Orsolya Gaal dead updates – Inside David Bonola’s Facebook where pals compared him to a rock star & gushed over his hair
THE suspect arrested in the Orsolya Gaal murder case was active on Facebook before the killing, and even commented on the mother-of-two's posts.
David Bonola, 44, posted many selfies on his over the years showing off his curly hair, often posed looking away from the camera.
Pictures of the dad-of-two, originally from Mexico, garnered reactions from online friends praising his hair or comparing him to a rockstar, with one commenter even saying that Bonola looked like rocker Bon Jovi.
Bonola publicly gushed over Gaal on social media years before she was found dead by a dog walker.
He commented on a photo of her in Guatemala in 2019.
He wrote: “Love these streets and architecture! [sic] That landscape and the Giant Volcano. , and you [heart emoji]."
Similar fawning messages are visible on posts from May 2020.
Under a childhood photo of Gaal, Bonola wrote "Hola" with a heart emoji.
In another post, he wrote, "[music note emoji] Tu mirada enamorada", which translates roughly to "your look in love."
Bonola is accused of slashing Gaal's throat and then stabbing her nearly 60 times during a brutal attack in the basement of her Queens, New York, home last Saturday, before he dumped her body on the side of a nearby road.
On Thursday, Bonola was arrested and charged with murder, criminal tampering, and criminal possession of a weapon, NYPD told The Sun.
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Gaal’s last movements, continued
Robert Boyce, a thirty-five-year veteran of the NYPD, told The US Sun that investigators planned to use Gaal’s cellphone data to create a map of her final movements.
They planned to combine the data with credit card activity and any surveillance footage captured of her in the hours before her death, he explained.
Additionally, cellphone pings for the three people of interest in the case were analyzed by investigators to determine whether they were in or nearby the home at the time of her murder.
Gaal’s last movements
The final movements Orsolya Gaal, who was found dead inside a blood-soaked duffel bag after being stabbed 60 times in Queens, New York, were pieced together by cops.
Gaal started her Friday morning in the backyard of her Forest Hills home.
She later headed out with friends to see a show at the Lincoln Center, in Manhattan, before she was spotted sitting alone at a bar in Queens sometime around midnight.
Orsolya’s last known movements
Orsolya Gaal’s last known movements were pieced together as investigators try to figure out what happened to the Queens woman.
Gaal and handyman’s alleged affair
David Bonola, 44, was taken into custody at NYPD’s 112th precinct last night, a police source told The US Sun.
According to the source, Bonola confessed to killing Gaal during an interrogation.
He allegedly told officers he’d been having an affair with Gaal and carried out the brutal stabbing during an argument.
Bonola's questioning
During questioning, Bonola tried to divert their attention to other possible suspects.
The 44-year-old agreed to go with detectives for questioning where he confessed to the killing.
Police speculate that Bonola suspected that Gaal was talking to other men and went to her house to talk about it.
The two went to the basement to talk and that's when the crime was committed.
Bonola caught on to detectives
A senior detective told the that Bonola approached the detectives stating that he noticed that they have been following him.
During questioning, Bonola tried to divert their attention to other possible suspects.
The 44-year-old agreed to go with detectives for questioning where he confessed to the killing.
Surveillance on Bonola's home
Detectives saw that a garbage truck came to Bonola's house on Wednesday.
Detectives searched Bonola's trash and found a number of items and clothing with bloodstains on them, according to the news outlet.
An earlier search found Gaal's body in the park along with bloody rags that were used to clean up the mess.
Police also found a bloody orange jacket in a hollow tree during the search that they believe Bonola discarded after the crime.
Early suspect
David Bonola had been a suspect for NYPD early on in the investigation.
Officers had his house under surveillance for days after her death and found some evidence connecting him to the crime scene, according to the .
Family history of missing reports
Gaal had been reported missing once before in May 2020 but was later found.
The couple’s older son went missing in 2004, however, he was also found.
Not premeditated
Police sources allegedly told the New York Post Bonola did not have a premeditated plan to kill Gaal.
Once she was dead, Bonola panicked and put her remains into a hockey bag because he "didn't want the family to find her body," the .
Alleged relatives of Bonola clean out home, continued
The group, then, got their bags into a waiting cab and left, per the Post.
When asked about Bonola, a lady who lives in the same area but in a separate home claimed she didn’t know who the people were and didn’t “want to say anything.”
Alleged relatives of Bonola clean out home
Video shows possible relatives of Queens slaying suspect David Bonola carting his possessions and bags out of his Richmond Hill house on Friday morning, according to the .
Around 9.30am, four persons, including a woman and two males, were spotted leaving Bonola’s Queens house with three bags, two backpacks, a flower arrangement, and a trash bag loaded with items.
When asked if they were linked to Bonola, one of the men said, “No,” and declined to comment any further, per the New York Post.
Gaal in contact with several men
Sources told that Orsolya Gaal was in contact with at least three men the night she was killed.
One of them was David Bonola.
How did Bonola know Gaal?
David Bonola, the suspect in Orsolya Gaal’s murder, knew Gaal from doing work on her house, reported.
He knew where to find the key to the house, which allegedly allowed him to stab her to death while her 13-year-old son was upstairs.
‘She came alone, she left alone’
A manager at the Forest Hills Station House told on Wednesday that Orsolya Gaal walked in at 11.24pm on Friday, had her “usual Moscow mule,” then left alone around 12.30am on Saturday.
“She came alone, she left alone,” bar manager Gabriel Veras said.
“Every time I’ve seen her in my tenure here she has always had a Moscow mule or two, maybe a bite to eat.”
“I’ve never really seen her coming here with someone else or leaving with anyone else,” Veras added.
Gaal sat alone at bar before death
Orsolya Gaal sat alone at a local bar for 40 minutes before she went home the night she was killed, police sources cited by the said.
Investigators believe Gaal’s killer entered the home and killed her on the first floor, and then took her body to the basement, the sources revealed.
Orsolya Gaal may have fought back
Orsolya Gaal’s injuries suggest she fought back after being stabbed more than 50 times, according to law enforcement.
Coroners revealed she had been stabbed more than 50 times, and police found possible defensive cuts on Gaal’s hands and inside her fingers.
Plus, Gaal suffered injuries to her neck, torso, and left arm.
Orsolya Gaal’s final social media post
Just days before her tragic death, Orsolya Gaal had posted a picture of herself with a dog on Facebook.
On the evening of January 13, the mother changed her to one of her holding a dog in front of a New York skyline.
Husband Howard Klein’s background
The account of Howard Klein, Orsolya Gaal’s husband, suggests he is a lithium trader and founder of RK Equity.
His LinkedIn shows he attended the University of Michigan, which is allegedly where he was with the 17-year-old son at the time of the incident that left his wife dead.
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 reports that she actually met up with another man who has not been identified at this time.
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 .
How did the killer enter the house?
Police said on Thursday that they believe David Bonola was led into the house voluntarily or used a key.
Orsolya and Bonola were said to have had an intimate affair, on and off for two years, which was considered to be at an end when the incident occurred, police said.
The pair had broken up previously, cops added, but had reunited early in the month of April.
Handwritten note, continued
On Thursday, Bonola voluntarily went to the 112th precinct to be questioned where he made “incriminating statements” according to NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig.
That came as another unnamed chief alleged that the 40-year-old had sought to divert the detectives’ attention to other men — including other handymen — after the supposed note was discovered.
Handwritten note in Gaal’s home ‘solved’ murder
A handwritten note found in Orsolya Gaal’s home is believed to have helped cops solve the mystery of her murder.
A senior NYPD supervisor revealed they found a chilling household memo on her refrigerator that confirmed their suspicions of David Bonola’s alleged actions.
According to a report from the , it allegedly read “Get a new handyman.”
That prompted a hunt for evidence as cops scoured for clues in the residential Queens area.
Inside Bonola’s family life
Dad-of-two David Bonola, originally of Mexico, has been charged with murder, criminal tampering, and criminal possession of a weapon in relation to the death of Orsolya Gaal.
Sources say he is separated from his wife, who also lives in Queens, reported.