The hunt for eight-year old Leiby Kletzky ended horribly, with police finding parts of the boy’s dismembered body in 35-year old Levi Aron’s refrigerator. Aron confessed to murdering the child.
According to the New York Post, Kletzky was walking home from a day camp seven blocks away from his home when he got lost. He approached Aron for directions and Aron apparently offered to give the boy a ride home. Then the story gets weird …
While driving Kletzky home, the boy apparently got confused so Aron drove him back to his own home instead, reports the Post. Aron said that he fed the boy and even took the boy with him to a wedding that first night.
As they got back from the wedding late, Aron let Kletzky stay at his home with plans to bring the boy home the next morning. But the next morning, the Post reports that the boy was still asleep and Aron let the child sleep as he went to work.
But by the time Aron got home later that afternoon, the massive search for Kletzky was underway and Aron says that he panicked.
Aron allegedly suffocated the boy and then not knowing what to do with the body chopped it up and put it in his refrigerator and freezer.
Through surveillance camera footage, the police were able to track down Aron.
The Post reports Aron was charged with murder. So far it's not clear what murder charges he faces, but in New York, he would likely face either first-degree or second-degree murder charges.
Generally, second-degree murder charges are brought in most intentional killings. And first-degree murder charges are usually brought when there are aggravating circumstances like the murder of a police officer or murder while committing a serious felony like kidnapping in the first degree.
Levi Aron faces murder charges for the gruesome killing of eight-year old Leiby Kletzky. We will soon find out the exact murder charges brought against him.
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