’s Role:
  • Amanda, David’s new partner, unknowingly becomes integral by confirming timelines and participating in a critical conversation with David during his interrogation. [61:06, 65:51-66:46]

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9. The Arrest and Interrogation

• Arrest:
  • David is arrested in 2009, as Amanda (pregnant with his second child) watches. He confesses only partially, but is caught on tape discussing the letters with Amanda, admitting:
    • “I was trying to get him off my back.” [68:51]
    • “He eventually told her he mailed a letter to get us off the tail. So at that point, I knew I had the right person.” – Detective Rick Malvin [68:57]
• No Full Confession:
  • David invokes his right to an attorney rather than fully confessing to the police. [65:30]

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10. Trial and Aftermath

• The Evidence:
  • Largely circumstantial: letters, travel records matching postmark dates, Angel’s troubled diary entries, and behavioral red flags.
  • The defense tries to exclude the diary and interrogation; judge lets them in. [74:03]
• The Plea:
  • Facing overwhelming circumstantial evidence and possible death penalty, David Hoshaw pleads guilty and is sentenced to two life terms without parole. [76:05 - 78:10]
  • Bizarre courtroom statement:
    • “Shame on you, Detective Mulbin… The Lord God Almighty does not like people to be full of pride…” [77:14]
  • Amanda: “He deserved to go to trial. He deserved to have the whole laundry, all the truth out to set her family free, to give that family the truth about everything.” [76:30]
• Victims’ Family & Community Impact:
  • The family remains haunted by the ‘why’; grief and ripples of trauma endure. [78:23 - 81:22]
  • Family member: “Would you forgive somebody that killed your mom and sister? I won’t.” [78:10, 78:23]

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11. David’s Prison Interview

• Motivation Revealed:
  • David claims he went to break up with Angel at 1 am, but things “just escalated” to violence. [79:20 - 80:17]
  • “Her emotions got my emotions going. And of course, her hurtfulness turned to anger. Just escalated. Yeah, it was like an impulse. And when I started, it just kept going. I just couldn't stop.” – David Hoshaw [79:55]

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Notable Quotes & Moments (w/Timestamps)

• Detective Rick Malvin:
  • “Nobody is perfect when they commit a murder… There is no such thing as the perfect murder.” [28:01]
• Amanda (David's girlfriend), after learning the truth:
  • “All I could think of is why I wanted to get up and slap him… But I didn't. Because it wasn't worth it.” [70:38]
• Legal Expert Phil Evans:
  • “He preys on those that are insecure and maybe people he perceives as being weak.” [73:04]
• Angel’s Diary (recording):
  • “I have dreamed of a knight in shining armor. Don’t laugh but I’ve kept a medallion of gold and silver of a knight upon a steed for the day I meet him.” [45:45, 81:57]
  • In the end, Angel dies wearing that medallion.

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [02:14] – 911 call & discovery by Officer Schraft
• [03:43-05:21] – Entry into the home; finding both victims
• [07:07-08:00] – Explanation and attempt at a dying declaration
• [20:01-22:43] – Arrival and content of killer’s taunting letters
• [29:23-31:28] – Occult leads and the “vampire” tip
• [32:03-39:57] – David Hoshaw’s alibi under new scrutiny; behavioral revelations
• [43:48-49:22] – Abuse in David’s prior marriages revealed
• [57:17-59:08] – Cell tower and credit card evidence breaking the case
• [65:03-69:06] – David’s partial admission during interrogation with Amanda
• [76:05-78:10] – Guilty plea and sentencing
• [79:20-80:21] – David’s rationale for the crime, as given in a prison interview

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Family Reflections & Lasting Grief

• Family Member: "After all these years, I still think about her... I have a tattoo of two butterflies. It's just a reminder..." [79:47]
• Angel’s Poem:
  • “The night with its endless realm of possibilities. What could last forever? Stars… the stars watch us.” [83:22]

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Closing Remarks

"House of Cards" is a haunting meditation on how evil can wear an ordinary face, and how justice sometimes must be painstakingly constructed from the fragments of a shattered case. The episode details the exhausting work of investigators, the enduring pain of a family, and the harrowing consequences of trust misplaced.

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For Listeners

The episode is a compelling, deeply emotional, and psychologically rich profile of a crime that shocked and devastated a family—and demonstrates how tireless investigative work can produce justice despite the absence of a smoking gun.

Transcript

[Podcast Host]

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[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

You can still feel the murder in the house.

[Detective Rick Malvin]

We had a 74 year old woman killed. A 35 year old woman killed. Somebody needed to tell

[Interviewer / Police Officer]

the blood, a

[Officer John Schraft]

lot of blood all over the mother and the daughter.

[Family Member (possibly Angel's sibling)]

Angel and mom were definitely a package deal. Why would you murder two innocent people? Two innocent women?

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

We have an extremely psychotic taunting killer who's taking pleasure in the homicide, who is taunting the police and writing this letter. About 12:30 or so I got my knife and did the dirty deed. What a rush. Don't bother checking for prints or DNA. I'm wearing a bodysuit and gloves.

[Detective Rick Malvin]

And then a second letter came in.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

I write to you again. I must confess. I have done it for a second time.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

And we had a killer apparently who was traveling the country.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

The two letters sent by the killer made it pretty clear he's not only one step ahead of the cops. But the murder spree isn't over.

[Interviewer / Police Officer]

911, what is the address of emergency? I need an ambulance. I'm dying.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

It starts on Friday night, the 4th of July weekend in Norfolk, Virginia. John Schraft is a rookie officer working weekend shift.

[Officer John Schraft]

It's about 1:30 in the morning, patrolling the east Ocean view area. Driving around, I was by myself doing normal routine patrols in that area when I got the call from dispatch to respond to Frieden Street.

[Interviewer / Police Officer]

Okay, is there any serious bleeding? Please help me. Okay, I need you to answer my questions. Is there any serious bleeding?

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

The victim keeps hanging up. The 911 operator keeps calling her back.

[Interviewer / Police Officer]

I'm dying. Is anybody, anybody there with you? Is anybody there with you?

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

This could be anything, an accident, burglary. It is much worse.

[Officer John Schraft]

As I'm approaching the steps, I can see that the interior front door is open and the screen door is shut. And I can also see that there's a light on inside the residence in front of him.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

There is a faded sort of beige oriental rug on the floor and there is a lot of red. What he takes to be blood. And he sees an older woman on the floor, on the rug, next to a phone that appears to have blood on it.

[Officer John Schraft]

I immediately drew my weapon, opened up the front door, walked in, asked the elderly female, is there anybody else in the residence? She said, my daughter is in the bedroom.

[Detective Rick Malvin]

I looked around.

[Officer John Schraft]

My main concern was, is there the person that did this? Is that person still in the residence? Definitely nervous, but your adrenaline takes over for the situation at hand.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

The lady that was apparently called 911, her name was later determined to be Vonda Goyena, and she actually was 74 years of age.

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

This woman has been stabbed multiple times and her throat has been slit.

[Officer John Schraft]

So when the elderly female said, my daughter is in the bedroom, and I took a couple of steps towards the bedroom, walking down the hall, He knew

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

what he was going to find. A second victim.

[Officer John Schraft]

I could see that she was clearly deceased, covered in blood, laying naked, face down on the floor.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

She was later identified to be Angelique goyina. She was 35 years old.

[Investigator / Case Analyst]

Within the blood soaked bed, you have this heartbreaking image of her childhood. Teddy bear, also soaked in blood. It is an image that is hard to forget. They've already checked Angel's room. Now they have to go through every other room in the house, the closets, the kitchen, to make sure that the killer is not still inside.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

Detective Walter Whiteside arrives just minutes later.

[Detective Walter Whiteside]

Unfortunately, I've been to a lot of homicide scenes. It was probably one of the worst. That room literally just looked like something out of the movies. It didn't even look real. Very rarely do you see a scene that gruesome. It was very clear that she had more stab wounds than what you could possibly count. I think it ended up being over 37, 38 stab wounds. There was just no rhyme or reason to why the amount of injuries were inflicted on the victims.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

He can still hear Vonda calling out for Angel.

[Detective Walter Whiteside]

She kept asking me how angel was doing, you know, if she was dead, if she was okay. It hits home. It does. You try to separate yourself from that, but I've got three children. So, you know, you do kind of empathize. You have to as a human. It's horrific.

[Investigator / Case Analyst]

And he's starting to realize how many times that she's been stabbed. He knows at this point he doesn't have a lot of time.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

As EMTs work, Whiteside steps out to call a homicide detective who tells him what has to happen next.

[Detective Walter Whiteside]

He asked me at that time to do a dying declaration.

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

So a dying declaration is a legal term now, normally Somebody has the right to confront their accuser in court. This is the exception to that. The accuser is actually dead. So with their last breath, it's presumed to be the truth. A dying declaration can be used in court, but there is one rule.

[Detective Walter Whiteside]

The person has to believe that they're going to die when they give you the statement. And then ultimately they have to die. Normal human compassion is to just tell everybody, oh, you're gonna be okay. Keep fighting, we're helping you. It's completely counterintuitive to look at someone and tell them you're gonna die. Basically, there's no hope. You're not gonna survive this. For them to tell you their last thoughts is, this is who did it to me. That's very powerful.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

Walter L. She says Walter Lucas.

[Family Member (possibly Angel's sibling)]

Two women stabbed to death inside this Freedom street home. Tonight. Norfolk police are looking for the person responsible. 74 year old Vonda Goyena died in the hospital yesterday, one day after getting stabbed. Her 35 year old daughter Angelique Goyena died early Saturday morning.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

The door frame around the front door had not been forced. They fingerprinted all the windows and found no latent fingerprints on any of the exterior windows to the house. No signs of some sort of forced

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

entry, but nothing is stolen and there is no murder weapon. All the DNA and fingerprints belong to Vonda angel, her living fiance David and other family members.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

The detectives have only one clue to pursue. They have to find Walter Lucas.

[Family Member (possibly Angel's sibling)]

As a family, we gathered and tried to find out what would possibly be a motive and we couldn't come come up with a thing. Why would you murder two innocent people? Two innocent women?

[Interviewer / Police Officer]

Mailbox1. You have three old messages on my

[Family Member (possibly Angel's sibling)]

answering machine from 15 years ago.

[Angelique Goyena (via diary or recordings)]

Hey y'.

[Interviewer / Police Officer]

All, Happy birthday. Ready?

[Family Member (possibly Angel's sibling)]

It's Angelique and mom singing Happy birthday to me.

[Interviewer / Police Officer]

Happy birthday dear you Happy birthday to you.

[Family Member (possibly Angel's sibling)]

I kept it so a month later, they're not on our planet.

[Interviewer / Police Officer]

Happy birthday. There we go.

[Family Member (possibly Angel's sibling)]

I've kept that for 15 years and somehow it's still intact.

[Interviewer / Police Officer]

And many more.

[Family Member (possibly Angel's sibling)]

We always called her Angel. I mean, it's like if your parents called you, you know, by Angelique, come here, you're in trouble, right? But if you say angel, would you come here, then you're not in trouble,

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

you know, angel is the baby of the family. She's younger than her three siblings by 16 years. And she loves fantasy novels, she loves dressing up in Elizabethan style. She writes poetry, she writes stories. And she and her best friend even wrote stories together.

[Family Member / Angel's sibling]

There was mythology and there was history. She wanted to believe in the good

[Family Member (possibly Angel's sibling)]

of everyone,

[Family Member / Angel's sibling]

which is something you don't find very often anymore.

[Family Member (possibly Angel's sibling)]

And that's why for her to be gone and stolen away like that, it was heart wrenching.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

This was a woman who loved imagination, loved the magical world.

[Family Member / Angel's sibling]

We went to a Renaissance fair. I think angel enjoyed just kind of the fun and the carefree nature of it. We went to Virginia beach, and on the beach we saw the statue of Neptune. Just hung out and just spent time.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

Angel's job may be in a sandwich shop, but her heart is clearly in her poetry.

[Angelique Goyena (via diary or recordings)]

A heart is judged by the love it gives its thoughts, deeds, and actions. First you must open your heart and take a chance.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

Angel and her mother, Vonda, were very close.

[Family Member (possibly Angel's sibling)]

Angel and mom were definitely a package deal.

[Family Member / Angel's sibling]

She was the caretaker for her mom, who had dementia and heart problems, and that was her world.

Well, it was like my little sister was my mom's keeper. They did watch tv, they read. Angelique would write poetry and photography and art, you know, painting and drawing. That's what they did.

[Family Member (possibly Angel's sibling)]

My mom was from West Virginia, and she was a hoot. Oh, my gosh. But, you know, you couldn't pull the wool over her eyes at all. You know, we all tried, you know, and she was very creative as well. That's probably where angel got a lot of her creativity. Angelique and mom would always go to the store together. They'd go out to the beach to go to one of the stores for the Wicca.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

They love the Wicca store, both of them. Wicca's a pagan spiritual practice. Some Wiccans even call themselves witches. They see all of the earth and sky and moon, all of nature.

[Family Member (possibly Angel's sibling)]

As a mother goddess, Angelique's always been fascinated with the stars. It kind of opened her eyes to nature, sunsets, leaves. There's definitely energy to things. It's kind of like the force be with you kind of thing.

[Investigator / Case Analyst]

Beyond that, they also loved tarot cards. Reading each other's future and fortunes.

[Family Member (possibly Angel's sibling)]

The tarot cards were. I remember them having tarot cards, both of them. Tarot cards, palm reading, that kind of stuff.

[Investigator / Case Analyst]

They had a love of reading, they had a love of tarot cards, Nature walks in the park. They were really in tune with one another. More so as friends. Beyond that, mother and daughter special bond, they did everything together. They went everywhere together.

[Family Member (possibly Angel's sibling)]

Except for, of course, when Angelique would go out on a date. Mom couldn't go there. Angelique met most of the guys she dated online.

[Family Member / Angel's sibling]

She wanted to be married and she wanted a family. Yes, she did. She talked about it.

I know that's something she definitely wanted and she was helpful.

[Family Member (possibly Angel's sibling)]

She did tell me she really wanted to have a child and she was concerned that she was too old. She was 35. She was on the all over the page with dating one guy. He was really into motorcycles and so she'd be the passenger. And this one fella she dated was a pil prop planes and he let her fly and it seemed to be exciting people that she would date.

[Investigator / Case Analyst]

In 2006, angel decides to put herself out there. So she signs up to a dating app and then days after she meets a man who's a father of two.

[Angelique Goyena (via diary or recordings)]

What you can't live without. My dreams of finding happiness and love.

[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

My true love is out there still

[Angelique Goyena (via diary or recordings)]

the last book you read. Stories with werewolves, vampires and other magical creatures.

[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

My sons are both in scouting so we like to go camping and things like that.

[Angelique Goyena (via diary or recordings)]

Good at dream interpretation. I live with and take care of me.

[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

Place a strong emphasis on family as well.

[Angelique Goyena (via diary or recordings)]

I would love one day to get my poetry published. I've dreamed of a knight in shining armor. Don't laugh but I've kept a medallion of gold and silver of a knight upon a steed for the day I meet him.

[Investigator / Case Analyst]

Angel's discovering so much more about David Hochall. He is an electrical designer. He's a scout master. He's seeming more and more to her like he could be the one.

[Family Member / Angel's sibling]

I remember angel telling me he seemed sweet. She told me he had two boys and they were a big part of his life. I think angel wanted from David just to kind of be that Prince Charming, that knight in shining armor.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

Angel meets the sons, all great and even meets David's ex wife Naomi.

[Naomi Hoshaw (David's first wife)]

David was an eagle scout so of course he got the boys into scouting. They went camping with the and they really enjoyed it. He was an adoring father.

[Family Member (possibly Angel's sibling)]

When I first met David, my initial thought was he looks cuddly. He looked cuddly to me.

[Investigator / Case Analyst]

Within a matter of months they fall in love. David proposes and now he's moved in with her and Vonda and Angel is just off and running planning a wedding.

[Angelique Goyena (via diary or recordings)]

December 18, 20002006 David Wayne Hosha Jr. David is my fiance and this will be the first of many Christmas memories that we will treasure. We are planning on being married September 15, 2007.

[Family Member / Angel's sibling]

Angel was into the Renaissance and she was having a special dressmate. It was very much Angel. It was red trim, you know, just kind of fairy tale.

[Family Member (possibly Angel's sibling)]

And her shoes she actually bought from a store and decorated them. The way she wanted them, you know, artists and all.

[Angelique Goyena (via diary or recordings)]

I think my married name will be pretty Angelique Elaine Hosha. I wonder if our children will have dark hair like me and blue eyes like David.

[Family Member / Angel's sibling]

I still have the dress that I purchased to wear as maid of honor.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

Of course, neither of those dresses are ever worn. Two months before her wedding, angel is killed. Police don't have much to work with at this point. Just a dying declaration with the name Walter Lucas. Who is this guy? Police need to track him down. Turns out Walter isn't hard to find.

[Family Member (possibly Angel's sibling)]

Walter is my ex husband. We were married in our 20s and then, you know, we got divorced. But he stayed in touch with the family. Everybody loved him.

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

Not only does he seem unlikely, the detectives find that on the night of the murder, Walter was more than 200 miles away.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

When the detectives told me that Vonda mentioned my name, I knew I wasn't the one because first off I wasn't there and I knew that she had Alzheimer's, I just shrugged it off. But he said my DNA was there and I said, well of course I was there the week before visiting them.

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

But his alibi checks out so they have to cross Walter Lucas off the list.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

At the time that I was interviewed by the detectives, they said they don't have any leads.

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

If there is no break in, the next question police ask is who could get into the house.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

The only people with keys are the two dead women and members of the immediate family.

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

Everyone who has a key family, David, the fiance, all have alibis too.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

The family members confirmed that David Hoshaw is a couple hours away and he's on the middle peninsula in Virginia at a boy scout week long camp.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

David is with his 12 year old son. Other parents see him there at 11 o' clock Friday night. Now 6:30 Saturday morning, he's there for camp breakfast and David drives back into Norfolk that afternoon.

[Naomi Hoshaw (David's first wife)]

That Saturday was when he had brought my oldest back to me and everything.

[Investigator / Case Analyst]

The police track him down and they tell him that they need him to come down to the station.

[Naomi Hoshaw (David's first wife)]

Then I'd gotten the call from the police department saying that my ex husband was there and that he needed a ride. The whole time I'm like what happened? And David just said, well, you know, if I was there I could have saved him. And I'm like, what do you mean if you were there you could have saved him? You would be dead too.

[Family Member / Angel's sibling]

Yeah, it was confusing because we had nobody to go after. No evidence.

[Investigator / Case Analyst]

Days are passing and there's no arrest, no clues, no clear direction. They Want justice. They want answers.

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

It takes a little piece of your soul and it breaks your heart just a little more every time. You have to tell them that there's no breakthrough in the case.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

But two weeks later, a pretty startling development. A single piece of paper changes it all. No, it's a confession.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

You meet a homicide victim's family for the first time. They don't know you from anybody in the world and you suddenly are handling the most important thing in their life. The case involving death of their mother and their sister.

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

The police at this point are just stymied. It's been a month since the murder. There is no evidence. But then a development that most murder investigations never see. A letter from the killer, and it's postmarked from Chicago.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

The act of the killing was not enough. Essentially, the killer is reliving it and writing this letter. So that is highly unusual. You don't have a clue, do you? I met the pretty biatch at the beach a few days before I killed her. She had her mother with her. She told me she was getting married in September, but she wanted to have one last fling beforehand. It references angel and her mother going to the beach.

[Investigator / Case Analyst]

Now investigators cross check her diary where she actually talks about going to the beach with her mom.

[Angelique Goyena (via diary or recordings)]

Me and mom decided not to waste a good day and were ready to be on the beach by 8am or so. After that, I'll play the rest of the day night by ear.

[Investigator / Case Analyst]

And the dates line up.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

There's also a description about going to a laundry and everything else. And all that was consistent with the habits of angel and her mother.

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

How would the writer know all this unless they knew the women? Unless they were actually there when it

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

came to going all the way. She. She told me she was having second thoughts and couldn't do it. About 12:30 or so, I got my knife and did the dirty deep. What a rush. I should have gagged her first because she screamed and woke up her mother. And that's mother. M O T H A

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

the detectives think the use of that kind of slang, biatch and mother is kind of a clumsy way of trying to make them think the writers.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

Angel had previously dated white men, African American men, different types of employment, which is one thing that confused the issue.

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

The writer clearly knows the victims.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

Don't bother checking for prints or DNA. I'm wearing a body suit and gloves. Clearly it showed a killer that was reveling in what he had done, really was unconcerned with talking about. And then, lo and behold, a Second letter is received. It's mailed from Gaylord, Michigan, which is a small community in the middle of Michigan.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

This one is so badly spelled, it's hard to read. Let me try. Detectives, I write to you again. I must confess. I have done it for a second time. Fried and street was just the beginning for me.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

He's now saying that he. He's killed someone, possibly in the Midwest.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

It gave me such a rush. I can't explain. I will never forget me. First, the Goyenas.

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

So now they're checking the Midwest for unexplained homicides. A killer could be roaming from state to state. He could easily have come through Norfolk.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

Norfolk, Virginia has one of the highest per capita murder rates in the United States.

[Detective Walter Whiteside]

You have large ports, you have international airports. You're kind of the hub for 95 and 85 areas where people were traveling north and south a lot.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

We have an extremely psychotic taunting killer who is taking pleasure in the homicide, who is taunting the police, who writes in a vernacular words that are more commonly used by an African American or someone else other than somebody in the family. Both letters and envelopes were forensically checked. No DNA on either of them.

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

Taunting the police is not a smart move. It tends to make them even more determined. The case is about to add another detective. And the most bizarre twist yet.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

A man comes into the station, says he knows who did it, hands them a ceremonial knife, and tells them he's a vampire.

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[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

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[Narrator / Case Reporter]

It's pretty clear investigators won't be able to rely on forensics to identify the killer. No physical evidence, no sign of forced entry. But that in itself gives them two important clues. First, these murders were likely planned. Second, it's probably someone angel and Vonda know. A close friend, maybe a romantic partner.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

We have this fiance and they're set to get married in September. We aren't aware of any motive for him to want to do harm to his fiance. And furthermore, he's out of the area.

[Investigator / Case Analyst]

This is a dead end for them. And at this point, the rest of the family and the friends have been ruled out. Prosecutor Phil Evans needs a confidant, someone that he knows will get the job. So he turns to a man that he's worked with many times in the past.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

Let's get Rick Malvin on this case. We'll work it together.

[Detective Rick Malvin]

Phil and I have worked a lot of cases together. I won't say it's like brothers, but it's pretty close.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

Rick was the best of the best. He was someone who could translate the crime scene, but he also understood what it really means to develop evidence for the courtroom. I went to the house with Detective Malbin. We walked through it. You could still feel the murder in the house.

[Detective Rick Malvin]

I knew that this case was going to be difficult, but deep down I felt that this was a solid case. It may take time, but it was going to be a solvable case.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

They approached this from the standpoint of we're going to start at ground zero. We weren't at the crime scene. We're going to go back and go through everything so that we are comfortable. Nothing was missed.

[Detective Rick Malvin]

Nobody is perfect when they commit a murder. I may overlook something, but there is no such thing as the perfect murder.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

At this point, Evans and Malvin are worried about something else. The killer made it pretty clear he's not only one step ahead of the cops, but the murder spree isn't over.

[Detective Rick Malvin]

Anyone working that case should have taken that letter personally. And I did. And then a second letter came in, taunting.

[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

I must confess. I have done it a second time.

[Detective Rick Malvin]

I was gonna do everything I possibly could to find that person.

[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

The cops up here are a lot smarter than youse.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

It really puts an increased energy on Detective Malvin, and certainly I felt it. We had a victim's family here who was just gutted they lost their mother and sister. And we had a killer, apparently who was traveling the country. At the very least, if he wasn't killing other people, he was perversely enjoying having killed the Goyenas.

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

You don't just look at suspects in a murder case. You also look at the victims. By 2008, Detective Malbonne and his partner are digging deeper into Angel's past, and they find the ties to Wicca. Remember, angel and her mom were interested and hung out at this Wiccan bookstore.

[Family Member (possibly Angel's sibling)]

Angelique's relationship with Wicca was more interest, and I think that kind of trickled down to mom as well, because mom got interested in that.

[Investigator / Case Analyst]

Wicca became popular in America back in the 50s. You know, you can think of lunar rituals and secular worship. It is not black magic and Satanism. It's more defined as nature's religion where earth is a source of. Of spiritual power.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

Angel had become associated with a group that loosely operated out of a bookstore called the Mystic Moon.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

Wicked rituals often involve a special set of mystical tools, commonly including a wand, a pentacle, a chalice, and a large knife called an athane, used only for symbolic purposes.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

To the police, that opened a Pandora's box of. Well, who did she meet there? January 2, 2008, there's a call to the Norfolk Police Department. There's a man that wants to talk to you on the Goyina case.

[Detective Rick Malvin]

He considered himself a vampire. We met with him, we invited him down to the office, and he said

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

he was part of that community where there were some people who were involved in vampirism. He also disturbingly implied to the detectives that he may know something about Angel's murder.

[Detective Rick Malvin]

He produced a knife that he said that was used by someone else to commit the murders.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

So now the detectives had a knife in their possession.

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

The case is taking a pretty bizarre turn. More than six months after Angela and Vonda were stabbed to death, Detective Malvin is sitting across from a self described vampire, Someone who claims to Draw pleasure from ingesting blood. And someone who turns over an athame knife he says is the murder weapon.

[Detective Rick Malvin]

The knife was submitted to the lab. There was no DNA, blood trace and the knife could not have made the injuries on the bodies. And so once we talked to him and knew that he was not close to the family, I didn't have a problem eliminating.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

It's another costly detour, squandering time and resources. So Evans and Malbin take a harder look at someone who seemed to have an airtight alibi. Angel's fiance, David Hoshaw, he came to

[Detective Rick Malvin]

take his sons to a boy scout camp. And he had been away from his fiance for a while. He certainly could have left Boy scout camp. He could get to the house without being noticed.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

We looked into David Hoshaw's background. The more we looked, the more disturbing information came. He becomes stronger, not by evidence of this crime, but by information about his behavior in the past.

[Detective Rick Malvin]

We had a 74 year old woman kill, a 35 year old woman killed. Somebody needs to tell their story. That's it. The house looks so different. Everything's changed, everything's new. That's a good thing.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

Detective Rick Malbin is a veteran homicide detective with 15 years under his belt. This case is different. Malbin begins an investigation that will span two years, four states and a couple thousand miles.

[Detective Rick Malvin]

I got here during the early morning hours. The initial investigators were here on scene when I arrived.

[Detective Walter Whiteside]

Rick Malvin was one of our seniors homicide detectives. He was definitely one of the go to guys. He had a very good reputation.

[Family Member (possibly Angel's sibling)]

Detective Olden was just very focused and it was like the bulldog sense about him that he's going to get something done, you know, he's going to do something.

[Detective Rick Malvin]

When I go to work a homicide, when I roll out, I pray and that's for my mother. I pray that I don't get tunnel vision. And let me see through the lies.

[Investigator / Case Analyst]

Fishing through all the lies. Detective Rick Maubon and his partner, they've been following dozens of leads. All of them are dead ends. The only real solid clue that they have at this point are these two letters. But who wrote those letters and was it truly the killing?

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

I can't remember a case where the police department ever received legitimate letters like this in connection with a real homicide. Can you?

[Interviewer / Police Officer]

No.

[Detective Rick Malvin]

We explored the possibility of it being a serial killer. Letters were taken to the FBI lab and they determined that it wasn't a serial killer. So that narrowed down our search. And David Halshaw look more like a suspect to me. There's no reason to write a letter like that other than to try to throw the police off.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

Obviously, whoever wrote it put Norfolk in strange handwriting. That's not the same as the return address.

[Interviewer / Police Officer]

Right.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

Part of trying to look at everything is each person of interest. We want to know everything we can about him. My way of doing my job and Rick Malvin's way of doing his job is we're going to get every detail we know. We're talking about this guy David Hoshaw. Who is he?

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

For Angel, David Hoshaw is the man she wants to grow old with. But in the months before they exchange wedding vows, it's clear she is having serious doubts.

[Angelique Goyena (via diary or recordings)]

I haven't heard from David except before work this morning. He says he misses me, and I hope he does because I miss him.

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

Hosha has a job doing electrical work for a Virginia company with U.S. navy contracts, detectives learn. He tells angel he's been placed on a project in the Midwest. Most of the time he'll be living up there and commuting back to Norfolk. But you gotta ask, is that really why he's gone?

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

Angel's diary entries in the last weeks of her life. She was frustrated on one level because he didn't seem to be engaged and he didn't seem to be. His normal demeanor towards her, it just

[Angelique Goyena (via diary or recordings)]

makes you feel ignored when you get only less than five minutes on a call, when you need way more to feel loved and appreciated.

[Family Member / Angel's sibling]

He worked for a naval contractor. He was supposedly building a ship. But why are you building a ship in Wisconsin or Michigan? How's didn't make sense. You would think it would be built in Norfolk, not the Midwest Great Lakes.

[Angelique Goyena (via diary or recordings)]

I've been filled with all sorts of doubts and worries, but I think the part of me is slowly learning to trust David and that he is not like the guys in my past that betrayed and hurt me. I hope this means my capacity to love is increasing as well.

[Family Member / Angel's sibling]

There were definitely red flags that David possibly was cheating or hiding something from angel just when she couldn't get ahold of him. And he's not where he's supposed to be.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

When the forensic investigators were going through the house, one of the things that was of interest was a computer.

[Detective Rick Malvin]

We got the search warrant for the computer, and once we got it to Foreza, that's when we found out when he changed that password.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

The forensic analysis of the computer revealed that on June 24, 2007, David Hoshaw, as the administrator for the computer, changed the password to. For Amanda.

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

Amanda. If David's marrying Angel in two Months. Who is Amanda?

[Detective Rick Malvin]

Amanda came into the picture when we realized David Hohshaw had changed the password on a computer.

[Investigator / Case Analyst]

It's early 2007. Angel is buzzing, planning for this wedding. Turns out David Hoshaw, he actually goes back to the dating websites, and he ends up connecting with and starts to date another woman.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

So while he's traveling for business to stay up there to work, he was actually cultivating another relationship in that area to Amanda, to another woman. All the while, angel is preparing for a wedding in September.

[Family Member / Angel's sibling]

Angel was very trusting. But when someone hasn't necessarily given you initially a reason to doubt them, why should you?

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

That password unlocks more than a computer. It also opens an exhaustive search. Detectives start digging into everything David Hosha said he was doing before, during, and after the killings, starting with his airtight alibi. Was he really in Boy Scout camp the night of the murders?

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

We knew he was roughly 80 miles away at 11pm at night, and he was there at 6 in the morning. That is not physically impossible to drive to Norfolk two hours, commit a brutal homicide, and drive back. But it's unlikely behavior.

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

Detective Malbin knows the whole case is riding on the letters. Prove who sent them, and they have their killer.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

When you're looking at individuals capable of committing a homicide, David Hoshaw does not jump off the pages. He doesn't look like he's going to be a threat to anybody. But sometimes people that present that way are actually the most dangerous.

[Investigator / Case Analyst]

Turns out David Hoshaw was more dangerous than anyone imagined.

[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

It's like a whole nightmare. I never thought in a million years I would be in.

[Naomi Hoshaw (David's first wife)]

He came down the hall and grabbed my throat and started strangling me.

[Allison Ashcroft (David's third wife)]

I just felt something just smack across the back of my head and I just blacked out.

[Officer John Schraft]

When I walked in the residence, I was, you know, slightly in shock of what I saw.

[Family Member / Angel's sibling]

Two people are no longer with us who should be, who were good people.

[Family Member (possibly Angel's sibling)]

What would possibly be a motive?

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

Could the murders somehow be tied to Angel's interest in the occult?

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

Remember, angel and her mom were interested.

[Investigator / Case Analyst]

Whoever did this must be some kind of monster.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

Extremely psychotic, taunting killer. We got two letters that we have a killer taking credit for the double homicide. I skipped town pretty quick. I move around a lot, so good luck catching me.

[Naomi Hoshaw (David's first wife)]

But if you ever confronted him about anything, the switch would just flip in his brain.

[Allison Ashcroft (David's third wife)]

I just felt something just smack across the back of my head, and I just blacked out.

[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

It was just like I was thrown in an alligator pit and I needed to fight my way out of it.

[Allison Ashcroft (David's third wife)]

I think truly there was something more sinister going on.

[Detective Rick Malvin]

We've had several homicides in the city of Norfolk with multiple deaths. This case was unusual in the sense that it was a mother and daughter.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

Angel and Vonda Golena were killed so brutally right in their home. How could there be no evidence to go on?

[Detective Rick Malvin]

There was no signs of 4th century. There was no DNA or fingerprint.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

The police investigation of everyone angel knew, including people from the wika bookstore, has led nowhere. And the self proclaimed vampire who went to the police, it was a false lead.

[Family Member (possibly Angel's sibling)]

Angel was humble, she was kind.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

She was writing how excited she was to get married.

[Detective Rick Malvin]

I was trying to catch a killer. I was gonna do everything I possibly could to find that person.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

Where do they go from here? Angel's best friend thinks she knows it was David.

[Family Member / Angel's sibling]

I just had a feeling, remember?

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

Early in their investigation, police reached out to Angel's fiance, David Hoshaw. At the time, he seemed to have a credible alibi.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

David talks to police and tells them he was about 80 miles away on a boy scout trip.

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

But it was some of what David said during this interview that piqued their interest.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

What was interesting was he never asked them, why do you need to talk to me? If you got called by the homicide squad, your first question is, what is this about?

[Detective Rick Malvin]

When he was talking to the detectives, he tell them, check my E Z pass. Well, you can leave the easy pass at the boy scout camp.

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

When a person is being interviewed in a murder investigation and they're providing you a lot of information, it means they're totally innocent or they're somehow involved and they've gone to a lot of trouble to make it look like they're totally innocent.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

David Hoshaw became like an onion in the case. The more you peeled him back, the more strange information came out.

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

A disturbing picture of Hoshaw's past begins to emerge.

[Detective Rick Malvin]

We knew that there were at least six women that David Hohshaw was involved in. And we investigated all six of them.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

David Hoshaw had been married three times prior to becoming engaged to Angel.

[Naomi Hoshaw (David's first wife)]

I am Naomi Hoshaw. I was David's first wife. We were 16 and we met at Busch Gardens when we worked there.

[Interviewer / Police Officer]

It's all the fun and splendor of old Europe, but a lot closer.

[Naomi Hoshaw (David's first wife)]

At first, neither one of us liked each other. You know, I looked at him like, ugh. Oh, he's too preppy and his uniform's on too perfect. You know, I gave him a little bit of attention and he gave it back a million fold. I felt special. Of course, when he asked me to marry him. I definitely said yes because that's what I wanted.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

He then joined the United States Air Force and was transferred out to Spokane, Washington area.

[Naomi Hoshaw (David's first wife)]

And the good times were good, but. But what I remember are more of the bad times. He would be very lovey dovey when he wanted to be, but if you ever confronted him about anything, switch would just flip in his brain. I found out I was pregnant and he was like, no, you're not pregnant, you're not pregnant. And I was, I was on bed rest at the very end and I got up because I went, wanted something to drink. He came down the hall and grabbed my throat and started strangling me. My oldest son was just screaming and screaming and screaming and he just wouldn't stop. Finally David let go and I went and picked up my oldest son and calmed him down. I was terrified and I didn't know what was going to happen next. And then there were some letters that

[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

I found to my one true love.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

During his first marriage, David also started to groom and unlawfully touch a 12 year old friend of the family.

[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

I went in there in hopes to be alone with you. Your mom would not have known.

[Naomi Hoshaw (David's first wife)]

I didn't know what was going on. I was naive. You're in your 20s and this person is still in elementary school.

[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

Love forever, David.

[Naomi Hoshaw (David's first wife)]

You Knew she was 12. That's the part that I could never wrap my head around.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

Naomi had complained to the United States Air Force about domestic abuse. The 12 year old girl and her parents cooperated with the United States Air Force. He pled guilty to both indecent acts and assault on 12 year old United States Air Force, chose not to criminally prosecute him in a court martial which could have sent him to prison and administratively discharged him from the Air Force with an other than honorable discharge.

[Naomi Hoshaw (David's first wife)]

I filed for the divorce and he never fought me.

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

After his discharge from the military, David follows his ex wife Naomi back to Virginia to stay close to his kids where he begins online dating.

[Detective Rick Malvin]

One of the women that we talked to indicated he said all the right things and he wined and dined them.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

After Naomi, he got involved with his eventual second wife who he was married to for a short time.

[Allison Ashcroft (David's third wife)]

And then there was me. My name is Allison Ashcroft. I am David's third wife. I met David in 2001 through an online dating website. He showered a lot of attention on me and that was not something that I was used to at that time. I was severely overweight and so that there was this person who found me A chance despite that was just mind blowing to me. And I thought, you know, I might want to hang on to this one.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

We were concerned what we learned from Naomi and the domestic assault. We were trying to see if there's a continuity of violence with Hoshaw.

[Allison Ashcroft (David's third wife)]

I had an injury at David's hands. I was having migraines and dizziness. David had asked if there was anything he could do to help, and we had a massage roller. So he started rolling this thing back and forth across my neck. He started moving a little faster, and he was lifting the roller up off my neck. And then eventually, I just felt something just smack across the back of my head, and I just blacked out. When I came to, he was standing on the side of the bed looking down at me, saying, do you think we need to go to the hospital? Hospital.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

Hoshoff came up with some story that did not include any acknowledgment he had something to do with it.

[Allison Ashcroft (David's third wife)]

I don't think anything was really said other than he may have said he was sorry and that the roller just slipped out of his hands. Now I realize, you know, I was young and naive then. I think truly there was something more sinister going on.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

It left that nagging style seed of doubt in her mind.

[Allison Ashcroft (David's third wife)]

In 2005, he said, this marriage isn't working out. I can't do this anymore. I'll pack my stuff up in the morning, and I'll be gone, and we can get a divorce. I think if I had tried to work things out with him, if I had stayed, I might not be sitting here right now.

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

As detectives dig into all of David Hosha's past relationships, they learn that his trail of lies and deceptions only continues to grow. And very soon, he would move on to a relationship with Angel.

[Family Member (possibly Angel's sibling)]

And that's when it got ugly.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

Now that the authorities have learned about David Hoshaw's disturbing past, the question becomes, what exactly happened between David and Angel?

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

When Angelique Goanna meets her true love online, there's a lot he isn't telling her. Like he's been married three times.

[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

I have a huge heart of gold that I want to share with my partner.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

What he projected was all the type of things Angelique Goyina would want to hear or see in a dating profile.

[Family Member / Angel's sibling]

I was happy that my. My sister found someone, but when I met him, I didn't really care for him.

[Family Member (possibly Angel's sibling)]

There was something about him I didn't like, you know, this force and energy. It wasn't good. But Angelique liked him. So we don't like him, too.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

Within a few months, David Hoshaw is moving in with angel and Vonda.

[Family Member / Angel's sibling]

When we found that out, we were up in arms about that. And he's a bum. He's going to live in my mom's house or not? No, we didn't like that, but my mom wanted her to stay.

Angel was hoping that they would live there with her mom and continue to take care of her.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

Angel's diary entries, they start to change. It's not all hearts and flowers anymore.

[Angelique Goyena (via diary or recordings)]

Why is he so secretive about his money? I know marriage is a matter of trust, but David is weird with money.

[Family Member / Angel's sibling]

There was concern that David was not the person he originally appeared to be.

[Family Member (possibly Angel's sibling)]

Angelique would tell me out of the clear blue that he'd have a look on his face like he was disgusted with her, and that would really bother her.

[Family Member / Angel's sibling]

David was wanting her to put Vonda in a managed care facility, and angel was vehemently against that.

[Angelique Goyena (via diary or recordings)]

He's been grumpy and moody tonight. He was even arguing with Mom. I stood up for her, of course, but it put me in a strange place between mom, who I love, and David, who I love.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

David didn't seem to have jumped in on getting the wedding preparations together.

[Family Member (possibly Angel's sibling)]

He did nothing. He proposed, and that was it.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

She's bugging Hoshaw. Who do you want to invite? And he kept saying, yeah, yeah, I'll get them to you. And David Hoshaw is going back and forth to Michigan.

[Family Member / Angel's sibling]

He wasn't around, and I felt that strange for somebody who wanted to get married.

[Angelique Goyena (via diary or recordings)]

David said in a condescending tone of voice, don't question me where I am. Doesn't seem like he was feeling warm fuzzies for me now, does it?

[Family Member (possibly Angel's sibling)]

Angelique called me and she was really upset and said that she'd had a bad dream, that she dreamed he was kissing someone else. And I tried to console her. You're getting cold feet or something like that. Now I kind of. Looking back at it, I'm like, oh, my gosh.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

In spite of all the red flags, even the day before she is killed, angel is still looking forward to the wedding.

[Angelique Goyena (via diary or recordings)]

Friday, 77 days and counting. After work today, as I always do, I check my voicemail and guess who finally called David. He'll be home sometime tomorrow, and for that I am very glad.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

That is written just hours before she dies.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

Initially, the family is going to the house and they're going through personal belongings

[Family Member (possibly Angel's sibling)]

we gathered and tried to find what would possibly be a motive.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

There were forensic investigators still working on the house, trying to make sure they didn't miss some forensic evidence.

[Family Member / Angel's sibling]

There was nothing. Nothing pointing to anybody. We didn't think it was going to be solved.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

A couple times Hoshaw showed up there, which they thought was strange.

[Detective Rick Malvin]

He was allowed access to the house. He should not have been allowed in the house.

[Family Member / Angel's sibling]

I think he could have got anything he was, you know, that could destroy the case and maybe he did.

[Family Member (possibly Angel's sibling)]

I just noticed. Why isn't he grieving? He doesn't even appear to be shocked

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

at the viewing at the funeral home. Entire family shows up. Who doesn't show up? David Hoshaw. Angel's sisters and her brother are like, there's something up with David Hoshaw.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

Not only is David Hoshaw a no show at his fiance's funeral, he makes another show, stunning move. He packs up, leaves Norfolk and moves to Michigan to be with a new girlfriend. Remember, as police were investigating Hosha, they discovered that shortly before the murder, he changed his computer password to for Amanda.

[Allison Ashcroft (David's third wife)]

Marking.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

Tell me your first name and how you are connected to this Amanda.

[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

And I was engaged to David Holsch.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

At Amanda's request, we are not using her last name and have altered her appearance.

[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

He told me that his ex, Angelique was murdered. He was distraught, he was confused. He went to the police department and they're questioning him. And I asked him, I said, did you do it? And he said no. He said he was cleared. So I, you know, I believed him.

[Family Member (possibly Angel's sibling)]

When I found out that he had another woman, I went, oh my gosh. Angela Extreme. It's like she was right.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

I set up a meeting with the victim's family and they were adamant that they knew it was David Hoshaw.

[Family Member / Angel's sibling]

We all thought it was him.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

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[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

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[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

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[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

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[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

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[Naomi Hoshaw (David's first wife)]

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[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

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[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

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[Narrator / Case Reporter]

David hoshaw is now living with his girlfriend Amanda. And while police consider him a prime suspect, there's no physical evidence linking him to the murders.

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

The detectives in this case may feel like David hoshaw is the killer, but they can't yet prove it. And hunches don't count in a courtroom.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

We have circumstances. We have behavior that is strange, but we have to demonstrate there is no other person that could have committed the homicide.

[Detective Rick Malvin]

We looked at everything that David halshaw did before the homicide and after the homicide.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

We got two letters that we have killed. Are taking credit for the double homicide.

[Interviewer / Police Officer]

Yep.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

But we needed evidence that showed that hosha was the only person that could have mailed the letters. This is the envelope of the first letter that was mailed on July 23rd from Cartis Collins processing station in chicago. But you were able to nail it down to one specific distribution center that would have applied that postmark. We had to try to find something that would put him around Chicago. So we had to try to rebuild David hoshaw's activities.

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

If they can connect the dots of cell phone records and credit card receipts, they can use the paper trail that hoshaw left and trap him.

[Detective Rick Malvin]

We started following the cell phone records of David hoesha.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

There was a cell call that bounced off a tower within a few miles of where this letter would have had to have been mailed.

[Detective Rick Malvin]

That was really key. And we were able to put him between 2.1 and 12.6 miles from that post office.

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

So evidence places David in chicago near the post office on the same day the first letter was mailed. Can they connect them to the second letter? But this one was mailed nowhere near Chicago.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

August 15th, that letter is dropped in the mailbox in gaylord, Michigan, which is a small community in the middle of Michigan, Middle of nowhere. David hosh's credit card purchases opened a window because his purchase history was literally a roadmap. We knew that David hoshaw took his new girlfriend Amanda, on a little celebratory road trip.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

Tell me about that. Why did you take that trip?

[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

We went on a trip because I had a doctor's appointment. And we started off in our town, and we stopped at all these little different places.

[Detective Rick Malvin]

There were hotels. There was the zoo, ihop, movie theaters. We followed all of it.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

Yeah, he's showing Amanda the good you Know he's trying to impress her. August 13th and 14th, he was consistently making purchases moving southward on the interstate to the point where he would go through Gaylord on August 15th. Within a few hour time frame, he made purchases north of Gaylord and then south of Gaylord. There's a single highway running through it. What are the odds it's going to be somebody else who mailed that load letter?

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

So never saw him stepping away to go to the post office or mail anything?

[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

No, nothing unusual. I mean, I'm usually the one that's gone some, you know, stepping out somewhere.

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

Now they've got a string of receipts and cell phone records that all connect David to the letters.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

The problem with that is that doesn't go into court and prove anything.

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

Could the answer be witnesses? But it is always a lot more powerful when you have an eyewitness. That carries a lot more weight in front of a jury. So Detective Malvin and his partner go on a road trip, talking to store owners and vendors and trying to get them to come into court.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

We ended up with 23 to 25 different people subpoenaed in this case.

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

They present their case to the grand jury and get an indictment and an arrest warrant for David Hoshaw.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

David Hoshaw had set up a separate life. He was moving on. We knew Amanda had now changed her life to live with David Hoshaw and take him into her home.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

David and Amanda have a child and Amanda's due with their second. But things seem to be headed downhill. David's changed.

[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

He was acting weird. I find him in random places. I'm like, what are you doing? Why are you sitting here? He never had an answer.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

We wanted David Hoshon not to be prepared for what was happening. And we wanted to create an impact upon Amanda.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

So 2009, you're pregnant with your second child and you hear a knock on the door.

[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

I didn't get no knock on the door.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

So tell me about what happened.

[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

It was 4am and they rush in. One officer pushes me to the side. I'm asking what's going on?

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

So they're running in and just grabbing

[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

David and yeah, they threw him on the ground. I have a baby in the other room. I'm just asking what's going on. Well, he's under arrest.

[Detective Rick Malvin]

David Halshaw stepped out. He was handcuffed and escorted out of the house.

[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

And he finally told me that he murdered two people. His ex. But really to find out he was his fiance. It wasn't his ex fiance, it was just his fiance. What did you say I was stunned because I thought he was cleared.

[Detective Rick Malvin]

He was transported to state police barracks.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

That was the first chance that Detective Malvin had to talk to David Hoshaw.

[Detective Rick Malvin]

You ever been advised to reckon for.

[Interviewer / Police Officer]

Yes, I have.

[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

I didn't even get time to even process anything. I just. It's like I was thrown in an alligator pit and I needed to fight my way out of it.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

Amanda has no idea that she's about to break the case.

[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

Did you do.

[Interviewer / Police Officer]

Please be calm. Did you.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

I didn't have a confession from David Hoshaw. I had all this other evidence. The only way he could say something is if tactically and psychologically we got under his skin.

[Interviewer / Police Officer]

Do you understand that? Any statement, you think maybe he was evidence?

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

History of the court of law.

[Interviewer / Police Officer]

In other words, there's no secrets.

[Detective Rick Malvin]

We're here to talk to you about the deaths of Anthony F. When we walked into that interview room, I expected to get a confession. I was so pumped. Do you recall mailing her letter from North?

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

No,

[Detective Rick Malvin]

That's not book. And the person that mailed that letter took credit for the deaths of Angelique and Vonka.

[Interviewer / Police Officer]

Okay.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

I think he was unnerved, but trying not to show it. And he's sort of like processing the situation, talking in a normal tone of voice.

[Detective Rick Malvin]

You send 2.1 miles of the post office that processed that message.

[Interviewer / Police Officer]

Okay, you think, is that a coincidence? But like I said, I don't remember being in there on July 23rd. Okay, but that would be one hell of a question.

[Detective Rick Malvin]

One hell of a coincidence, right? I wanted David to know that we knew almost better than him what he had done after the homicide. Let me give you a little history on your trip. Stayed at the Comfort Inn, room 333. You ate an IHOP. You had a potato pancake breakfast, a funnel cake meal.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

There is a psychological tactical game that goes on in the room.

[Detective Rick Malvin]

And it's hard. I know it's hard talking about it the first time, but I guarantee you, once you get it off your chest, you're gonna feel a lot better. I know your heart is bursting, right? It got to a point where I told him that he wasn't going home. That he was going to coming back to Norfolk to stand trial for killing Angelique and Vonda. And then he broke my heart.

[Interviewer / Police Officer]

I need to speak to an attorney. I need to speak to an attorney. Okay?

[Detective Rick Malvin]

He said, I need to talk to an attorney. He knocked me down. I didn't get anything from him. He lawyered up. And I knew he wanted to talk to Amanda. And Amanda had asked to talk to him.

[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

I asked if I could speak with David to find out what's going on. He told me, we'll get him ready. So I waited.

[Detective Rick Malvin]

I'm gonna let the man do it. Send me her. You want to see her? Yes.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

It was one of those things where sometimes, like it's the drop of water in a still pool, you allow the drop to fall, and then it will take its own course.

[Interviewer / Police Officer]

Did you do it? Please be honest. Did you? I love you. I wrote with all my heart.

[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

Did you hurt these people?

[Interviewer / Police Officer]

Dude, we have kids, honey. I know we do. I've. I've asked for an attorney. I don't want to say anything else in front of a police officer.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

So what did detectives say to you about talking to David during the interrogation?

[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

That I would have a private conversation in a room and I could talk to him. And it would be just me and him.

[Interviewer / Police Officer]

We'll give you guys this one. Thank you.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

Detective Malbin advised David Hoshaw of his legal rights. This was in an interview room in which there was a camera that was discreetly placed.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

So did you know it was going to be recorded?

[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

No, I never knew that. Maybe I just. I need. You know, I'm just not the smartest cookie in the bunch. But I thought it was just a private room.

[Detective Rick Malvin]

He had a right to remain silent. He didn't have to talk to him. Amanda, especially about the case. He didn't have to answer her.

[Interviewer / Police Officer]

I got stupid.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

I got crazy.

[Interviewer / Police Officer]

I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

Looking at you on the interrogation tape, it's almost as if you seem like you're in physical pain.

[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

I was sick to know that my baby's daddy did this. I mean, come on. I was distraught. I thought maybe I was having a nightmare.

[Interviewer / Police Officer]

I don't think look like it ever again. Trust her. I didn't. I. I didn't go down there with that in my mind. I went down there to try and break up. And things got.

[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

I was so confused. It doesn't make sense to me. Why were you there at that time? If you were going to break up with her, why didn't you do it? During the day,

[Detective Rick Malvin]

Amanda started going off. She picked up the letter. They have this letter.

[Interviewer / Police Officer]

That was stupid. I was trying to get him off my back.

[Detective Rick Malvin]

He eventually told her he mailed a letter to get us off the tail. So at that point, I knew I had the right person.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

He took ownership of being the writer of the letters in this exchange with Amanda. And he said that. Yeah, I Mailed them to get them off my tracks.

[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

I never understood how he had time to write these letters. So he must have wrote them before and had them ready to go.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

If he had never mailed the letters, there's a very good chance the evidence would never have developed to charge him.

[Interviewer / Police Officer]

Did you make. No, I didn't do it.

[Detective Rick Malvin]

He said enough to Amanda to strengthen my case. I couldn't wait to come out and call Phil. It was. It was a great feeling.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

He acknowledged that he went to the house to break up with her. But then things got out of hand. He admits to her sending the letters. A confession really is an admission of certain facts.

[Interviewer / Police Officer]

How could she just walk away? That's what I tried to do.

[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

I was pregnant at the time. And I just found out that my man is guilty of killing two. Not one, but two people.

[Interviewer / Police Officer]

I'm sorry to hurt you. This correct? That's hurting me the most is the pain I'm causing you and our family.

[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

All I could think of is why I wanted to get up and slap him his smirky face. But I didn't. Because it wasn't worth it.

[Interviewer / Police Officer]

I want to see you right. Love you. I don't want. I want me to see you again. I love you. I love you.

[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

He lies. All he does is lie. I feel there's more truth to the story. And I figured the only way I could get the truth is through the courts.

[Investigator / Case Analyst]

The man accused of killing a Norfolk woman and her mother now faces a capital murder charge.

[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

In Norfolk yesterday, a grand jury indicted David Wayne Hosha.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

The problem with the case is the first thing a defense attorney is going to do is stand up in court and say you do not have one piece of evidence that demonstrates my client committed the crime. Ryan Reynolds here from Mint Mobile with a message for everyone paying Big Wireless way too much. Please, for the love of everything good in this world, stop with Mint. You can get premium wireless for just $15 a month. Of course, if you enjoy overpaying, no judgments. But that's weird. Okay, one judgment. Anyway, give it a try. @mintmobile.com Switch upfront payment of 45 for 3 month plan equivalent to $15 per month. Required intro rate first 3 months only,

[Investigator / Case Analyst]

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[Interviewer / Police Officer]

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[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

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[Family Member / Angel's sibling]

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[Allison Ashcroft (David's third wife)]

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[Officer John Schraft]

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[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

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[Family Member / Angel's sibling]

You want people to be held accountable for their actions. Two people are no longer with us who should be.

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

His past is horrific. He preys on those that are insecure and maybe people he perceives as being weak.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

He was a predator.

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

David Hoshaw, in jail, is waiting for his murder trial to start. The prosecution seems to feel pretty good about this. They have a very unsympathetic guy to put in front of this jury.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

It was clear he went to great ends to try to. To cover his tracks. And we knew that his taunting in the letters, the boasting, would not play well to a jury.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

But district attorney Evans has a problem. The sort of evidence he's gonna give to those 12 people.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

Nobody said he did it. Nobody said, he confessed to me. He did it. Nobody forensically said it was his thumbprint. It was his DNA. To be blunt, what we did was we built up a case of circumstantial evidence, layering one piece of evidence, information on top of another.

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

This is not where a prosecutor wants to be. Juries like to have that smoking gun, that forensic proof, but that's not the hand that he's been dealt. At the same time, the defense is doing their job, trying to exclude evidence the prosecutor does have, like Angel's diary entries.

[Angelique Goyena (via diary or recordings)]

David said in a condescending tone of voice, don't question me where I I am.

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

They want to throw out the interrogation video.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

I got creepy, but it doesn't work. The judge admits it all. The diary, the interrogation, the jury's gonna see all of it.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

Case was set to be tried for a month. We had about 140 witnesses subpoenaed. We were ready to go. We literally had travel arrangements for, I think, half of the vendors in Michigan, shop owners, clerks at hotels. I don't think anybody could have got food up and down the interstate in the middle of Michigan because they were all coming to Norfolk, Virginia, for trial. We produced a mannequin, and we asked the medical examiner to use knitting needles. And we intended to use this at trial to demonstrate all of the wounds. It not only shows just the incredible sheer number of stab wounds in this area, but it does clearly show that angel sustained defensive wounds.

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

A demonstration like that is so effective with a jury, it shows the level of violence of what they call overkill.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

The family has waited three years to hear David Hosha on the stand, to see all the proof.

[Family Member / Angel's sibling]

A lot of emotion.

[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

You.

[Family Member / Angel's sibling]

You want that justice?

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

The death penalty is on the table. And facing all of that, Hosha surprises them all.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

David Hosha pleaded guilty to capital murder and first degree murder. He was originally scheduled for a jury trial next week.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

A guilty plea, no trial. And suddenly it's over.

[Investigator / Case Analyst]

Detective Rick Malbon is excited. He finally got his guy. He pled guilty. He's getting ready to call Amanda and deliver what he thinks is great news. But he was not expecting this reaction.

[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

I was shocked. I couldn't even handle. I said things direct that maybe I shouldn't have said. But he deserved to go to trial. He deserved to have the whole laundry, all the truth out to set her family free, to give that family the truth about everything.

[Investigator / Case Analyst]

Accepting a plea agreement for two life sentences, first degree murder. David had to stand before the Goyenas, the victim's loved ones, and he had to admit to killing angel and Vonda.

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

He made a very long, very bizarre statement. He then went on to lecture every participant in the court process.

[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

I want to see. Shame on you, Detective Mulbin, for his actions. The Lord God Almighty does not like people to be full of pride of themselves. I pray that you lose that pride before it's too late.

[Family Member (possibly Angel's sibling)]

Every word that came out of David's mouth in court just made me angry. Just to see him, to see words coming from his mouth.

[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

Today, for the sake of my family, I'm pleading guilty to this horrific crime, Putting their needs and their desires ahead of my own.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

He said he pleaded guilty for his family.

[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

How? No.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

Do you think that was for you and your children?

[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

I think he lied. He didn't take this deal for his family because he knew I wanted him to go to trial. He murdered him. He doesn't deserve to be alive. I'm sorry. Might be harsh, but it's the truth.

[Family Member / Angel's sibling]

Two life sentences, I think, is what he got. He is ineligible for parole. He's gonna right there in jail. Would you forgive somebody that killed your mom and sister?

[Narrator / Lead Investigator]

I won't.

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

The family's most basic question is never answered in court. And that is, why did he do it?

[Investigator / Case Analyst]

So this is really the first time you're talking about Vonda and Angelique?

[Interviewer / Police Officer]

Well, I don't mind talking about it.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

And he does talk about it in a prison interview.

[Family Member / Angel's sibling]

After all these years, I still think about her. I have a tattoo of two butterflies. It's just a reminder. It's always There. And it's something I can see every

[Investigator / Case Analyst]

day and

[Family Member / Angel's sibling]

know that she's there, even if she's not.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

Remember. To avoid the death, David Hoshaw had to admit that he killed Vonda and Angel. But he didn't have to say why, and he hasn't until now.

[Investigator / Case Analyst]

David Hoshaw agreed to interview with me over the phone since he is in a high security prison facility. David tells me that night he went to Angel's house to simply break up with her. At one in the morning. How were you thinking the night would have played out?

[Interviewer / Police Officer]

I would tell her there was someone else, that things were over, and I would just go back to camp. But it didn't quite work out that way.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

David claims that when he told angel it was over, there were tears and raised voices.

[Interviewer / Police Officer]

Her emotions got my emotions going. And of course, her hurtfulness turned to anger. Just escalated. Yeah, it was. It was like an impulse. And when I started, it just kept going. I just couldn't stop. You have one minute remaining.

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

And his second victim. He says Vonda tried to stop him.

[Interviewer / Police Officer]

I know that I can't change what has happened. And so I've chosen to not think about it.

[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

I mean, I thought, wow, you know, I got so lucky. He made himself out to be a guy that was a terrific man. He was a boy scout engineer. I mean, he takes care of his sons. I mean, he's there for them when they need it.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

In a way, David Hoshot left two kinds of victims. The ones he killed and the ones he left behind.

[Allison Ashcroft (David's third wife)]

There are a lot of times when I think it should have been me. It should have been me. And it wasn't. Why that monster. I was married to that monster.

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

The ripple effect of grief that families experience and loved ones experience in cases like this, it goes through generations.

[Amanda (David Hoshaw's girlfriend)]

He lied. And he, you know, him being in a relationship with Angelique. So he, like, got me into the circle. And then he got rid of her. Murdered her. Because basically, of me. I'm feeling horrible for them. I hate, you know, hating him. It's like a lot of hate. So what do you do with it?

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

The coroner noted something in their report. The only thing Angel Goyena was wearing when she died was a medallion.

[Angelique Goyena (via diary or recordings)]

I have dreamed of a knight in shining armor. Don't laugh, but I've kept a medallion of gold and silver of a knight upon a steed for the day I meet him.

[Legal Expert / Prosecutor Phil Evans]

I had an old mentor who told me, you can always see the soul of your victim reflected in the eyes of those who love them.

[Family Member / Angel's sibling]

On the 4th of July. It's kind of hard day to remember, you know, because that's the weekend this all happened.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

Her brother remembers a moment long after the murders when he went by the house.

[Family Member / Angel's sibling]

This kid would laugh at me. But I saw my sister, my mom and my sister standing there looking at me. And they were there and they were smiling. And I looked back and they were gone. But I know I saw them. I remember that.

[Family Member (possibly Angel's sibling)]

I think I am at peace. I know I am at peace. It's taken me years to get to this place. I just think of them very fondly. My mom's incredible sense of humor. And angel just. Gosh, Angelique was a gift to our family.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

What are you left with when someone dies? Photographs. Memories for the goyenas. Angels and poems.

[Family Member (possibly Angel's sibling)]

The night with its endless realm of possibilities. What could last forever? Stars. Scattered diamonds of the night. The stars watch and somewhat guide choices and outcomes. But in the end, the stars watch us. That's my girl. That's my girl.

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[Allison Ashcroft (David's third wife)]

It's like, I can't stop. I'm addicted.

[Narrator / Case Reporter]

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[Interviewer / Police Officer]

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