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New Information Learned in Leiby Kletzky’s Murder

July 19, 2011
New Information Learned in Leiby Kletzky’s Murder

New York – It has been a week since the dismembered body of 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky was found, and today there are new details emerging regarding the case. Earlier today, after Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes paid his respects to Kletzky’s family at their Borough Park home, Hynes was asked about the pending murder indictment....

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Brooklyn DA Dismisses Suggestion That Boy’s Killer Insane

July 19, 2011
Brooklyn DA Dismisses Suggestion That Boy’s Killer Insane

New York – Brooklyn’s top prosecutor vowed Tuesday that he would pursue swift justice for slain Leiby Kletzky and dismissed suggestions that the boy’s killer was insane. “Sometimes I wonder about what goes through defense lawyers’ minds,” District Attorney Charles Hynes said after paying a shiva call to Kletzky’s parents in Borough Park.

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Police Expand Search in Murder Case to Arkansas, Florida and Tennessee

July 19, 2011
Police Expand Search in Murder Case to Arkansas, Florida and Tennessee

Levi Aron, accused of killing 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky of Borough Park one week ago, is expected to be indicted this week. On Monday morning, more boxes of evidence were collected and removed from Aron’s Kensington, Brooklyn home. Over the weekend, investigators took dozens of pieces of evidence, including furniture and his car.

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Square Rebbe Moves to Have Burn Victim’s Lawsuit Dismissed

July 18, 2011
Square Rebbe Moves to Have Burn Victim’s Lawsuit Dismissed

New Square, NY – Grand Rabbi David Twersky today asked a state judge to throw out a civil lawsuit implicating him in the arson attack that seriously burned a dissident member. Twersky’s lawyer argued Aron Rottenberg provided no “factual basis” to implicate the Skver Hasidic Jewish leader of any role on the attack or...

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Mayor Mike Bloomberg & Police Commissioner Ray Kelly to Visit Kletzky Family Shiva Home

July 18, 2011
Mayor Mike Bloomberg & Police Commissioner Ray Kelly to Visit Kletzky Family Shiva Home

Boro Park, NY – New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg and Commissioner Kelly, will pay a Shiva call to the Kletzky family at around 7-7:30pm. Photos:

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Killer Aron Levi Hears Voices

July 18, 2011
Killer Aron Levi Hears Voices

The man accused of abducting and killing an 8-year-old boy who asked him for directions on a Brooklyn street is seeking to quiet the voices in his head by listening to music, his lawyers said Monday. Levi Aron met with his lawyers Monday at Bellevue Hospital, where he is being held in the prison...

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Shomrim Knew That Levi Aron Was Stalking Boy

July 18, 2011
Shomrim Knew That Levi Aron Was Stalking Boy

Leiby Kletzky may not be the first boy targeted for harm by accused child killer Levi Aron in a tight-knit Hasidic Jewish community in Brooklyn, N.Y. A source close to the shomrim, a neighborhood watch group in the Jewish community said that the patrol had been warned about Aron after he allegedly stalked an...

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Levi Aron’s Confession About ‘Panicking,’ Bringing Leiby to Wedding So Bizarre Experts Are Confused

July 18, 2011
Levi Aron’s Confession About ‘Panicking,’ Bringing Leiby to Wedding So Bizarre Experts Are Confused

Confessed child butcher Levi Aron’s crime was so barbaric and his confession so bizarre that it has even left experts baffled. In the hours after cops found Leiby Kletsky’s dismembered body, Aron told investigators he was only trying to help the lost little boy find his way home.

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Long Island Yeshiva Ketana Students’ Science Project Lifts Off With Space Shuttle

July 18, 2011
Long Island Yeshiva Ketana Students’ Science Project Lifts Off With Space Shuttle

Live from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, 12 students from Yeshiva Ketana in Inwood, watched as their award winning science experiment embarked into space aboard the Atlantis space shuttle on July 8.

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Cops Focus on Evidence From Levi Aron’s Living Room in Leiby Slay Case

July 18, 2011
Cops Focus on Evidence From Levi Aron’s Living Room in Leiby Slay Case

Investigators yesterday centered on that section of the Brooklyn home where Levi Aron is accused of smothering and butchering 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky, as they build their case in the heinous slaying. Dressed in white haz-mat suits, investigators hauled out two chairs, a couch and a carpet — each wrapped in brown paper — from...

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Major Jerusalem Fire Was a Mistake

July 18, 2011
Major Jerusalem Fire Was a Mistake

A forest fire that prompted the evacuation of Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust museum was likely started accidentally by a man burning rubbish in his backyard, Jerusalem police said on Monday.

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Pig Meat Found Next to Glatt Kosher Delivery

July 18, 2011

A pig carcass has been discovered hanging in a delivery lorry next to kosher meat which has been stamped by London’s strictest kashrut authority. A series of photographs published on a Charedi news website, Behadrei Haredim, shows an unwrapped pig carcass hanging in a lorry next to kosher beef with a clearly marked Kedassia...

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Detectives Carry Out Matress, Other Evidence From Killers House

July 16, 2011
Detectives Carry Out Matress, Other Evidence From Killers House

Police in Brooklyn are still looking into the events leading up to the murder eight-year-old Leiby Kletzky.

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Levi Aron Had Prayed For Leiby And Corrected Name

July 16, 2011
Levi Aron Had Prayed For Leiby And Corrected Name

New details continue to emerge about Levi Aron, the Brooklyn man who confessed to killing and dismembering 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky this past week. Aron was working as a clerk in a hardware store near his home. Fellow co-workers at the hardware store said he came to work Tuesday, a day after the 8-year-old boy...

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Updates Regarding Killer; Levi Aron: Kidnapper

July 16, 2011
Updates Regarding Killer; Levi Aron: Kidnapper

The following are updates regarding the killer of Leiby Kletzky A”H. - A Neighbor said the killer of Leiby Kletzky previously tried to kidnap her son, but she scared him away with her screams. - The Killer had written on his Facebook wall that “he likes Brooklyn more than Tennessee because there are more...

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Killer Levi Aron Pleads Not Guilty; Psychiatric Exam Ordered

July 15, 2011
Killer Levi Aron Pleads Not Guilty; Psychiatric Exam Ordered

The 35-year-old hardware store clerk accused of abducting an 8-year-old Brooklyn boy off the street and killing him before cutting up his body has been formally charged as police revealed new troubling details about the crime.

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Leiby Fought Back With Killer as he Was Suffocated

July 15, 2011

Little Leiby Kletzky fought for his life as psycho Levi Aron allegedly smothered the boy before chopping him up into pieces, police said today. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said suspect Levi Aron, 35, had scratches on his arms and wrists—evidence that the boy put up a fight before he was killed.

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Killer Levi Aron’s Confession Not Completly True

July 15, 2011
Killer Levi Aron’s Confession Not Completly True

Investigators have no evidence Leiby was sexually molested before he was killed. There were indications he was tied with a rope.

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Murderer Levi Aron Gave Neighbors Creeps

July 15, 2011
Murderer Levi Aron Gave Neighbors Creeps

The loner Levi Aron gave people the creeps long before he was charged with slaughtering an innocent child.

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Confession of The Murderer Levi Aron

July 13, 2011
Confession of The Murderer Levi Aron

This transcript has been edited to remove parts of an extremely graphic nature. It has not been edited for clarity. These are the suspect’s words as written on a legal pad during questioning, according to law enforcement sources. My name is Levi Aron… On Monday evening around 5:30 I went to my dentist, Dr....

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Leiby Kletzky’s Murderer, Levi Aron, Possibly Took Child With Him to Wedding in Monsey on Monday Night

July 13, 2011
Leiby Kletzky’s Murderer, Levi Aron, Possibly Took Child With Him to Wedding in Monsey on Monday Night

Monsey, New York – The murderer of Leiby Kletzky A”H was at a wedding in Ateres Charna in Monsey, New York on Monday night. It is possible That Leiby was in the car. Police looked into whether the suspect took 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky to a wedding in Monsey.

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Photos: Thosands Attend Levaya of Hayeled Leiby Kletzky A”H

July 13, 2011
Photos: Thosands Attend Levaya of Hayeled Leiby Kletzky A”H

Boro Park, NY – Thousands of people are currently attending the funeral service for Leiby Kletzky A”H who was murdered R”L, at 56th Street between 16th and 17th Avenue at Beis Medrash Heichal Hatfilah (Rabbi Eisenberger’s shul) where the family is a member of the Shul. Misaskim giving out water to Drink.

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Six Police Officers Hurt in Clashes With Ultra-Orthodox Over Bais Shchita in Jerusalem

July 13, 2011
Six Police Officers Hurt in Clashes With Ultra-Orthodox Over Bais Shchita in Jerusalem

Jerusalem – Hundreds of ultra-Orthdox Jews clashed with police in a conservative neighborhood of Jerusalem on Wednesday as tax officials tried to carry out inspections. Micky Rosenfeld said several tax authority representatives entered the Mea Shearim neighbourhood on Wednesday morning to carry out “examinations, check-ups and closures” of several businesses.

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Police Commissioner Ray Kelly Thanks Shomrim; Levi Aron’s Ex-Wife Shocked

July 13, 2011
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly Thanks Shomrim; Levi Aron’s Ex-Wife Shocked

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said the suspect Levi Aron told detectives that after he picked the boy up in his car and took him to his apartment, he later “panicked” after hearing about the missing person reports, which is why he killed him. Some of the boy’s remains were found in Aron’s refrigerator, Kelly...

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Police Statement On Leibby Kletzky Murder

July 13, 2011
Police Statement On Leibby Kletzky Murder

NYPD’s Police Commissioner just finished making a statement and answering questions in a news conference. He said Shomrim was very helpful in the investigation but the large numbers of search teams, posters, etc., scared Aron and that’s why he killed Kletzky. Here are highlights from the conference:

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Petira of Mrs. Blimy Werczberger A”H

July 13, 2011
Petira of Mrs. Blimy Werczberger A”H

Staten Island, NY – Baruch Dayan Emes, VidYid.com regrets to inform you of the Petira of Blimy Wertzberger A”H.

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[Update - Found] Moshe Dresdner of Williamsburg Missing From Camp in Catskills

July 13, 2011
[Update - Found] Moshe Dresdner of Williamsburg Missing From Camp in Catskills

Dairryland, NY – Police and Hatzolah in the Catskills are searching for 14-year-old Moshe Drezner, who has been missing since 11pm from Camp Bais Yitzchok Spinka.

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Mr. Levi Aron, 35 Years Old, Suffocates Leiby Kletzky A”H Then Cuts Him Into Pieces; Some Parts Found in His Freezer, Other Parts in a Dumpster

July 13, 2011
Mr. Levi Aron, 35 Years Old, Suffocates Leiby Kletzky A”H Then Cuts Him Into Pieces; Some Parts Found in His Freezer, Other Parts in a Dumpster

Boro Park, NY – The dismembered body of a missing 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky A”H, was found at two locations in Brooklyn. Police this morning arrested Mr. Levi Aron, 35, in the slaying — who had the child’s severed feet in his freezer.

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Leiby Kletzky A”H Found Dead R”L

July 13, 2011
Leiby Kletzky A”H Found Dead R”L

The dismembered body of a missing 9-year-old Hasidic boy was found at two locations in Brooklyn and police this morning arrested a suspect in the slaying — who had the child’s severed feet in his freezer, sources told The Post. Police made the gruesome discovery after raiding a Kensington home and arresting the 35-year-old...

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Leibby Kleztky Possible Abducted by Man in Boro Park

July 13, 2011
Leibby Kleztky Possible Abducted by Man in Boro Park

Boro Park – There’s new surveillance video released by police which shows 8-year-old Leibby Kleztky near a gold sedan with a man on 18th Avenue between 45th Street and 46th Street in Borough Park, Brooklyn Monday afternoon. Police believe he may have gotten into that car.

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