Orsolya Gaal news: David Bonola appears in court as police say he slashed lover’s throat

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.

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.

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

Fox News reported that a suspect has been arrested in Orsolya Gaal’s murder on Thursday morning.

The outlet did not provide any details about the suspect but said that the NYPD will offer information at an 11.30am press conference.

David Bonola, 41, was taken into custody early Thursday morning and has been charged with murder, criminal tampering and criminal possession of a weapon, according to the NYPD.

Law enforcement sources told NBC Mr Bonola is a handyman who lived close to Ms Gaal in Queens.

Mr Bonola turned up at her home late on Friday night and the pair had an argument, sources told the network.

The Independent’s Bevan Hurley has more:

Just before the news of a suspect’s arrest, reports claimed that the NYPD are examining a pair of blood-soaked boots recovered from the Forest Hills home where Orsolya Gaal was murdered.

A police source told the New York Post investigators are running DNA tests on the footwear found in a trash can outside the garage of the home.

It is unclear if that alleged discovery had connection to the arrest.

The Independent’s Bevan Hurley reports:

Detectives have charged a 44-year-old man with the murder of Orsolya Gaal, who was found stuffed in a duffel bag early Saturday morning.

David Bonola, who was also charged with criminal tampering and possession of a weapon, was reportedly known to Ms Gaal, and may have carried out work on her family home in Queens.

A police source told The New York Post that a pair of blood-soaked boots recovered from a trash can outside the property led them to make an arrest.

Mr Bonola has no prior criminal history, according to the NYPD.

They did not believe it was a premeditated killing.

A medical examiner found Ms Gaal had been stabbed nearly 60 times.

Police are expected to release more information at a press conference on Thursday morning.

The man charged with Orsolya Gaal’s murder was a handyman who did “odd jobs” at the home, 1010 Wins reported.

David Bonola, 44, was arrested just before 1am on Thursday morning and is being held at a Queens police station.

Citing law enforcement sources, 1010 Wins reports that Mr Bonola may have lived in the basement of Ms Gaal’s family home in Forest Hills for a period.

Detectives are looking into whether the pair had a romantic relationship.

Further details are expected to be released at a press conference at 11.30am.

NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell confirms arrest in Orsolya Gaal murder enquiry.

“NYPD Detectives have arrested a 44-year-old man from Queens in regard to the death of Orsolya Gaal. He has been charged with murder, criminal tampering, and criminal possession of a weapon.”

The 44-year-old Queens man arrested for the murder of Orsolya Gaal was in a relationship with her, police sources tell CBS2.

Handyman David Bonola had carried out “odd jobs” around the Ms Gaal’s Forest Hills property, and the pair became romantically involved, law enforcement sources told the network.

Ms Gaal was stabbed 58 times in the neck, torso, and arm, and suffered multiple defensive wounds to her hand and fingers in a brutal attack in her home on Friday night, a medical examiner’s report found.

Her killer placed her body in a sports bag and dumped it in a nearby park.

Detectives said there were no signs that the killing was premeditated, describing it as a “crime of passion”.