New York police arrested a man Thursday for the murder of Orsolya Gall, 51, a mother of two, whose bloodied body was found last weekend inside a duffel bag on a street in the New York neighborhood. Queens.
David Bonola,
44, was arrested shortly before 1 a.m. on charges of murder, criminal manipulation and possession of a weapon in connection with Orsolya Gaal's death, a police spokesman told The Associated news agency. Press.
Law enforcement sources told the NBC station in New York that the man worked as a maintenance worker (as a
handyman
) for Gaal, and that he lived near his home.
Other sources told The New York Post that Bonola had a more personal relationship with the victim,
and that he has no criminal record.
According to this medium, he left several love comments on her Facebook account and wrote in Spanish: "She is her most beautiful woman", along with a photo of her, in May 2020.
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The man showed up at her home and the two got into an argument, according to NBC, though it was unclear exactly when it happened or what the fight was about.
He then murdered her in her own basement, the sources told the outlet.
Bonola admitted her guilt on interrogation.
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Investigators had indicated that they were focused on a person who knew Gaal and had access to his home.
That's likely why there were no signs of forced entry, the sources said.
stabbed 58 times
Authorities received a call about a bag of blood at the corner of Metropolitan Avenue and Jackie Robinson Parkway in Forest Hills shortly after 8 a.m. Saturday.
Inside they found
Gaal in an "unconscious state," according to the New York police.
The woman was unresponsive to resuscitation attempts, and when emergency services arrived she was pronounced dead at the scene.
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The medical examiner's office determined that he died from “
stab wounds”
to the neck.
Law enforcement sources told NBC that she was
stabbed 58 times
in the neck, torso and left arm.
They added that she had injuries to her hands that were likely due to her trying to fight the killer.
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Surveillance video from the home shows the person who may have killed her dragging a duffel bag down 75th Avenue, according to law enforcement sources.
Detectives
followed the blood trail several blocks
to a house at 72-24 Juno Street, which is where Gaal lived, authorities said.
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Gaal's 13-year-old son, who lives in the house, was questioned by police and later released.
Investigators believe the woman was attacked in her basement while her son was upstairs.
Her husband and another son were out of town, visiting colleges on the West Coast, when her body was discovered.
Sources told NBC that around 5 a.m. Saturday, the killer sent Gaal's husband a threatening text from his phone.
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The last time she was seen alive
Police believe the woman was killed after leaving the Forest Hills Station House restaurant and bar nearly a week ago, sometime after 12:30 a.m.
The manager of the premises, Gabriel Veras, told the aforementioned media outlet that he saw her for the last time at that time.
She always wore a smile, dined alone and was friendly to employees, he recalled, after seeing her for about 45 minutes early Saturday morning.
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“She was here on Friday, right in the middle of the bar.
She had a cocktail, she ate something.
I talked to some of my staff who know her, she was joking around,” Veras said.
“She was a very, very sweet customer.
She left by herself and the next day we were in shock”, she added: “There was nothing strange.
She didn't seem frightened, afraid, or panicked.
She was just enjoying the one drink of hers before she went home.”
With information from AP and
NBC New York
and
The New York Post.
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