Orsolya Gaal’s alleged killer, David Bonola, slammed NYC Chipotle before arrest

It was like he didn’t have a care in the world.

Just hours before he was arrested for allegedly stabbing a Queens mother more than 60 times and stuffing her body in a duffel bag, accused killer David Bonola was at one of his usual locations in Forest Hills, a worker at the Post Office.

Bonola, 44, casually visited the Chipotle on Austin Street on April 20, where a clerk said he was as “friendly” as ever.

“He was right here,” the worker said of Bonola, pointing to the register. “I think he wanted the toilet code and a water cup.”

“I was like, ‘Hey, where have you been? I haven’t seen you for a while.’ He was like I’d been here and there and whatever. He wanted the toilet code and a water cup and left. He was no different when I saw him [the last time].”

The worker said Bonola has been a regular for three years. Bonola usually orders tacos, he added.

The clerk, who did not give his name, said Bonola stopped by the Chipotle home around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.

David Bonola, 44, is being escorted out of Precinct 112 by the NYPD
A worker at Forest Hills Chipotle recalls suspect David Bonola, who usually ate tacos.
Matthew McDermott

The worker said Bonola has been a regular for three years. Bonola usually orders tacos, he added.

The clerk, who did not give his name, said Bonola stopped by the Chipotle home around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.

That night, New York City police arrested the Mexican native for the April 16 murder of his alleged on-off-off lover Orsolya Gaal, 51, a married mother of two.

Orsolya Gaal can be seen at Mohonk Mountain House in Ulster County.
Suspect David Bonola had visited a Chipotle restaurant four days after he allegedly stabbed Orsolya Gaal on April 16, 2022.
Facebook/Orsolya Gaal

Unlike a barista at a nearby Starbucks, who told The Post a few days ago that Bonola would often come in and inappropriately flirt with them, the Chipotle manager said Bonola is very popular at the establishment.

“He was very friendly,” said the worker. “He was a superstar to all of us.”

“He talked about his personal life like his mother did,” the clerk added. “He gave my friend his personal guitar pick. He would write his music. He was a regular. It’s quite unexpected that it would happen.”

A body was found on the sidewalk on Metropolitan Avenue and Forest Park in Queens.  April 16, 2022.
Authorities discovered Orsolya Gaal’s body in a holdall near Forest Park in Queens.
Kevin C Downs

Bonola – who allegedly dragged the duffel bag containing Gaal’s remains down the road and dumped it near Forest Park, leaving a trail of blood in it – is also charged with criminal tampering and criminal possession of weapons.

Bonola has apparently been in the country illegally for about 20 years, sources said.

Jimmy Han, 37, a worker at the Jubao Express food truck, said he saw Bonola the whole time before the murder, at Paris Baguette on 71st Ave, about 30 feet from the food truck.

The body of Orsolya Gaal, 51, was found in the holdall just after 8am and police found a trail of blood leading back to her home on Juno Street.
Surveillance footage reportedly shows suspect David Bonola dragging the body of Orsolya Gaal across a sidewalk.
A photo of the knife used in the assassination of Orsolya Gaal.
David Bonola is accused of stabbing Orsolya Gaal more than 60 times.
Stephen Yang

“Oh fk! I see him here in the window eating a sandwich and a salad and breakfast. I see him every time.”

“I just see him eat, eat, eat. I see him in [the] Window eating all the time.”



Bonola, who police say has no prior arrests, was “a handyman employed by Ms Gaal” for about two years – and during that time they had an “intimate affair,” police said last week.

They’d reignited their on-off affair earlier this month, only to split again — and Bonola “came back … to talk about the relationship again,” added Chief Julie Morrill, who led the investigation.

Police sources say the former lovers had no plans that night, but Bonola showed up at Gaal’s home around 12:30 a.m. on Saturday — not long after the mother-of-two returned from a night out with friends to attend a show at Lincoln Center see and then have a drink alone at a local bar, police officers said.

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JACLYN DIAZ

JACLYN DIAZ is a USTimeToday U.S. News Reporter based in London. His focus is on U.S. politics and the environment. He has covered climate change extensively, as well as healthcare and crime. JACLYN DIAZ joined USTimeToday in 2023 from the Daily Express and previously worked for Chemist and Druggist and the Jewish Chronicle. He is a graduate of Cambridge University. Languages: English. You can get in touch with me by emailing diza@ustimetoday.com.

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