BREAKING NEWS: Queens man, 44, is arrested for the murder of mom who was stabbed 58 times and stuffed into a duffel bag
- David Bonola, 44, has been arrested for the murder of Orsolya Gaal, 51
- It’s unclear how Bonola knew the married mother-of-two
- He is charged with murder, criminal tampering and criminal possession of a weapon
- Gaal was found stabbed to death inside a hockey duffel bag on Saturday
- Her 13-year-old son Leo was at home at the time but her husband and older son were out of town
A 44-year-old man has been arrested for the murder of Queens mother Orsolya Gaal.
David Bonola, 44, has been charged with murder, criminal tampering and criminal possession of a weapon.
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It remains unclear how he knew Gaal, who was stabbed 58 times in her home in Forest Hills on Saturday at around 12.40am.
The NYPD is scheduled to give a press briefing ay 11.30am later today. Bonola is understood to be in custody at the 112th Precinct in Queens.
David Bonola, 44, has been charged with murder, criminal tampering and criminal possession of a weapon
Police sources cited by NBC say he is the ‘handyman’ suspect that is believed to have had access to the home.
Detectives believe the pair argued inside before Bonola allegedly killed her.
There have been confused reports over where exactly inside the home she was attacked – some sources say evidence points to a struggle on the first floor, but others say she was killed in the basement of the home.
Gaal had spent Friday night at a show at the Lincoln Center in Manhattan with girlfriends.
She then returned to Queens sometime before 11pm, stopping in for a drink at the Forest Hills Station House, where she had a Moscow Mule.
She then walked home to Juno Street.
It’s unclear if her killer was already inside the home or if she let him in afterwards but at 12.40am, she was stabbed 58 times in the neck, torso and arm.
Her 13-year-old son Leo was upstairs in the house at the time.
At 4.11am, the suspect wheeled Gaal’s body out of the house in a duffel bag. He was filmed rushing past houses, dragging it behind him, before dumping it 0.5 miles from the property on the side of a busy road.
It was found the next morning by a dog walker who called police.
Cops then followed a trail of blood left by the dragged bag back to Gaal’s home. They found Leo inside unscathed and took him in for questioning, putting him in handcuffs, before letting him go later that day.
Gaal’s husband Howard and her older son Jamie, who had been on the West Coast, rushed back. They have not been seen or heard from since.