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

The handyman charged with the murder of New York mother of two Orsolya Gaal was in a romantic relationship with her, NYPD detectives say.

Mr Bonola carried out “odd jobs” at the Forest Hills home where Ms Gaal lived with her husband and two teenage sons, police officers told a press conference Thursday.

Mr Bonola was originally from Mexico, and moved to the US about 21 years ago, police said.

According to a Facebook profile believed to belong to Mr Bonola, he studied at the New York School of Interior Design. He appeared to have worked as a scriptwriter.

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 been stabbed nearly 60 times 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.

On Thursday, police arrested 44-year-old handyman David Bonola and charged him with murder.

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.

On Thursday, handyman David Bonola, 44, was arrested and charged with Ms Gaal’s murder.

Police say they had been in an “on and off” relationship for two years.

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

The handyman charged with the murder of New York mother of two Orsolya Gaal was in a romantic relationship with her, NYPD detectives say.

David Bonola, 44, was arrested at 12.51am on Thursday and charged with murder, criminal tampering and criminal possession of a weapon.

Mr Bonola carried out “odd jobs” at the Forest Hills home where Ms Gaal lived with her husband and two teenage sons, police officers told a press conference Thursday.

NYPD detectives say the the 44-year-old David Bonola turned himself in and has confessed to the murder of Orsolya Gaal.

Mr Bonola, 44, was arrested at 12.51am Thursday morning and charged with murder, criminal tampering and criminal possession of a weapon.

The pair had been in an intimate relationship for about two years which had ended sometime before the killing, Lieutenant Timmy Thomson told a press conference on Thursday morning .

The NYPD said Mr Bonola had made incriminating statements, and they were confident noone else was involved in the crime.

Mr Bonola had carried out odd jobs around the property, police said.

The NYPD have released an image of a kitchen knife recovered from the home where Orsolya Gaal was stabbed 58 times.

They say the knife is believed to be the weapon used to stab Ms Gaal.

A medica; examiner’s report found Ms Gaal was slashed dozens of times in the neck, torso, and left arm, and suffered defensive wounds to her palm and fingers.

David Bonola, 44, has been charged with second degree murder, tampering and possession of a weapon.

Suspect David Bonola has been arrested after allegedly confessing to police he murdered mother-of-two Orsolya Gaal.

Mr Bonola left a Queens precinct in handcuffs and was placed in a police car on Thursday.

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

Mr Bonola, 44, had been in an intimate relationship with Ms Gaal for about two years which had ended before the killing, NYPD told a press conference on Thursday.

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.

On Thursday, handyman David Bonola, 44, was arrested and charged with Ms Gaal’s murder.

Police say they had been in an “on-off” relationship for two years.

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

David Bonola appeared in court for the first time on Thursday night charged with the murder of his on-off lover Orsolya Gaal.

Mr Bonola, 44, was arraigned in Queens Supreme Court on charges of murder in the second degree, tampering with physical evidence and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree.

“Two boys are left without a mother and a young teenager faces the added trauma of being home when this heinous murder took place,” Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said in a statement on Thursday night.

“As alleged, the defendant stabbed the victim over 50 times and then attempted to dispose of the body by stuffing it into a duffel bag and dragging it across a quiet residential neighborhood – leaving a trail of blood and a terrified community.

“The defendant is now in custody and will be held to account for this horrific crime.”

Queens Criminal Court Judge Judge Anthony Battisiti ordered that Mr Bonola will be held without bond following his confession to the brutal murder.

“The accused lays out in detail what happened, how it happened and what he did following the events given rise to this case,” the judge told the courtroom.

Mr Bonola is next scheduled to appear in court on 26 April.

If convicted, he faces 25 years to life in prison.

Prosecutors revealed disturbing new details of Orsolya Gaal’s final moments in court on Thursday night, revealing that her killer slashed her throat before stabbing her over 50 times in the brutal attack.

David Bonola appeared in Queens Supreme Court on multiple charges including murder in the second degree and was ordered to be held without bond after police said he confessed to the mother-of-two’s killing.

Prosecutors said that Ms Gaal had willingly let her alleged killer into her Forest Hills home in the early hours of Saturday morning before they got into an argument in the basement and she repeatedly told him to leave.

Mr Bonola allegedly flew into a rage and slashed Ms Gaal’s throat with a kitchen knife.

Prosecutors said he then stabbed her more than 50 times before stuffing her body inside her son’s hockey duffle bag, dragging it through the quiet residential area and dumping it in nearby Forest Park.