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Detectives investigating the grisly murder of Queens mother of two Orsolya Gaal have identified “multiple potential suspects”, according to reports.

Ms Gaal, 51, was stabbed 58 times in the basement and first floor of her Forest Hills home at around 12.40am on Saturday morning.

She had attended a show at the Lincoln Centre before returning to a bar near her home and waiting there for 40 minutes on her own.

She returned alone to her Juno St home around midnight and was set upon by someone she knew, NBC News reported, citing police sources.

They believe the attack was not premeditated, given how messy the crime scene was.

The New York Post reported that police wanted to speak with a handyman who had previously worked at the house, and may have had access to the property.

The grisly murder of mother-of-two Orsolya Gaal has stunned residents of the Forest Hills, Queens, neighbourhood where she lived.

Ms Gaal, 51, was stabbed 58 times in the basement of her home before her killer placed her body in a duffle bag and left her remains in a nearby park early on the morning of Saturday, 16 April.

Two days later, it emerged police had identified a person of interest in her killing.

Here is what we know about the events leading up to Ms Gaal’s death and the police investigation.

A former NYPD murder detective says Orsolya Gaal was a “crime of passion”.

Ex-lieutenant Donald Drogin told CBS2 investigators will be zeroing in on Ms Gaal’s cellphone records and credit card statements as they probe her relationships.

“Obviously, it was a crime of passion. So immediately you don’t want to focus with tunnel vision, you want to do a good investigation,” Mr Drogin told CBS2.

Law enforcement sources have said Ms Gaal attended a concert at the Lincoln Centre on Friday night before waiting at a bar near her Queens home for 40 minutes.

She then returned to her home and was murdered soon after midnight, police sources say.

Mr Drogin added: “Either the person, as has been reported in some of the New York media, knew that there was a hidden key or she let them in.

“But there was obviously no sign of forced entry, which is one of the reasons, I believe, when they made the emergency entry, they immediately took the son into custody.”

New York mother Orsolya Gaal was reported missing by her husband two years before she was brutally murdered and left in a duffle bag, police sources have revealed.

Howard Klein called 911 just after 7am on 29 May 2020 to say that his wife had failed to return from a late night stroll the night before, sources told the New York Post.

Mr Klein phoned back about half an hour later to say that Ms Gaal, 51, had been found.

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NYPD detectives investigating the brutal slaying of Queens mother Orsolya Gaal are trying to locate three men whose numbers were in her phone, ABC News reported.

Ms Gaal, 51, was stabbed 58 times in the basement of her Forest Hills home on Friday night, and her body was placed in a duffle bag and left at a park a few blocks away.

Police have identified a “person of interest” in the case who had access to the family home, and believe her killer was known to her.

An electrician who carried out work on the Queens home where Orsolya Gaal was murdered says the house was fitted out with an advanced surveillance system.

Arrjuna Jack told DailyMail.com the property in Juno St, Forest Hills, had cameras throughout the property.

Detectives believe Ms Gaal was attacked on the first floor and basement of the $2m home sometime after midnight on Friday.

Her husband Howard Klein and eldest son were out of state, but her youngest son was home at the time.

Mr Jack said the home had a separate entranceway that leads into the kitchen and down to the basement.

The killer put Ms Gaal’s body in a Bauer sports bag and wheeled it several blocks away at around 4.30am.

Orsolya Gaal’s body was discovered stuffed in a hockey bag on Saturday morning in Forest Park in the borough of Queens, New York City

The married mother of two, 51, had reportedly been stabbed nearly 60 times by an unknown attacker in her home and her body was dragged half a mile away and dumped near to a popular walking path on Metropolitan Avenue in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Police followed a trail of blood from the bag that led them about half a mile to an upscale gated community in Forest Hills.

They have reportedly identified “multiple suspects” and believe the killing was pre-meditated.

Detectives investigating the grisly murder of Queens mother of two Orsolya Gaal have identified “multiple potential suspects”, according to reports.

Ms Gaal, 51, was stabbed 58 times in the basement and first floor of her Forest Hills home at around 12.40am on Saturday morning.

She had attended a show at the Lincoln Centre before returning to a bar near her home and waiting there for 40 minutes on her own.

She returned alone to her Juno St home around midnight and was set upon by someone she knew, NBC News reported, citing police sources.

They believe the attack was not premeditated, given how messy the crime scene was.

Friends of Orsolya Gaal have flooded social media with tributes to the slain mother of two from Queens.

Ms Gaal, 51, was stabbed 58 times in her Forest Hills home just after midnight on Friday.

One friend, David Lee, wrote on her Facebook page: “I’ll always remember how passionate you were about your boys and their education. I’m so sorry about how you left this world but i hope you find peace in the afterlife. Your boys are so lucky to have you as a Mom. RIP.”

Another friend of 15 years, Adele Friedman D’man, wrote: “We were on the phone together just days ago speaking about Colleges. My heart is broken. You were part of the fabric that is (Forest Hills).”

Denise Vécsey Cavanagh said: “A few years ago, you prayed for my little girl for me, and now I’m here praying for your family to be able to get thru this tragedy.”

Other messages were written in Ms Gaal’s native language of Hungarian.

Police have not yet made an arrest or named a suspects.

The suspect believed to have murdered 51-year-old Queens mother Orsolya Gaal sent her husband a chilling text message: “Your whole family is next”.

Ms Gaal’s body was found stuffed in a hockey bag on Saturday morning in Forest Park in the borough of Queens.

Police followed a trail of blood from the bag that led them about half a mile to an upscale gated community in Forest Hills.

Law enforcement made an “emergency entry” into the woman’s home and found her 13-year-old son alone on the top floor. He was questioned by police and released.

Ms Gaal’s husband Howard Klein and 17-year-old son were reportedly in Portland at the time of her murder.