Key piece of evidence emerges in horrific murder of New York woman

Details have emerged of key evidence found in the horrific murder of New York mum Orsolya Gaal, whose body was found in a duffel bag.

New details emerged in the horrific murder of New York woman Orsolya Gaal, whose body was found stuffed in a duffel bag in her basement a week ago after being stabbed nearly 60 times.

On Thursday, police arrested suspect David Bonola, 44, over the murder.

Now it has emerged a key piece of evidence was found on Tuesday, three days after investigators believe Ms Gaal was murdered in her Queens home, NY Post reports.

It was then that NYPD detectives fished out a pair of bloody brown boots from a sanitation truck after it pulled away from the suspect’s home, according to law enforcement sources and witnesses.

New York woman Orsolya Gaal had been stabbed nearly 60 times. Picture: Facebook

“It was in the afternoon. … The cops came and stopped the truck,” said Harry Maraj, a construction worker who witnessed the moment while sitting at a nearby restaurant.

“They took some bags out of the truck and opened them up.

“They took a white bag from [the] truck and a pair of brown boots. The boots weren’t in any bag. They put everything in big brown paper bags and left.”

Police sources said at that time, they already had Mr Bonola on their radar after learning he had done work at Ms Gaal’s home and had an intimate relationship with her.

They were surveilling his home and waiting for his garbage to be picked up so they could look through it for clues, sources said. It’s unclear why detectives waited for the truck to leave the home to take the footwear as evidence.

The bloody boots are now being tested for DNA. They are a crucial element in the case, and investigators believe they were worn by the suspect during the murder, sources have said.

Meanwhile, the Queens Defenders, a non-profit organisation which is providing free representation to Mr Bonola, hired a private investigator who was spotted knocking on doors near Ms Gaal’s home on Friday afternoon.

The mum’s body was found stuffed in a duffel bag.

The investigator, who was contracted by the public defenders through J&L investigations, declined to comment when approached by The Post, but he was overheard asking neighbours if they knew how to get in touch with Ms Gaal’s family.

At one point, a bartender from the Forest Hills Station House, where MS Gaal had a drink alone right before she was murdered, stopped by the family’s house to check it out.

The private investigator spoke with the bartender briefly.

Mr Bonola was taken into custody late on Wednesday and charged with murder, criminal tampering and criminal possession of a weapon.

He was held without bail during his arraignment late Thursday at Queens Criminal Court.

This article originally appeared on NY Post and was reproduced with permission