A handyman-turned-lover arrested in the horrific killing of a Queens mother admitted to sending a threatening text from the victim's phone to her husband Saturday morning, believed to be an effort to take suspicion away from himself
As investigators were searching for evidence in the case, Bonola voluntarily returned to the precinct, according to police. That's when he made incriminating statements and allegedly admitted his guilt during questioning, according to two senior police officials with direct knowledge of the conversation.
He was either let inside voluntarily or used a key that he knew was hidden in the home's barbecue, said NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig. According to investigators, once Gaal was dead, Bonola allegedly took her teenage son's hockey bag, put her body inside and headed out to dump it. Video showed him rolling her body down sidewalks, leaving a trail of blood through her neighborhood.
Bonola didn't answer any reporter questions as he was walked out of the NYPD precinct house Thursday afternoon but did shout vulgarities at a nearby heckler as police led him out in handcuffs into a waiting car. Gaal was last seen alive nearly a week ago at the Forest Hills Station House, a gathering spot popular with locals after taking in a show at Lincoln Center, officials said Thursday. The bar manager, Gabriel Veras, last recalled seeing the victim a bit after midnight at the gastropub on Saturday.
"She was composed, collected, in the middle of the bar, just keeping to herself and talking to staff," Veras added."Nothing unusual. She didn’t seem frightened or scared or panicked. Just enjoying her one drink before going home."
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