Wednesday, July 13, 2011

LEIBY KLETZKY-WHERE ARE YOU GOING, WHAT ARE YOU DOING???


THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 2012

LEVI ARON SENTENCED 40 YEARS TO LIFE FOR DISMEMBERMENT, MURDER OF 8 YEAR OLD LEIBY KLETZKY
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THURSDAY-AUGUST 9, 2012- 

LEVI ARON MURDER UPDATE- ARON PLEADS GUILTY IN MURDER OF 8 YEAR OLD CHILD LEIBY KLETZKY-WHY THE YARMULKE?

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REST IN PEACE LEIBY KLETZKY

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WEDNESDAY,AUGUST 1, 2012

LEVI ARON TO PLEAD GUILTY-KILLER OF LEIBY KLETZKY TO GET 40 YEARS IN PRISON

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 REST IN PEACE LEIBY KLETZKY 
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Wednesday, July 4, 2012


Leiby Kletzky-Sunday July 1, 2012 Marks First Yahrtzeit Anniversary Of Leiby Kletzky

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 REST IN PEACE LEIBY KLETZKY

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LEIBY KLETZKY MURDER UPDATE-MAY 25, 2012

REST IN PEACE LEIBY KLETZKY

Levi Aron, Child killer of Leiby Kletzky, Appears at Court Hearing on May 25, 2012

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LEIBY KLETZKY MURDER UPDATE-MARCH 15, 2012


REST IN PEACE LEIBY KLETZKY 

Brooklyn, NY - The Brooklyn man accused of murdering and dismembering 8 year old boy Leiby Kletzky of Borough Park this summer was back in court this morning.

Levi Aron appeared in Brooklyn Criminal Court via web conference from Riker’s Island. His lawyers and prosecutors were also in attendance for pre-trial motions and to reschedule a new court date. Aron allegedly killed 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky after kidnapping him on his way home from school. NYS Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-48th District) says he cannot wait for justice to be served, even though the family may never feel at peace. Aron is due back in court May 25. 

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In keeping to my promise to honor the memory of murdered 8 year old Leiby Kletzky, I will continue to post on my Blog, all stories related to this tragedy until the case is closed.

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UPDATE-Thursday, December 22, 2011

LEVI ARON'S DEFENSE ATTORNEY: INBREEDING MADE MY CLIENT DO IT. 

In Keeping to my promise to honor the memory of murdered 8 year old Leiby Kletzky, I will continue to post on my Blog, all stories related to this tragedy until the case is closed.
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UPDATED AS OF DECEMBER 21, 2011

Levi Aron’s Lawyer Continues Pursuit of Insanity Defense, Blames “Inbreeding” in Orthodox Community

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LEIBY KLETZKY MURDER UPDATE- A MONSTER-DECEMBER 9, 2011

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LEIBY KLETZKY MURDER UPDATE-December 5, 2011

Updated: Mon., Dec. 5, 2011, 1:40 AM

Levi's Nuts Or I'LL Quit, Says Attorney

In Keeping to my promise to honor the memory of murdered 8 year old Leiby Kletzky, I will continue to post on my Blog, all stories related to this tragedy until the case is closed.
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UPDATED NOVEMBER 8, 2011
LEVI ARON,SUSPECTED CHILD KILLER TO BE TRIED IN BROOKLYN
Accused killer Levi Aron (left) and victim Leiby Kletzky (right)
UPDATED AS OF NOVEMBER 8, 2011

LEVI ARON,SUSPECTED CHILD KILLER TO BE TRIED IN BROOKLYN

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UPDATED AS OF OCTOBER 24, 2011

COPS COERCED STATEMENTS FROM   ACCUSED KILLER - CLAIMS LAWYER-ALSO REQUESTS TO MOVE TRIAL OUT OF BROOKLYN.

CLICK HERE FOR UPDATED STORY (REUTERS) AS OF OCTOBER 24, 2011

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CLICK HERE ON VIDEO OF LEVI ARONS LAWYERS CLAIMING COPS FORCED CONFESSION

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DEFENSE ATTORNEY DEFENDS STATEMENT THAT LEVI ARON WAS PRESSURED TO CONFESS KILLING 8 YEAR OLD LEIBY KLETZKY.
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(LATEST UPDATE-SEPTEMBER 1, 2011): LEIBY KLETZKY MURDER.-RIP).

FATHER SUES KILLER OF 8 YEAR OLD SON 

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(LATEST UPDATE AUGUST 25, 2011): LEIBY KLETZKY MURDER.-REST IN PEACE).

JUDGE CHEWS OUT LAWYERS FOR LEVI ARON

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(LATEST UPDATE AUGUST 11, 2011): LEIBY KLETZKY MURDER-RIP).

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THE ACCUSED KILLER IN HIS OWN WORDS (EDITED)

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 by detectives during questioning, according to law enforcement sources.  

"My name is Levi Aron... On Monday evening around 5:30 I went to my dentist, Dr. Sorcher, to make a payment for visit for exam routine. A boy approached me on where the Judaica book store was.  He was still there when went out from the dentist’s office. He asked me for a ride to the Judaica book store.  While on the way he changed his mind and wasn’t sure where he wanted to go.

So I asked if he wanted to go for the ride -- wedding in Monsey -- since I didn’t think I was going to stay for the whole thing since my back was hurting.  He said ok.
Due to traffic, I got back around 11:30 p.m. … so I brought him to my house thinking I’d bring him to his house the next day. He watched TV then fell asleep in the front room. I went to the middle room to sleep. That next morning, he was still sleeping when I was ready to leave.
So I woke him and told him I’ll bring him to his house… when I saw the flyers I panicked and was afraid.  When I got home he was still there so I made him a tuna sandwich....
I was still in a panic...and afraid to bring him home.  That is when approximately I went for a towel to smother him in the side room.   
He fought back a little bit until eventually he stopped breathing.
Afterwards -- I panicked because I didn’t know what to do with the body.… carried parts to the back room placing parts between the freezer and the refrigerator …
… went to clean up a little then took a second shower.  I panicked and .. Then putting the parts in a suitcase.  Then carrying suitcase to the car …placing in backseat on floor behind passenger side.
 … drove around approximately around 20 minutes before placing it in the dumpster on 20th street just before 4th Avenue.Then went home to clean and organize.
I understand this may be wrong and I’m sorry for the hurt that I have caused".

THE ACTUAL COPY OF SIGNED COPY (WARNING BEFORE YOU CLICK THIS LINK TO READ - BE AWARE IT IS UNEDITED) OF HANDWRITTEN CONFESSION

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Poor Leiby Was Drugged- UPDATED JULY 20
POOR LEIBY KLETZKY WAS DRUGGED BEFORE MURDERED- UPDATED JULY 20- The animal had enough presence of mind to systematically drug this innocent 8 year old child. Yet his lawyers now maintain that the animal is insane, hears voices, and cannot be held responsible for his actions. BULLSHIT!!! He knew what he was doing and went about murdering this little child by following a planned process of events, including drugging this poor child before strangling him.   The corrupt Legal process in our Country does not provide rights for victims, not even 8 yr. old children who are tortured, murdered, and dismembered. NYPD has just discovered many other clothes of children in this animals house. They are now re-digging up his back and front yard for bodies, evidence.  The "voices" the animal hears can be manipulated by his slimy lawyers for an insanity plea to have him sent to a psychiatric institution, and not prison. Who will speak up for the child, who will stop the insanity of law that lets murders of all kinds go free, or escape punishment. We will see!                                BURIAL OF LEIBY KLETZKY                  FATHER SPEAKING AT FUNERAL CEREMONY
 
WHY DOES MY HEART FEEL SO BAD
 
10,000 MOURNERS GATHER FOR FUNERAL
LIFE IS CHEAP!  
More insensitive hyped media fodder for the TV talking heads who couldn't care less about human life. But to some of us it produces the thoughts that whose child of any age is safe in the jungle of sub human animals we now inhabit?    This is happening almost every day now to some one else's family. The refrain of that's horrible and the secret thoughts of " at least it's not my child" and then people go on with their regular lives, quickly forgetting until the next killing happens, later today, tomorrow, or another day, doesn't work any longer.
We have reached the doomed stage as a society where the above refrain won't protect you or your family any longer. You can believe it will, but so did all these other victims families who never thought it would happen to them.    This is the same as the killing of my son Steven, the murder of my father Samuel, all by others who never have shown a single shred of a feeling, not a hint of conscience, living their lives as if they have no accountability, no soul, no responsibility for stealing a human life by horrific acts, also killing the families of these victims who will never heal, never be whole again.
This is the world of the " civilized modern" 21st Century, a place where we are in reality, no better off than hundreds of years ago when there were no laws to follow and survival of the fittest ruled the human chain of life.    Today this human survival of the fittest has retrogressed backwards to the scum of the earth, murderers, killers, indifferent "regular" "people who cover up their negligence in killing innocent human beings such as my son Steven, and all others who make up the rules of life, as they reproduce in epidemic proportions as an insane society at all levels.
I promise to honor the memory of murdered 8 year old Leiby Kletzky. I will continue to post on my Blog, all stories related to this tragedy until the case is closed.
Those who do the killing, along with the dysfunctional , inept legal system, shoddy law enforcement, corrupt immoral governments, politicians only interested in their own personal gain, Corporations of greed, disgusting media using these horrors to glorify themselves at the expense of tragedy, and on and on, yes, they all contribute to this chain of what our society has become, a CESSPOOL, toxic  and fatal. 
Our World is such a sick place of EVIL! An 8 year old boy now, every day a new horrific insanity of those who prey on others, especially animals who kill little children. Another innocent child who did nothing wrong, just walking only 7 short blocks to his home from Camp, in the middle of a beautiful sunny summer afternoon day.
Beyond believable but now all too common. What has our world come to, at this point and WHY????
Just an 8 year old kid, Leiby Kletsky and he knew what was happening to him, such unimaginable terror, pain for him. 
The animal started to strangle him with a towel. Leiby tried to fight back, imagine that tiny 8 year old child resisting, fighting back against this large animal. 
Think of what this child's mind felt, the terror, fear, and his last breaths on this earth.  
This was his first time walking home. His parents had carefully instructed him on the directions many times the day before.
In spite of those directions, he still became confused in all the excitement of his first day walking home from camp, with his backpack neatly held over the shoulder, thinking happy thoughts of his day at camp, of his upcoming 9th birthday next week, and then he suddenly realized that he was lost. 
This innocent, trusting child asked a "person" on the street to help him find his way home, and believes when told, that he will be driven home by car to his loving parents.
A crowded street with neighborhood people all around him. Of all the people on that street, why is it that this predator is the one that is picked to help this lost 8 year old? 
Why is it that a second more or less he could have picked a human being, or didn't go into a store for help? Fate, random matrices, it is meant to be, some god willed this to be, NO, these are just excuses to make people feel better, an attempt to understand what is truly unfathomable.
Yes you should cry, "this is some one else's" child is the way people DON'T deal with the horror. NO ONES child of any age is safe in the jungle we now inhabit. These killings are happening every day, and it has become "normal" to read about it. How can this be normal??? 
Whether it's my Steven, my father, the Caley Anthony toddler killed, another College student murdered, or anyone, it is now accepted as normal??? How can that be? 
This is about the ugliness of reality, the cheapness placed on a human life by the entire society that sighs, and then thinks " at least its not my kid" and believes that it is "just one of those things". 
A doomed, sick, selfish society with no justice to be served, no moral compass to follow, that even fails to try helping the living children in need, let alone the innocent victims of all ages who are dead. 
There will be no birthday gifts next week for little Leiby Kletsky, only a cold, dark grave, where victims go away forever.
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'Little Leiby put up a fight but had no chance - his feet were tied up': Police reveal brutal details of eight-year-old Hasidic boy's final moments - and say killer hasn't yet revealed the whole truth

  • Hasidic child abducted on his way home from camp 'put up a fight' while tied down and suffocated, police say
  • Levi Aron confessed he 'panicked' and killed the child after search became so high profile - but police doubt his story
  • Ordered to undergo psychological tests after his lawyer said he 'hears voices'
  • Boy's family say 'We're not into revenge'
  • Aron said to have shown 'no remorse' while 'giggling' in custody
  • Leiby was lost on first solo walk home and stopped Aron to ask for directions
  • Aron arraigned in court today after police found child's butchered remains in a fridge and a dumpster
  • Thousands mourn at emotional funeral service in Brooklyn
By Paul Bentley and Fiona Roberts-Daily Mail.U.K   The innocent Hasidic child brutally murdered by a stranger he asked for directions bravely fought as he was tied down and suffocated by his captor, it has emerged. Eight-year-old Leiby Kletzky was abducted by 35-year-old Levi Aron while walking home alone for the first time from a day camp in Brooklyn on Monday afternoon, sparking a city-wide police search. After losing his way on the seven-block walk home, the child asked the older man to help him - a most cruel chance encounter which led to him being kidnapped, suffocated and dismembered with a kitchen knife. But in his final moments the brave child fought for his life, police have revealed, scratching Aron while tied down with a rope and smothered with a bath towel.
Arraigned: Levi Aron appears in court today charged with killing eight-year-old Leiby
Arraigned: Levi Aron appears in court today charged with killing eight-year-old Leiby
Head bowed: Levi Aron is led into a police car today after confessing to the brutal murder
Head bowed: Levi Aron is led into a police car today after confessing to the brutal murder
Missing: Leibby Kletzky was reportedly last seen after leaving the Boyan Day Camp on 44th Street at around 5 pm Monday.
Hasidic boy is named Levi Aron, a 35-year-old who worked recently as a licensed security guard.
How could he? Levi Aron, right, is being held after police found eight-year-old Leiby's dismembered body
As thousands took to the streets of Brooklyn to mourn the death of the young child, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Aron had cuts on his arms and wrists - evidence Leiby had tried to fight him off. 'There are marks on his body,' Kelly said, adding that it was 'reasonable to say' this indicated a struggle. It was a fight the child could never have won, however, as marks on Leiby's ankles indicated he had been restrained with rope. Aron has denied sexually molesting the child but has offered no other understandable motive for the murder, according to police. He  was last night under psychological evaluation and suicide watch in prison. 'In this business, you see a lot of violence. Here, it defies all logic. That's what is so disturbing about this case,' Mr Kelly said. 'It's heartbreaking.' Aron, who once worked as a butcher, told police in graphic detail how he suffocated Leiby with a bath towel in a panic before cutting up his remains. 'I understand it may be wrong, and I am sorry for the hurt I have caused,' he wrote in a hand-written statement. At the Kletzky household, his family were looking for answers. 'Why?' asked Shmuel Eckstein, a close family friend, as the boy's parents and five sisters sat and prayed. 'We don't have that ... What we know is that through Leiby's death, God is sending us a huge signal - that we're doing something terribly wrong. And we're looking for what it is.' He added that the family was not looking for retribution. 'We're not into revenge,' he said.
Levi Aron
Levi Aron
In court: Levi Aron appeared in court today following the horrific murder of little Leiby
Handcuffed: Aron is said to have cuts on his arms from when Leiby tried to fight him off
Handcuffed: Aron is said to have cuts on his arms from when Leiby tried to fight him off
He is said to have remained detached throughout police interviews, showing 'no remorse' and at times even giggling when speaking to investigators, Mr Kelly said. Today in court for arraignment, Aron was ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation after his lawyer told a judge he might be mentally ill. 'He has indicated to me that he hears voices and has had some hallucinations,' attorney Pierre Bazile said. Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes said he plans to charge Aron with felony murder and was also investigating whether he might have had any improper contact with children in the past. As he was led out from the courthouse holding pens, other inmates screamed obscenities at Aron. Authorities doubt much of Aron's explanation for his actions. He claimed he offered to give Leiby a lift to a book store in his car but ended up taking the boy to a wedding in upstate Monsey as a treat.
Outpouring of grief: Almost 8,000 mourners gather in the streets of Borough Park, Brooklyn, to pay their last respects as the hearse carrying the body of Leiby Kletzy leaves his funeral service
Outpouring of grief: Almost 8,000 mourners gather in the streets of Borough Park, Brooklyn, to pay their last respects as the hearse carrying the body of Leiby Kletzy leaves his funeral service
Inconsolable: Men from Leiby's community weep while listening to the funeral service
Inconsolable: Men from Leiby's community weep while listening to the funeral service
A man listens to the funeral of Leibby Kletzky
A man weeps while listening to the funeral of Leibby Kletzky
Devastated: The Hasidic community has come together in grief after the barbaric murder of one of its members
He said they got back late 'so I brought him to my house, thinking I'd bring him to his house the next day'. After realising the extent to which the search had gained momentum the next day he then 'panicked', made Leiby a tuna sandwich and smothered him with a bath towel, he said. 'He fought back a little,' he wrote. 'Afterwards, I panicked because I didn't know what to do with the body.' Police, however, believe the boy was killed on Monday, rather than Tuesday. Officers have reviewed videotape from the wedding reception in Monsey and interviewed guests, but there is no suggestion Leiby was taken there, Kelly said. They are now digging up his yard in an attempt to find more evidence he may have tried to conceal. Police said Aron had shaved in an effort to 'clean up' and alter his appearance after murdering Leiby.
Solemn: The casket of Leiby Kletzy is carried to his funeral service, just hours after police found his dismembered remains
Solemn: The casket of Leiby Kletzy is carried to his funeral service, just hours after police found his dismembered remains
Devastated community: Leiby Kletzky's body is carried high above thousands of black-clad mourners who gathered in Brooklyn last night for his funeral. His dismembered body was found just hours before
Devastated community: Leiby Kletzky's body is carried high above thousands of black-clad mourners who gathered in Brooklyn last night for his funeral. His dismembered body was found just hours before
Sombre: Crowds in traditional Hasidic dress gather as police-escorted vans arrive for the service
Sombre: Crowds in traditional Hasidic dress gather as police-escorted vans arrive for the service
The 35-year-old's only previous criminal conviction was for public urination last year. His former wife took out an order of protection against him in 2007, during their divorce, but withdrew it later. Cops are now also looking into a report that he allegedly tried to force another child into his car last year. That boy's mother, however, said she thought Aron was just being 'friendly' by offering the lift. Aron's lawyer, Pierre Bazile, said, simply: 'Our condolences go out to the family of the victim. We'll let the judicial system take its course.' 10,000 mourners lined the streets of Brooklyn last night for Leiby's highly emotional funeral. The huge crowds parted in silence as his casket was carried aloft to the service, just hours after his dismembered body was found in a fridge and a dumpster. Shocked and grieving members of the close-knit Hasidic community spilled out into the neighbouring streets as they listened to a moving address from Leiby's father, Nachman. Mark of respect: A mourner reaches out to touch the casket carrying the body of Leiby Kletzky
Mark of respect: A mourner reaches out to touch the casket carrying the body of Leiby Kletzky
Final journey: Mourners carry Leiby's casket through a gate into the courtyard where his funeral service was held
Final journey: Mourners carry Leiby's casket into the courtyard where his funeral service was held
Leiby's funeral was due to start at 8.30pm yesterday, but it was delayed until 9pm as thousands of mourners, dressed in traditional Hasidic black clothes, streamed in to pay their last respects. As the narrow courtyard outside a temple school filled to capacity, mourners spilled out into the surrounding streets, with men and women separated according to Hasidic custom. They gathered behind police barricades as NYPD officers and members of local security patrol group, the Shomrim, kept order. As Leiby's grieving family arrived, an officer said: 'We need to separate like the Red Sea so the family can get through'. His sisters and mothers arrived first, then men carried Leiby's casket high above the crowd. The casket, covered in a black shawl, rested on a podium during the half-hour service, which was conducted in Hebrew and Yiddish. Three rabbis spoke, thanking God for a 'beautiful child' with a 'beautiful soul'. Then his father delivered an emotional address to the gathered crowds.  Gripping the podium for support, he thanked God for the nine years he had spent with his only son, the New York  Daily News reports. He said: 'God gives and God takes. Thank you God, for giving you to us for nine years. We have to thank you for what You gave us.
Community torn apart: Mourners in traditional Hasidic dress pour into the streets of Borough Park for Leiby Kletzky's funeral
Community torn apart: Mourners in traditional Hasidic dress pour into the streets of Borough Park for Leiby Kletzky's funeral
Moving address: Mourners grip he gates to the courtyard as they gather to listen to the funeral service for Leiby Kletzky, who was brutally murdered after he asked a stranger for directions
Moving address: Mourners grip he gates to the courtyard as they gather to listen to the funeral service for Leiby Kletzky, who was brutally murdered after he asked a stranger for directions
Grief: Leiby's family break down as they arrive for the funeral service
Grief: Members of Leiby's family break down as they arrive for the funeral servicem'Pray for your sisters and the rest of your family, including the entire Jewish nation, which is now part of our family.'
Others who spoke at the funeral repeatedly broke down in tears. The women in Leiby's family sat at the front, with their heads covered and pain marked on their faces. One mourner, Leah Rosenberg, told the New York Times: 'We feel like we lost one of our own. He was everybody’s child.' According to Hasidic custom, Leiby's funeral was held just hours after his body was found by police, a day and a half after he went missing. Police found half of Leiby's body - including his severed feet - in a refrigerator at Aron's home which they raided in Kensington, not far from where the boy was last seen. When police raided Aron's apartment and asked where Leiby was, he nodded to the refrigerator. Officers saw blood on the handle and three carving knives inside. Some of the boy's remains were in the freezer. Officers were then led by Aron to the rest of the body parts, which had been hidden in a suitcase in a dumpster in Greenwood Heights. Authorities said Leiby was abducted on his first day walking home by himself.
Lost: Leiby seen in CCTV footage moments before he was abducted on his way home
Lost: Leiby seen in CCTV footage moments before he was abducted on his way home.
When the dad, reviewed the earlier video footage, "He had tears in his eyes," said Moishe Lefkovitz, the manager of the locksmith shop at 44th Street and 15th Avenue where the surveillance footage was taken. "He kept shaking his head, saying, 'Where are you going? Where are you going? What are you doing?' "
Gruesome end: Leiby's remains were found in a fridge and in this suitcase in a dumpster
Gruesome end: Leiby's remains were found in a fridge and in this suitcase in a dumpster
  Mr Kelly added: 'This was an horrendous crime. We extend our deepest condolences with the Kletzky family.' The boy was abducted by 35-year-old Levi Aron while walking home alone for the first time from the Brooklyn-based Boyan Day Camp on 44th Street on Monday afternoon, sparking a city-wide police search. After losing his way on the seven-block walk home, the child asked the older man to help him - a most cruel chance encounter which led to him being kidnapped, suffocated and dismembered with a kitchen knife. When police tracked him down, Aron confessed to the brutal murder, saying he killed the child 'in a panic' after the search for the boy became high-profile.
Charged: Levi Aron, right, who was confessed to the murder of eight-year-old Brooklyn boy Leiby Kletzky, is led into the 67th Precinct by police
Charged: Levi Aron, right, who was confessed to the murder of eight-year-old Brooklyn boy Leiby Kletzky, is led into the 67th Precinct by police
He said he had originally intended to take the boy home the following day after taking him on a trip to a wedding upstate - a story police say they do not believe. Police said Leiby stopped Aron to ask for directions after getting lost the first time he was allowed to walk home alone from summer camp. 35 minutes later Leiby was in a 1990 brown Honda Accord with Levi Aron, who subsequently brought the boy to his apartment, killed him there and then dismembered his body,' Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said.   'He had asked his parents’ permission to walk home alone and the parents were waiting outside'.  'Leiby appeared to be lost. He encountered Aron and asked him for directions. It was just happenstance, and a terrible fate for this young boy.' Police Commissioner Kelly said Aron had confessed to the murder, telling investigators he panicked and killed the boy once the search for the boy became so high-profile. NYPD PRESS CONFERENCE
Aron, who works as a clerk in Kensington, was seized by police after he was spotted with the child on CCTV.   Footage showed Aron enter a dentist's office while the boy waited for him on the street, before he re-emerged and led Leiby to his car. Detectives eventually managed to source the man's address after retrieving patient records from the practice, but by the time they raided his home, Leiby had been killed.
Tragic: Half of the nine-year-old's remains were found in a dumpster in New York
Removed: Police officers tow away the dumpster, which is thought here to still contain Leiby Kletzy's remains
Removed: Police officers tow away the dumpster, which is thought here to still contain Half of the eight-year-old's remains.
Aron is divorced and has no children, although he did look after his former wife's children from her previous marriage. His ex-wife spoke today of her complete disbelief at what Aron is said to have done to the child.'I am in shock. I am not believing this,' Debbie Kivel, 34, told The Post. 'He loved children. He loved kids. My kids are now 13 and 10, but when we were married they were younger – and he loved them.' The former couple met online, married in 2006 but split up a year later because of a 'clash of character,' she said, adding, of their relationship: 'It was more like brother sister.'Her father, Michael Kivel, was more damning about his former son-in-law.
Gruesome find: The home where part of Leiby's body is said to have been found is owned by Aron's parents, who live below him
Gruesome find: The home where part of Leiby's body is said to have been found is owned by Aron's parents, who live below him
Forensics: Police thoroughly search the home of Levi Aron after they found the boy's butchered remains inside a bloody fridge-freezer
Forensics: Police thoroughly search the home of Levi Aron after they found the boy's butchered remains inside a bloody fridge-freezer
In the fridge: Officers found Leiby's severed feet at Aron's apartment - in a building owned by his parents, who live on the first floor
In the fridge: Officers found Leiby's severed feet at Aron's apartment - in a building owned by his parents, who live on the first floor
Evidence: Police tow the car Aron is believed to have used to abduct Leiby
Evidence: Police tow the car Aron is believed to have used to abduct Leiby Sam Lowy, one of Aron’s co-workers said: 'He’s not social. You didn’t get a chance to get into his social life. He did what he did and then went home. He was creepy person,' he said. 'I gather he went to the Hebrew School, but wasn’t smart enough and dropped out.' Aron worked as a stock clerk so spent most of his time in the back of the store, with little interaction with customers.
In custody: Aron is being held by police after they raided his home this morning
In custody: Aron is being held by police after they raided his home this morning
'As far as the shop goes, we’re just shell shocked,' Lowy told the Wall Street Journal. 'If there was anyway to stop this…But you know, we are [an] equal opportunity employer. He wanted a job, we gave the guy work. But we serve the community. This is awful.'   Another of his co-worker said: 'I can't believe this. He was a strange guy but he was here yesterday and he was fine after killing this little boy.' The suspect's Facebook page revealed he is a practiser of Kabbalah who enjoys playing computer games such as Farmville. In a cruel irony, he had also joined a group titled 'IS YOUR FAMILY SAFE? Find out who really lives in your area!' - dedicated to exposing local rapists and child molesters. Community Rabbi Bernard Freilich told WNBC Leiby's parents are totally 'devastated'  after having been informed that his body had been recovered. Assemblyman Dov Hikind today confirmed the body which had been found was that of the missing child.   'I've never seen a community feel more depression than they are at the moment,' he told NY1. 'Whoever did this is sick beyond belief.'Hikind said the suspected killer is Jewish.'It’s just a horror for every parent,' he added, speaking to CBS. 'It’s just a tragedy today for everyone in New York.
NYPD officers outside the home of eight-year-old Leibby Kletzky yesterday
NYPD officers outside the home of eight-year-old Leibby Kletzky yesterday
Loss: The orthodox Jewish community has been devastated by Leiby's abduction and death
Loss: The orthodox Jewish community has been devastated by Leiby's abduction and death
Shocked: Members of the orthodox Jewish community gather around to look at a picture of the murder suspect, Levi Aron
Shocked: Members of the orthodox Jewish community gather around to look at a picture of the murder suspect, Levi Aron,"That this is possible, an innocent nine-year-old is walking the streets, and that there are human beings out there - at least we call them that - who would do this. There’s no reason for it, it’s just beyond horror." Jacob Daskel, a coordinator with a local Borough Park Jewish patrol, said he is familiar with the suspect.'He's a loner. He lives with his parents'Jacob Daskel, Borough Park Jewish patrol coordinator, on Aron he told the Daily News. Leiby's parents began sitting shiva - the Jewish practice of mourning - today after having the devastating news confirmed by police. They're distraught,' community member Simcha Bernath said. Leiby's father, Nachman Kletzky, was comforted at his home yesterday by four rabbis while his wife rested for the first time since their son went missing, he added. Hundreds of volunteers had joined the hunt for the boy. As well as offering help, people - some complete strangers to the family - also stumped up $100,000 as a reward for information leading to the boy's whereabouts. Leiby, the second youngest of five children, was last seen wearing a blue shirt with green and white stripes, blue pants and black trainers.
Search: Police issued this poster throughout the area in an effort to find the missing child
Search: Police issued this poster throughout the area in an effort to find the missing child. Heartbroken friends and members of the Hasidic community offered the family their condolences to his parents.
Carrie Powell said: 'My deepest sympathies to the family of Leiby. An innocent taken, a son loved and now gone. I pray for strength for you during the hardest time in your lives. Bless your family. Bless Leiby for the years he was here on earth, a good boy, a good son.' A woman named Cynthia added: 'Do not remember how he was taken, but how he lived his beautiful innocent life. We are all so very shocked and saddened. Our prayers for Leiby's family and all who love him and will miss him.'

Saturday, July 9, 2011

HAVE A HEART-PART 2- UPDATED NEWS


Sadly, there has been no change in the lives of Kathleen and Carl Sorabella since my original post. NOT one human response from his former employer, just a bunch of truly meaningless words in a press release, in particular the hypocritical arrogance that they are "reaching out to our former employee to determine if there is a way we can be supportive to his family during this time." 

Wow, maybe they should have reached out and been supportive of him when he asked for their help before firing him. It does not take a rocket scientist to as they say, determine if there is a way to be supportive during this time. 

Hire Mr. Sorabella back to his original job, stop with the feeble attempts to justify this company's incredibly cruel, sub human behavior, and save what little is left of your negligible integrity. 

You as a Company made a stupid, heartless mistake, now you can easily fix it. Instead of transparently defensive press releases and self righteous statements that no one believes, they are digging a deeper hole for themselves to crawl out of.

I suppose that is too much to expect from those whose acts of complete disregard in showing basic human compassion, loyalty, and meanness are perpetrated by bosses who think that they are better than the rest of us, whose concept of doing business, includes terminating an employee who has a loved one seriously ill.

Not one job offer from another Company in the great State of Massachusetts for Mr. Sorabella. How pathetically embarrassing for a State once known for its progressive thinking, courage, and pride to fight for its citizen's rights. SHAME ON YOU!

People of MASSACHUSETTS, this could be any of you, is there no Corporation, Business, or Human Being that will step forward to support these 2 human beings in need. SHAME ON YOU MASSACHUSETTS  for not offering this man a job, are you that apathetic, and selfish to reach out and help your fellow man?

A few months ago there was a story that was all over the media about a homeless man in Ohio with a gift for voice-overs, who had been singing on the side of the road, holding a sign asking for donations so he could survive. He was dubbed the "golden voice"  and immediately offered an announcing job with the NBA Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team. If Ohio can rise to the occasion, certainly Massachusetts can.

Surely, Carl Sorabella, a professional, highly experienced Accountant, with excellent references, even from his former employer of 15 years, must have someone in Massachusetts that needs a highly skilled employee like him. Certainly there are people and Company's that are flexible enough to work with his willingness to do whatever is necessary to do the job right? 

Where are the religious institutions in the great state of Massachusetts, Churches, Synagogues, Mosques, here is a family crying out for help, are you so blind and deaf, that you neither see nor hear them. You who serve a higher calling of the Lord, where are you as you sit on your backsides in your fancy edifices, impressed with your buildings, preaching love, caring Holiness, and prayers for mankind. SHAME ON YOU!

I had the honor of Kathleen Sorabella thanking me the other day through a comment she left for my first post about her and Carl on this Blog. A few days later, we chatted a short time on the Internet. She is a humble person, decent, and has worked her way up the professional ladder under the most difficult of circumstances. This is someone who deserves our support and the best that can be done for her. She is both severe physical and emotional pain.

HAVE A HEART!!! Is there no decency left in this Country that the Sorabella's will continue to be ignored and left to rot? Does no one care about reducing their anxieties that can be fixed by helping Carl earn a living to support his family?  Surely we are a better, more compassionate, caring people than that. We will see!

THE UPDATED NEWS STORY IS DIRECTLY BELOW:

Update: Man Gets Fired After Wife Gets Cancer

By Lisa Johnson Mandell, Posted July 7th 2011 @ 1:08PM

Remember the feature that AOL Jobs ran last month about Carl Sorabella, the Massachusetts accountant who got fired when he asked for flex time to care for his wife, who had just been diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer? We wish we could give you a happy update, but the fact is, things are not looking good for the Sorabellas, despite an overwhelming number of supportive comments from our readers.

Haynes management, the family-owned company with 21 employees that let Carl go, issued a long statement that can be found on WickedLocal.com. It stated, among other things: "The leadership of Haynes is confident that we followed appropriate practices in connection with recent events concerning a member of our staff. Media reports regarding the circumstances of this decision have been inaccurate; however, out of respect for the privacy of the individual involved, we will not comment on the specifics. In recognition of their unique circumstances and level of hardship created by his wife's illness, Haynes Management is reaching out to our former employee to determine if there is a way we can be supportive to his family during this time."

No Job Offers Yet
Sorabella and his wife, Kathleen, have no comment about that statement, but the fact of the matter is, he is still out of work, and they remain dependent on the Medicaid benefits that she receives through her disability. Those expenses are mounting, however, and the couple is unsure of the co-pays.

"Carl hasn't received any job offers yet, although he sends out at least five resumes a day. I don't know if people are reluctant to hire him since they know he won't be able to work regular hours," Kathleen Sorabella told AOL Jobs. She says that she'd like to go back to work herself as a psychotherapist, even if it's just for a couple of hours per week, but at present, she feels she's just too sick to be of help to her patients.

She is right in the middle of a cycle of chemotherapy treatments and, as expected, her hair is falling out, her teeth hurt and she's nauseous most of the time. She won't know if the treatments are effective until September, when another scan will be done. "Right now, it's about living with the terror of uncertainty," she says.

A little help from their friends

With her husband out of work, finances have become challenging. Friends and acquaintances talked about setting up a charitable trust for them at a local bank in the Boston area, but they were overwhelmed with the amount of paperwork, and that project fell by the wayside. The Sorabellas are understandably uncomfortable with setting up a fund for themselves.
Generous and resourceful readers found their address in the directory, and have been sending checks, good wishes and prayers, for which the Sorabellas say they are extremely grateful, and Kathleen Sorabella intends to send thank-you notes to everyone as soon as she feels well enough to write. So far, about $800 has come their way.
 
The sentiment, however, has been overwhelming. AOL readers have chimed in with more than 4,245 comments and about 12,000 Facebook Likes, at last count. A Facebook page, called "I hate Haynes Management Inc.," has a rousing discussion going, with 1,481 Likes. 

Readers who would like to support the Sorabellos can send funds directly to them at 14 Lincoln St., Natick, Mass., 01760-4721.

Meanwhile, Kathleen Sorabella says that the couple is trying to figure out how to "live as much life as possible, knowing that I might be dying." They renewed their wedding vows a few weeks ago on their 23rd anniversary, and they'd like to take a drive up to see Niagara Falls, if she gets well enough to travel. "I hear a clock ticking in my head," she says. "But I'm a fighter -- we both are."