Who is Orsolya Gaal's husband? Wife's killer texted Howard Klein 'your whole family is next'
QUEENS, NEW YORK: Orsolya Gaal, the mom-of-two from Forest Hills whose body was found in a blood-soaked duffel bag, spent her final hours in her yard after enjoying a night out. The NYPD said on April 17 that surveillance footage from the area captured “an unknown individual” dragging a wheeled duffel bag from the direction of Gaal’s home.
NYPD sources have now told PIX11 News that Gaal told her youngest son she was going out to watch a show. However, she apparently ended up meeting with another man instead. While Gaal's husband and son were reportedly being hunted by cops in her murder, it is now said that they are no longer being considered persons of interest. The motive for the attack remains unclear. Sources added police have yet to identify a male suspect in the case.
READ MORE
Jeffrey Harris: Doc charged for brutally killing wife who was reduced to just 70lbs!
Doc AVOIDS jail for murder! Plea deal lets Florida's Rafael Azulay evade prison after killing dad
The sources said that the man murdered Gaal in the basement of her house and then disposed of the body in the duffel bag she was discovered in, as her son, 13, was upstairs. He then took her phone and sent a bone-chilling text to Gaal's husband, saying, "Your whole family is next."
Who is Orsolya Gaal's husband?
Gaal's husband has reportedly been identified by neighbors as Howard Klein. Not much is known about him except that he was traveling out of state with the couple's eldest son, 17. Klein and his son were on their way back to New York after being informed about Gaal's death. He told the media that he was “in the middle of a terrible experience”.
Gaal's son, 13, said that he lived in the house with his mother, while his father and older brother were away traveling. He said he had no knowledge about where his mother was at the time of the murder. “[My son] is safe. Thank God [my son] is safe,” New York Post quoted Klein as saying. The father also said that his family’s “lives are at stake.” “There are concerns about our safety,” he claimed, without elaborating. “Our lives are at risk.”
Murder and discovery
The body of Orsolya Gaal, 51, a mom-of-two, was discovered near a popular walking path in the Queens neighborhood, triggering fear among residents. The horrifying scene of Gaal's remains was discovered by Glenn Van Nostrand, 51, while he was walking his two dogs through nearby Forest Park. He initially thought the bag had simply been discarded but decided to take a look after his dogs, two Rhodesian ridgebacks, Philip and Iris, began to get agitated. “They are scent hounds,” Van said. “They see the world through their noses.”
When he opened the bag, he saw a foot and a hip, still attached. “But to me it looked like a mannequin,” he said. “It didn’t look very fleshy. It was more like a crash test dummy. I thought it was maybe some equipment being used for something. I didn’t think anything of it.” Van then noticed black, ankle-length jeans, a belt and a woman’s waist. The body was reportedly in a fetal position inside the bag with wheels. However, Van eventually noticed blood on the other side of the bag after he opened it. “I thought, ‘Oh, my goodness,’ and called police at 8:05 a.m. and said there’s a body in this bag,’” he said. The duffel bag had reportedly been leaking blood, and authorities were investigating a blood trail that led to the Juno Street home.