THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, August 4, 1994 TAG: 9408040641
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B3 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY SARAH HUNTLEY, STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: NORFOLK LENGTH: Short : 43 lines
When Angela Hagans came out of her sister's home Wednesday morning, her husband was waiting.
He was not a welcome sight.
Fed up with longstanding marital problems, Angela, 30, had left her husband last week and temporarily moved in with her sister.
By Wednesday evening, Angela Hagans was dead - stabbed several times - and her husband charged with her abduction and murder.
Police said Matthew L. Hagans, 31, of the 500 block of Leonard Avenue, forced his estranged wife into his truck at 7:45 a.m. as she was leaving for work. He then sped down East Little Creek Road, police said.
At the intersection of East Little Creek Road and Dallas Street, Angela fled the truck. Police said Hagans jumped out - leaving the truck running and in gear - and chased her.
Police said when Hagans caught up with her, he stabbed her multiple times before fleeing.
In the meantime, the unoccupied truck continued down the road , crashing head-on into a station wagon that had stopped at a traffic light. The car's driver, whose name was not released, was not hurt.
Angela Hagans died at 11 a.m. at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
Matthew Hagans turned himself in to police Wednesday afternoon. He was being held without bail, pending arraignment in General District Court this morning. ILLUSTRATION: Photo
Matthew L. Hagans, 31, of the 500 block of Leonard Avenue, was
charged Wednesday with abduction and murder in the death of his
wife, Angela, who had left him.
KEYWORDS: MURDER KIDNAP
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