THE suspect arrested in the Orsolya Gaal murder case returned to her home to discuss their affair, according to the NYPD.
Sources said that David Bonola, 44, did not have a premeditated plan to murder the mother of two, and killed her after their conversation didn’t go over well.
On Thursday Bonola was arrested and charged with murder, criminal tampering, and criminal possession of a weapon, NYPD told The Sun.
Exactly what happened to the mom-of-two remains a mystery, though investigators suspect Gaal knew her killer.
Gaal sat alone at a bar near her Forest Hills home for 40 minutes on Friday before she headed to her house, where investigators now believe she was killed on the first floor, The New York Post reported.
Coroners also revealed that Gaal had been stabbed 58 times days after her body was found stuffed in a duffel bag and dumped near her home in Queens, New York.
The alleged killer reportedly texted her husband, Howard Klein, threatening him: “Your whole family is next”, according to police. Klein was out of town when Gaal was killed.
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Neighbor saw victim the day before
Gaal’s next-door neighbor John Blankson told the New York Post that he saw her the day before she vanished.
He said: “We share a common backyard with [her] dog.
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Neighbors shaken by heinous crime
Orsolya Gaal’s death has shaken the Queens neighborhood where she’s from, with many residents stating that it is typically a quiet area.
“Nothing happens here,” neighbor John Blankson told PIX11.
“We’re very sad, and we can’t believe … something like this could happen on [our] block,” another added.
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Photos of David Bonola shared
Photos of Gaal’s alleged killer, David Bonola, are circulating the internet after the news broke that he was taken into custody for the crime.
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Orsolya and Howard’s kids, continued
During the questioning, their son, Leo, reportedly told police that Gaal was headed to a show Friday night.
But PIX11 reports that she actually met up with another man who has not been identified at this time.
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How many kids do Orsolya and Howard have?
It is unclear how long the couple has been married, but they share two sons.
The couple’s youngest son, Leo, who is 13, was reportedly home the night his mother was killed and was taken away in handcuffs shortly after the body was found, according to the New York Post.
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Who is Orsolya Gaal’s husband Howard Klein?
Howard Klein is known as the husband of 51-year-old Orsolya Gaal, whose body was found on April 16, 2022.
Despite being in the public eye, not much information is available on Klein as he tends to keep his personal life out of the media.
At the time of his wife’s murder, he was reportedly in Portland with their 17-year-old son on a college visit.
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Has Gaal’s family spoken out?
Her family has not yet spoken publicly to address the arrest of Bonola.
Gaal’s husband Howard Klein was out of town touring prospective colleges with their eldest son at the time of her death.
Their youngest son, 13, was believed to be upstairs in bed when his mother was killed.
He was temporarily detained by police after Gaal’s body was found but released a short while later.
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Police confirm text sent by Bonola
Former Chief of Detectives for the NYPD, Bob Boyce, told The US Sun earlier this week that the text message may have been a “red herring” deployed by the killer to throw investigators off their trail.
Police on Thursday confirmed the text was indeed a ruse and that Bonola had admitted to sending the message himself.
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Killer allegedly accuses Gaal of sending them to jail
According to a source who spoke to PIX11, 51-year old Gaal’s husband says he received a text after she was killed from a number.
The sender allegedly accused her of sending him to jail years ago and said “I’m back.”
He also allegedly threatened to kill the entire family if the police were called.
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Bonola gushed on Facebook
Posts to Gaal’s Facebook page show Bonola interacting with the married mom, publicly gushing over his “love” for her.
In one comment beneath a photo from May 2020, Bonola told Gaal she had the “look of love” and in another called her the most beautiful woman in the world in Spanish.
Gaal was briefly reported missing by her husband just days later on May 29, 2020.
The circumstance surrounding the disappearance remain unclear, though Gaal returned home shortly afterward and the investigation was closed.
In another post from April 2019, Bonola wrote: “Love these streets and architecture! [sic] That landscape and the Giant Volcano. , and you [heart emoji].”
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Why was David Bonola arrested? continued
He discarded the bag in the middle of a sidewalk less than a mile away from her home.
The nature of Gaal’s injuries, and the fact there was no sign of forced entry inside her home, has led police to believe Gaal was murdered by someone she knew.
NYPD sources told The US Sun, the handyman confessed to the murder during an interrogation on Wednesday night.
He allegedly told officers he’d been having an affair with Gaal and that the pair had an argument before he brutally stabbed her nearly 60 times.
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Why was David Bonola arrested?
David Bonola was arrested for allegedly murdering Gaal in the basement of her $2million home in Queens, New York.
He was taken into custody at NYPD’s 112th precinct on April 20.
Gaal’s killer was videoed wheeling her body through the neighborhood in a black hockey bag at 4.30am.
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Who is David Bonola?
David Bonola, 44, was charged with murder, criminal tampering and criminal possession of a weapon on April 21, 2022, the NYPD told The Sun.
Law enforcement officials told The Sun he worked as a handyman for Gaal and lived near her in the Richmond Hill neighborhood of Queens.
Bonola has no prior criminal history.
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Bonola’s messages to Gaal, conclusion
In another Facebook post, Bonola wrote, “[music note emoji] Tu mirada enamorada”, which translates roughly to “your look in love.”
The comment appears to be a reference to the 1999 song Tu Mirada by Luis Miguel.
In the song, Miguel croons: “Your gaze in love / In my dreams entangled / It is passion wrapped in fire / Like wind through the flames.”
Later in the song, Miguel repeats: “It is passion wrapped in fire / Because without you I am nothing.”
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Inside Bonola’s chilling messages to Gaal, continued
In a comment posted on a different photo months later in July 2019, Bonola wrote: “She is the most beautiful woman.”
Similar fawning messages are seen on Facebook posts from May 2020.
Under a childhood photo of Gaal, Bonola wrote “Hola” with a heart emoji.
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Inside Bonola’s chilling messages to Gaal
David Bonola, who is charged in the brutal stabbing death of an NYC mom, gushed over her in posts on social media.
Bonola, 44, was charged on Thursday with murder, criminal tampering, and criminal possession of a weapon in relation to the death of Orsolya Gaal, 51, who was found dead in Queens on Saturday.
Bonola told cops he had been having an affair with Gaal on and off for the last two years.
Posts on Gaal’s Facebook page show Bonola publicly admiring the married mother, commenting on a photo of her in Guatemala in April 2019 and writing: “Love these streets and architecture! [sic] That landscape and the Giant Volcano. , and you [heart emoji].”
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No ID
Cops didn’t find any ID on Gaal when they discovered the duffel bag with her body in it.
Police said that a trail of blood led investigators to Gaal’s home on Juno Street, just a half-mile away from the crime scene, according to the New York Daily News.
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Who found Orsolya Gaal’s body?
Dog owner Glenn Van Nostrand told the New York Post that he found Orsolya’s lifeless corpse on April 16 while walking his two dogs that smelled the scent coming from the body in the discarded duffle bag.
Glenn told the Post of his grisly discovery: “It didn’t look very fleshy.”
“It was more like a crash test dummy.”
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‘You’re running a huge risk’
Robert Boyce, a thirty-five-year veteran of the NYPD, told The US Sun it “doesn’t make sense” to him that the killer would opt to place Gaal’s body in a bag and physically wheel it from the crime scene, instead of putting it into a car and driving away, “particularly when it’s leaking huge amounts of blood.”
“Also, at that time of night, who is up?” he asked.
“Being spotting pulling that bag behind you you’re running a high risk of being stopped by police.”
“I’d have stopped them, that’s for sure,” he added.
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Will anyone get the reward?
Crime Stoppers was offering $3,500 for information leading to an arrest in the Orsolya Gaal case.
It is not known if anyone will claim the reward following Bonola’s arrest, ABC-7 reported.
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When was Bonola taken into custody?
Bonola was taken into custody at NYPD’s 112th precinct last night, a police source told The US Sun.
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Has anyone been charged?
On Thursday, David Bonola, 44, was charged with murder, criminal tampering, and criminal possession of a weapon in relation to the death of Gaal, 51, who was found dead in Queens on Saturday.
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What happened to Orsolya Gaal, part three
The teen son did not know his mother’s whereabouts, police said.
Neighbors told the New York Post he was led away in handcuffs. He was then questioned and released.
Meanwhile, Ms Gaal’s husband, Howard Klein, and their 17-year-old son were reportedly out-of-state at the time of the murder.
Cops said they were returning back to New York.
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What happened to Orsolya Gaal, continued
The duffel bag was spotted by Van Nostrand near Metropolitan Avenue and Forest Park Drive in Queens, New York.
The man’s two dogs led him to the discovery and helped investigators discover a fresh blood trail.
Investigators say Ms Gaal’s body was still intact and not dismembered.
Cops were then led to her $2million home half a mile away on Juno Street, where they found her 13-year-old son alone.
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What happened to Orsolya Gaal?
The mom-of-two was found dead inside a bloody duffel bag on a popular path in Queens, New York.
Orsolya Gaal‘s body was discovered shortly after 8am on Saturday by dog walker Glenn Van Nostrand who called 911.
