Cops investigating murder of married Queens mother are looking for man she ‘recently had an affair with who knew his way around her home’: Body was removed from home through side door then dragged down street in duffel bag
- Osolya Gaal, 51, was stabbed to death in her home in Forest Hills, Queens, at around 12.40am on Friday night
- Police are now looking for a man she recently had an affair with, according to sources cited by The New York Post
- Gaal and her husband Howard Klein had been married for more than 20 years; the couple have two sons
- On Friday night, she is believed to have gone to a show at the Lincoln Center and then returned
- She is said to have visited a local bar near her home on Juno Street, before returning to the house
- The killer stabbed Osolya in the basement of the house 58 times then took her body out the side door in a hockey bag, dragging it 0.5miles then dumping it in the street
- Leo, her 13-year-old son, was at home; he was questioned on Saturday but has not been charged
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Police are said to be looking for a man who Orsolya Gaal was having an affair with recently
The NYPD are looking for a man who murdered Queens mother Orsolya Gaal was having an affair with and who had knowledge of her family home, according to police sources cited by The New York Post.
Gaal, 51, was murdered at around 12.41am on Saturday after returning from a night out. She was alone in the home with her 13-year-old son Leo when she was stabbed up to 60 times in the basement.
Police found her body in a duffel bag at 8.11am on Saturday less than half a mile from the property. They followed a trail of blood back to the house. No suspects have been named and the NYPD is refusing to answer questions about the ongoing investigation into her death.
But sources cited by the Post on Tuesday said detectives were focusing on a man who Gaal had an affair with recently.
The romance is said to have ended but it’s unclear who broke it off. The man, according to the Post, has knowledge of the family home and would not have needed to break in.
There was no sign of forced entry at the property when police visited on Saturday morning.
Police believe the mother’s body was taken out of the home through this side door on Saturday in the early hours of the morning
Orsolya’s body was taken out of the home through the side door, according to the police. It was in a hockey-style duffel bag. Shown above, the family’s back yard
The backyard of the home belonging to Orsolya Gaal, where neighbors saw her hours before she died. The house remains a crime scene
Gaal and her husband Howard Klein had been married for more than 20 years. He was out of town with their oldest son when she was killed
Gaal is pictured with her husband, Howard Klein, and two sons Leo, 13, and Jamie, 17, in December. Her husband and oldest son were out of town when she was killed. Her youngest son was in the home and was questioned but was released
She was stabbed nearly 60 times in the neck, torso and arm, and had defensive wounds on her palms and fingers.
The NYPD is offering a $3,500 reward for information that may lead to Orsolya Gaal’s killer
Gaal’s body is believed to have been taken out of the home through a side door. It was then dragged in a duffel bag and dumped on a sidewalk next to a busy road.
Gaal’s husband Howard Klein and their oldest son, Jamie, were out of town visiting colleges when she was brutally killed. Police questioned her younger son, Leo, but he was released on Saturday.
The Post also previously reported that Gaal was spotted at a bar near her home alone before she returned for the night on Friday.
That bar has not been named but there are many in the area of Forest Hills, particularly around the subway station.
She had been in Manhattan earlier that night attending a show at the Lincoln Center.
Sources say she told her son she was going with friends but might have been on a date.
The NYPD is now offering a $3,500 reward for information that could lead to her killer’s whereabouts.
The police department is refusing to confirm reports that they have identified a person of interest, much less a suspect.
The family has also not yet issued a comment on Gaal’s brutal killing.
Neighbors say she was a kind and loving mother who dedicated her life to her family.
Social media photos show how Gaal enjoyed traveling, particularly to Guatemala, and going to concerts in New York with her friends.
It remains unclear if her family in Budapest are on their way to the US.
The suspected killer wheeling the body in a bag down 75th Avenue in Forrest Hills, Queens , on Saturday
This is believed to be Orsolya Gaal’s killer, dragging her body along the sidewalk after stabbing her nearly 60 times in her basement in Queens on Saturday
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