Arrest made in 2007 Norfolk slayings of woman, mother

NORFOLK

For two years, Angelique Goyena's family and friends waited and wondered.

On Thursday, an arrest 1,100 miles away finally started them on the somber path to closure.

Norfolk police announced the overnight arrest in Menominee, in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, of David Wayne Hoshaw, 37. He's charged with two counts of murder in the stabbing deaths of his fiancee, Angelique Goyena, 35, and her mother, whom she took care of, Vonda Goyena, 74.

Two Norfolk homicide detectives, armed with indictments that a grand jury issued Wednesday and assisted by Menominee and Michigan State Police, arrested Hoshaw, police said.

Police responding to an assault call at about 1:30 a.m. on June 30, 2007, had found mother and daughter with stab wounds in their home in the 8400 block of Friden St., near Little Creek.

Angelique was pronounced dead at the scene. Her mother died the next day.

Before Vonda Goyena died, she identified Hoshaw to authorities as the attacker, said Virginia Goyena of Portsmouth, Angelique's sister.

Angelique had met Hoshaw, who was living in Hampton Roads, on the Peninsula, through an online dating service, Goyena said. He moved in with Angelique and her mother a few months before the killings, she said.

Virginia Goyena said she appreciated work done by Norfolk police and the commonwealth's attorney's office.

Angelique was a modest woman who didn't go on a date until she was 25, her sister said.

"My sister was the nicest girl," she said. "All she used to talk about was the wedding."

Police never told her of any possible motive, Virginia Goyena said.

Angelique Goyena's wedding had been scheduled for September 2007, said Debbie Scott, Angelique's boss at The Gourmet Gang, a deli and caterer.

"I am so pleased to hear that news" of the arrest, Scott said Thursday. "Angelique worked for me for seven years, and I miss her every single day."

Angelique worked the register and the phones and greeted customers, who still ask about her, Scott said. Co-workers described her as a kindly free spirit who offered hand massages to relieve stress and treated Halloween as the real national holiday.

"Angelique was a little kid," Scott said, laughing. "She planned her costume for a year."

There were two costumes a year, one for work and one for afterward, Scott added. A gypsy. A unicorn. An alien cat.

"We're so thankful that there is some closure in regards to our very dear friend," said Mahi McCauley, area manager for the deli.

The extradition process is under way to bring Hoshaw to Norfolk for trial, said Amanda Howie, spokeswoman for the commonwealth's attorney's office.

Police asked that anyone with information about the crimes call the Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP (562-5887).

Matthew Bowers, (757) 222-3893, matthew.bowers@pilotonline.com