Even if he refused to testify before the grand jury about his case, the judicial process against David Bonola is advancing and he could face at least 21 years of prison or even life imprisonment, as well as deportation proceedings, for the murder of Orsolya Gaal.
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said that Bonola, aged 44, was charged with manslaughter after allegedly confess that he stabbed his ex-lover of 51 years, at the victim’s house in Forest Hills, Queens.
Bonola had a hearing with the judge on 26 in April, where he was just over a minute, but he faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted.
When reading the charges, Prosecutor Katz described part of how the murder occurred and the consequences for Gaal’s family –two adolescents and his widower– due to Bonola’s actions.
“Two children were left without a mother and a young teenager faces the additional trauma of being at home when this heinous murder occurred,” Katz said, referring to the youngest of Gaal’s children, who slept in the Tudor-style house when her mother was murdered in the basement.
The prosecutor confirmed that she received more than 50 stab wounds the victim, whose neck was cut by Bonola, which would have caused his death.
Bonola was prosecuted on 21 April before Queens Criminal Court Judge Anthony M. Battisti for Second Degree Murder, Tampering with Physical Evidence and Criminal Possession of a weapon.
“The defendant stabbed the victim more than 50 times and then tried to dispose of the body by putting it in a bag tarp and dragging it through a quiet residential neighborhood, leaving a trail of blood and a terrified community,” Katz said. “The accused is now in custody and will be held accountable for this horrible crime.”
Bonola lived on the street 114 in South Richmond Hill, where his alleged relatives were caught moving from the property.
The murder occurred on 16 April, after Gaal, from 51 years, will return to his Forest Hills home around 12: 30 am The defendant would have entered the house, which he knew well having worked in maintenance on several occasions.
Both engaged in a verbal argument over the relationship that had ended, but the situation escalated and Bonola allegedly cut the woman’s throat and stabbed her more than 50 times; To dispose of the body, the man used a hockey duffel bag belonging to one of the victim’s sons and stuffed Gaal’s body inside, which he dragged to a nearby park.
ICE reviews the case
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are involved in the Bonola case, after it was revealed that the man is of Mexican origin and has lived in the US as an undocumented person for more than 20 years.
ICE even filed a detention order in Queens Central Booking against Bonola since his arrest, which means that if he is released at any time, the immigration agency can retain him and process him for deportation.
“That means he is not here with permission and that he is subject to deportation,” legal expert Stuart Slotnick told CBS News.