NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — The handyman who pleaded guilty to brutally stabbing 51-year-old Orsolya Gaal more than 50 times at her Queens home and wheeling her body away in her son's duffle bag last April was sentenced to 25 years in prison Wednesday, officials said.
David Banola pleaded guilty to manslaughter charges on Nov. 2 and will also have to serve five years of supervised release following his 25-year prison stay.
“This was a brutal killing, and no amount of prison time can bring the victim back to her loved ones,” said District Attorney Melinda Katz. “Today’s sentencing, however, provides a measure of justice and I hope the victim’s family can rest easier knowing that the person responsible was held fully accountable.”
Gaal’s dismembered body was found inside of a sports duffel bag near Forest Park on April 16.
Around 12:30 a.m. the same day, Banola, who was a handyman that had done work at Gaal’s Juno Street home in Forest Hills on several occasions, went to Gaal’s house and the two got into an argument.
Officials have previously said the fight was about an affair between the two. During the dispute, Bonola slashed Gaal’s throat and stabbed her more than 50 times, prosecutors said.
Hours later at 4:15 a.m. a nearby home’s security camera captured Bonola wheeling a hockey duffel bag belonging to one of the Gaal’s sons.
The bag was found, with Gaal’s remains inside, around 8 a.m. at Metropolitan Avenue and Union Turnpike, on the edge of Forest Park, where Bonola’s jacket was later recovered.
Police followed a trail of blood from the bag back to Gaal’s home.
Prosecutors said Bonola ultimately made incriminating statements during questioning in the days that followed, revealing that he'd stabbed Gaal and moved her body.
Related
Related
Related
