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Man charged with murder of Brooklyn boy

July 14, 2011 08:54
Mourners at the funeral of Leiby Kletzky

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Jennifer Lipman,

Jennifer Lipman

1 min read

A man has been charged with the murder of an eight-year-old boy from a Chasidic Jewish community in New York.

Levi Aron, 35, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder, a day after the dismembered remains of Leiby Kletzky were found in two separate locations in Brooklyn.

New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said Aron had made comments that implicated him in the child's gruesome death. Bloodied knives were also found at his apartment.

Mr Kelly said that police believed Leiby had been kidnapped and then murdered, after Aron "panicked."