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Police: Missing Brooklyn boy's body found
Man seen walking near boy in surveillance video being questioned by detectives
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43736497/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/
Remains believed to be those of a little boy who disappeared while walking home from a Brooklyn day camp were found Wednesday inside the home of a man being questioned by detectives, police said.
Eight-year-old Leiby Kletzy is shown on grainy surveillance video footage wearing a backpack as he walks down the street. A man who is seen walking near the boy in the video is in custody, chief police spokesman Paul J. Browne said.
The 35-year-old man is still being interviewed, police said, and has not yet been arrested on any formal charges. He lives alone in his apartment, in a building shared with his parents. The man, whose birthday is Wednesday, once had a summons for urinating in public but otherwise did not have a criminal record.
The man made statements implicating himself in the crime, Browne said, but would not go into detail.
Investigators hunting for the boy noticed the man on the video going into a nearby dentist office about 5:30 p.m. Monday, Browne said. The dentist, located later in New Jersey, said he remembered someone coming into the shop who wasn't a patient, but who was paying a bill for a patient there, and police were able to track down the man using records from the office.
The medical examiner's office will determine a cause of death and positive identification.
Rabbi Bernard Freilich told WNBC that the child's parents had been informed that his body had been recovered. They were said to be "devastated."
WNBC reported that parts of Leiby's body had been found in two separate locations.
A police source said that the man "told police the area in which the body could be found."
Leiby was supposed to meet his parents about seven blocks away from the day camp at Yeshiva Boyan on 44th Street in Borough Park, but did not show up.
Video: Missing Brooklyn boy found dead (on this page)
It was the first time the boy had been allowed to leave the camp on his own, sources told NBC New York.
A tight-knit community
Hasidism is a form of mystical ultra-Orthodox Judaism. Followers live in tight-knit communities nearly closed off to modern society and wear traditional dress — for men, dark clothing that includes a long coat and a fedora-type hat. Men often have long beards and ear locks.
Most of the 165,000 members in the New York City the area live in neighborhoods in Brooklyn and are part of three different major sects. Hasidism traces its roots to 18th-century Eastern Europe.
The insular community rarely seeks outside help, and State Assemblyman Dov Hikind, whose district includes the area, often speaks for the group.
The man in custody at a Brooklyn precinct was Jewish but it's not clear if he's Hasidic. A $100,000 reward had been offered. Hikind said the outpouring of support has been tremendous, with people from all over the state volunteering their time to scour the neighborhood and hand out flyers.
Hikind said the boy was the only son of the Kletzky family. The couple has four daughters, and the husband works as a driver for a private car service.
"Everybody is absolutely horrified," he said. "Everyone is in total shock, beyond belief, beyond comprehension ... to suddenly disappear and then the details ... and the fact someone in the extended community ... it's awful," he said.
Hikind said the parents did not know the 35-year-old man, who lived about a mile away from the boy.
Shades of Etan Patz
For New Yorkers, the death of Leiby Kletzy has unmistakable parallels to the disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz, the first to be put on a milk carton. On May 25, 1979, the boy left for school from his SoHo home, never to return.
According to reports, it was the first day Patz walked the two blocks from his apartment to the bus stop.
A suspect was identified, but never charged. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. recently confirmed that his office was reopening the investigation into the disappearance.
Patz's disappearance was the subject of one of the most extensive missing-child searches ever. He was never found but was officially declared dead in 2001.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43736497/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/
Remains believed to be those of a little boy who disappeared while walking home from a Brooklyn day camp were found Wednesday inside the home of a man being questioned by detectives, police said.
Eight-year-old Leiby Kletzy is shown on grainy surveillance video footage wearing a backpack as he walks down the street. A man who is seen walking near the boy in the video is in custody, chief police spokesman Paul J. Browne said.
The 35-year-old man is still being interviewed, police said, and has not yet been arrested on any formal charges. He lives alone in his apartment, in a building shared with his parents. The man, whose birthday is Wednesday, once had a summons for urinating in public but otherwise did not have a criminal record.
The man made statements implicating himself in the crime, Browne said, but would not go into detail.
Investigators hunting for the boy noticed the man on the video going into a nearby dentist office about 5:30 p.m. Monday, Browne said. The dentist, located later in New Jersey, said he remembered someone coming into the shop who wasn't a patient, but who was paying a bill for a patient there, and police were able to track down the man using records from the office.
The medical examiner's office will determine a cause of death and positive identification.
Rabbi Bernard Freilich told WNBC that the child's parents had been informed that his body had been recovered. They were said to be "devastated."
WNBC reported that parts of Leiby's body had been found in two separate locations.
A police source said that the man "told police the area in which the body could be found."
Leiby was supposed to meet his parents about seven blocks away from the day camp at Yeshiva Boyan on 44th Street in Borough Park, but did not show up.
Video: Missing Brooklyn boy found dead (on this page)
It was the first time the boy had been allowed to leave the camp on his own, sources told NBC New York.
A tight-knit community
Hasidism is a form of mystical ultra-Orthodox Judaism. Followers live in tight-knit communities nearly closed off to modern society and wear traditional dress — for men, dark clothing that includes a long coat and a fedora-type hat. Men often have long beards and ear locks.
Most of the 165,000 members in the New York City the area live in neighborhoods in Brooklyn and are part of three different major sects. Hasidism traces its roots to 18th-century Eastern Europe.
The insular community rarely seeks outside help, and State Assemblyman Dov Hikind, whose district includes the area, often speaks for the group.
The man in custody at a Brooklyn precinct was Jewish but it's not clear if he's Hasidic. A $100,000 reward had been offered. Hikind said the outpouring of support has been tremendous, with people from all over the state volunteering their time to scour the neighborhood and hand out flyers.
Hikind said the boy was the only son of the Kletzky family. The couple has four daughters, and the husband works as a driver for a private car service.
"Everybody is absolutely horrified," he said. "Everyone is in total shock, beyond belief, beyond comprehension ... to suddenly disappear and then the details ... and the fact someone in the extended community ... it's awful," he said.
Hikind said the parents did not know the 35-year-old man, who lived about a mile away from the boy.
Shades of Etan Patz
For New Yorkers, the death of Leiby Kletzy has unmistakable parallels to the disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz, the first to be put on a milk carton. On May 25, 1979, the boy left for school from his SoHo home, never to return.
According to reports, it was the first day Patz walked the two blocks from his apartment to the bus stop.
A suspect was identified, but never charged. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. recently confirmed that his office was reopening the investigation into the disappearance.
Patz's disappearance was the subject of one of the most extensive missing-child searches ever. He was never found but was officially declared dead in 2001.
I don't even let OTHER people's kids out of my site when they're in my care, let alone my OWN kids (not that I have any, but you get my point).
The boys in my Boy Scout troop aren't allowed off by themselves, as we have a "Rule of Three's".
If you're going to take one boy from my troop, you better be ready to take THREE of them at the same time!
And invariably, we have an older boy paired up with 2 or 3 younger boys, for added security.
I feel bad for the family and the community. What a heinous violation.
The boys in my Boy Scout troop aren't allowed off by themselves, as we have a "Rule of Three's".
If you're going to take one boy from my troop, you better be ready to take THREE of them at the same time!
And invariably, we have an older boy paired up with 2 or 3 younger boys, for added security.
I feel bad for the family and the community. What a heinous violation.
"It was the first time the boy had been allowed to leave the camp on his own, sources told NBC New York."
This is why I'm a overprotective parent. There are too many wacko's out there..Poor boy! my heart hurts for his family especially his father, losing his only son!! Just tragic!
This is why I'm a overprotective parent. There are too many wacko's out there..Poor boy! my heart hurts for his family especially his father, losing his only son!! Just tragic!
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