Man accused of stabbing girlfriend to death at central Fresno home appears in court

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Michael Gonzales pleaded not blameworthy to execution successful a Fresno County courtroom Tuesday.

Fresno constabulary accidental successful February, the known pack subordinate stabbed his girlfriend, Angel Hoban to death.

"Although he's a pack member, we don't deliberation that this is gang-motivated. We judge that this is simply a home unit issue," said Fresno Police Lt. Paul Cervantes successful a February property conference.

Investigators accidental they person grounds they judge holds him accountable.

"We bash person immoderate grounds of which I cannot peculiarly disclose that we judge ties him to that murder, and it was recovered connected his person. It's going to necessitate immoderate analysis, but that's mostly the absorption we're going in," said Lt. Cervantes.

Tuesday's proceeding was the aforesaid time arsenic what would person been Hoban's 42nd birthday.

Her household told Action News she was a parent of 2 and loved to assistance everyone astir her.

They accidental Hoban was a beardown woman. Just 2 years ago, she had a changeable and mislaid each question successful her ascendant near side, but still, she selflessly gave herself to her loved ones.

Everyone who knew her is inactive mourning her loss, including her son.

"The information that this idiosyncratic came location from schoolhouse and recovered his mother, for deficiency of amended words, dead, it's heartbreaking," Cervantes said.

In the past week, the victim's household says they celebrated her son's 13th birthday.

He inactive sends messages to his ma and helium misses her each azygous day.

They accidental it volition beryllium a agelong roadworthy to healing but arsenic they spell done the tribunal process, they judge Angel volition ever beryllium with them arsenic a guiding star.

Gonzales is owed backmost successful tribunal connected May 6th.

Angel Hoban's household has acceptable up a GoFundMe. You tin donate HERE.

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If you are the unfortunate of home abuse, oregon you cognize idiosyncratic who is, determination is assistance disposable 24/7. In Fresno County, telephone the Marjaree Mason Center astatine (559) 233-4357. In each different locations, telephone the National Domestic Violence Hotline astatine (800) 799-7233.