ABC 20/20 “House of Cards” July 10 2026
ABC’s 20/20 presents “House of Cards” on Friday, July 10, 2026, at 9:01 p.m. EDT on ABC, with streaming available the next day on Disney+ and Hulu. Reported by Ryan Smith, the broadcast revisits the brutal double murder of Angel Goyena and her mother, Maria Goyena, a case that baffled investigators before a trail of taunting letters and an elaborate web of lies led detectives to the killer.
Angel Goyena was looking forward to a new chapter in her life. Engaged to electrical engineer and Scout leader David Hoshaw, she was designing her own wedding dress and planning the couple’s future together. But those plans came to a tragic end when Angel and her mother were found stabbed to death inside their home during the night in Aurora, Illinois.
The investigation began under difficult circumstances. There were no signs of forced entry, no obvious murder weapon and little physical evidence pointing to a suspect. Detectives were left trying to determine who could have entered the home unnoticed and why the two women had been targeted.
As the investigation unfolded, the case took several bizarre turns. A self-proclaimed vampire contacted authorities claiming to possess the murder weapon, sending detectives down an unusual path that ultimately proved to be a dead end. Meanwhile, investigators began receiving anonymous, taunting letters from someone claiming responsibility for the killings. The disturbing correspondence appeared designed to mock law enforcement while keeping the case in the public eye.
Detectives carefully examined every lead, retracing the victims’ final hours and scrutinizing the people closest to them. As they pieced together timelines and compared witness statements, investigators discovered that one key alibi did not withstand closer examination. The inconsistencies prompted detectives to widen their investigation and follow evidence across multiple Midwestern states.
The breakthrough came after investigators uncovered a hidden secret that fundamentally changed their understanding of the case. During a crucial interrogation, detectives confronted the prime suspect with mounting evidence. As the interview progressed, contradictions multiplied and the carefully constructed story began to collapse. Prosecutors ultimately alleged that David Hoshaw had orchestrated the murders in an attempt to conceal aspects of his personal life and relationships that he feared would soon be exposed.
Hoshaw was arrested, tried and convicted of the murders of Angel and Maria Goyena. Prosecutors argued that his calculated deception continued even after the killings, as anonymous letters and misleading statements were intended to divert suspicion away from him. He was sentenced to life in prison.
In “House of Cards,” Ryan Smith retraces the investigation through interviews with detectives, prosecutors and those closest to the victims. The broadcast explores how what first appeared to be an unsolvable double homicide was ultimately cracked through persistence, forensic investigation and the unraveling of a killer’s carefully constructed lies. At its heart, the episode is the story of a bride-to-be whose future was stolen and the painstaking investigation that finally brought her killer to justice.
