Suspect ‘Panicked’ And Killed 8-Year-Old Hasidic Boy Police Say

Posted on Jul 13, 2011 @ 11:30AM

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By Alexis Tereszcuk - Radar Senior Reporter

The suspect who was arrested for the horrifying murder of an 8-year-old boy in Brooklyn was identified by police who said he “panicked,” and then killed the boy.

Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said Levi Aron, 35, was arrested for the murder of the young child. “He panicked, and that is why he killed the boy,” Kelly said on Wednesday.

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Leiby Kletzky, the Hasidic boy who disappeared while walking home from day camp was found dismembered on Wednesday. Commissioner Kelly said the little boy was lost and trying to find his way when he met Aron and he eventually got into a 1990 Honda Accord with the man.

Aron told investigators that he had panicked and killed the boy once he realized the extent to which the Hasidic community and the police were searching for the boy.

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Kelly said there was no evidence that the boy was sexually abused but that detectives were still investigation the heinous murder. As RadarOnline.com previously reported Leiby Kletzky’s remains were found in Aron’s apartment and in a trash can, wrapped in a black plastic bag that was inside a red suitcase.

Kletzky was last seen near 44th Street and 12th Avenue in the tight-knit Jewish community of Borough Park just before 5 p.m. on Monday. He was on his way to meet his mother just three blocks away.

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Kletzy had been seen on a grainy surveillance video wearing a backpack as he walked down the street after leaving Boyan Day Camp.

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RIP little guy and I hope you have better parents in your next life!

by Anjali
Posted Wed, 07/13/2011 - 10:35pm

Its the IDIOT parents fault!! You leave your child alone to walk by themselves??? WTF?? What do you expect to happen? Dumb ass parents are too lazy to pick up their son from camp?? This is 100% preventable!

by Anjali
Posted Wed, 07/13/2011 - 10:35pm

Jesus Christ! Get me off this friggin' Planet already, children killed daily! I am glad I am older, this world has turned to total sh*t. Thank GOD for the good "Old School" days:)

by Helpyourfellowman
Posted Wed, 07/13/2011 - 8:33pm

Story doesn't make sense.. Why panic if he was only trying to help the boy ? If it was an innocent gesture, he would have carried Leiby to the local police station if he couldn't find the boy's parents and Leiiby could have backed up the story.

by redbird
Posted Wed, 07/13/2011 - 7:33pm

Sweetie-pie, what the perp means is, " I was sodomizing him, or about to, but there was too much heat & I killed him earlier than I would o"f ..by only hours, I bet. Sorry, he is another Anti-Christ, a Devil :( :(

by Helpyourfellowman
Posted Wed, 07/13/2011 - 8:36pm

Sweetie-pie, what the perp mean is I was sodomizing him, or about to, but there was too much heat & he killed earlier than he would of ..by only hours, I am sure. Sorry, he is another Anti-Christ, a Devil,

by Helpyourfellowman
Posted Wed, 07/13/2011 - 8:35pm