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Body found in Brooklyn missing child case

July 13, 2011 10:54
Leibby Kletzky

ByJennifer Lipman, Jennifer Lipman

1 min read

Investigators looking into the disappearance of a nine-year-old boy from New York's Orthodox Jewish community said they believed they had found his body.

Leibby Kletzky was last seen leaving a summer day camp in Brooklyn on Monday afternoon.

Thousands of volunteers and members of the Shomrim, the Orthodox Jewish security patrol, joined a hunt for him, while local business leaders offered a $100,000 reward for information.

But police said they were questioning a man in connection with body parts found in a suitcase in a rubbish bin and in a Brooklyn apartment. They said it was unclear whether there was any connection between the child and the suspect.