a mother of two teenage boys shown here was found inside of a duffle bag near her home that weekend, her body in pieces, and now learning how she died. laura is outside the house where police believe the mother was murdered and a black and white image from a surveillance camera. we are in forest hill, queens and people who live here in this neighborhood who i ve been talking to this afternoon tell me they are still in shock that something so bizarre and brutal could happen along this very quiet street. you mentioned the tudor style home, police believe the side exit of the home could be key in possibly how the murderer left this home and we will get to that. but as we go through this, we can tell you that the crime occurred early saturday inside of this home, still no suspects to name, and there have been reports 51-year-old orsolya gaal
long after that, and he became much calmer, maybe because he thought he was going to get what he wanted. and it changed from more attack to i am going to die. i m letting these guys go but i m going to die here. reporter: but in the last hour, the suspect became agitated and threatening. the men deliberately moved themselves to an area with a direct line to a side exit of the synagogue. up until that point, we were very willing to wait for law enforcement to do their thing. at that point, we knew we had to get out. at one point, he even said that i am going to put a bullet in each each of you, get down on your knees. at which point, i glared at him, i raised up in my seat, kind of like i m doing now. i may have shaked my head like that but i i glared at him and i mouthed no. cohen says the suspect then
i love you. and um, remember me. reporter: cohen says that after the first hour, the suspect 44-year-old malik faisal akram became much more calm and that s when the hostages started thinking strategically about where they should sit, and to keep their eyes open for an opportunity to escape. his demeanor changed not too long after that, and he became much calmer maybe because he thought he was going to get what he wanted. and it changed from more attack to i am going to die. i m letting these guys go but i m going to die here. reporter: but in the last hour, the suspect became agitated and threatening. the men deliberately moved themselves to an area with a direct line to a side exit of the synagogue. up until that point, we were very willing to wait for law enforcement to do their thing. at that point, we knew we had to get out. at one point, he even said that i am going to put a bullet in each each of you, get down on your knees.
his demeanor changed not too long after that. he became much calmer, maybe because he thought he was going to get what he wanted. and it changed from more attack to i m going to die. i m going to let these guys go, but i m going to die here. reporter: but in the last hour, the suspect became agitated and threatening. the men deliberately moved themselves to an area with a direct line to a side exit of the synagogue. up until that point we were very willing to wait for law enforcement to do their thing. at that point, we knew we had to get out. at one point he even said that i m going to put a bullet in each of you. get down on your knees. at which point i glared at him. i raised up in my seat kind of like i m doing now. i may have shaked my head like that but i glared at him and i mouthed no. reporter: cohen says the suspect then turned to pour himself a soda and that s the opening the rabbi needed. when i saw an opportunity,
the mental trauma of what he saw and in losing andrew in the circumstances. did it at all affect your behaviour, the behaviour of your behaviour, the behaviour of your staff? was there a kind of mindfulness that came as a part of the legacy of that? the legacy of that? yes, i m afraid to say there the legacy of that? yes, i m afraid to say there was. the legacy of that? yes, i m afraid to say there was. we designed - the legacy of that? yes, i m afraid to say there was. we designed my office with i m afraid that memory in our minds. so i m afraid i met constituents with a desk between me and the constituents, and we made sure there was a side exit, and my staff knew how to contact the police in an emergency. so we were mindful and we designed the office to make it safe in that kind of scenario, and luckily that was never necessary to take advantage of that. but i think it is writes that you have to be mindful after an occasion like this. you have to be conscious of it but not let