07-14-2011, 02:25 PM
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the child was tied with a rope. but he fought for his life.
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Leiby Kletzky appears to have fought for his life to the very end as his deranged killer allegedly smothered him with a towel, cops said Thursday.
Marks found on Levi Aron's arms and wrists have led investigators to believe the 8-year-old boy resisted before he was killed.
"Based on marks on the defendant it appears that there was some sort of struggle," said NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly.
Aron, 35, is charged with abducting little Leiby off a Borough Park street, killing him and then dismembering his remains.
Kelly said the disturbing details of the case had shaken even seasoned investigators.
"It defies all logic and I think that is what makes it so terribly disturbing," he said. "To be killed in this manner is just heartbreaking. It is baffling."
The desperate 30-plus-hour search for Leiby ended Wednesday when cops stormed into Aron's blood-spattered Brooklyn kitchen and found the boy's severed feet in Ziploc bags in the freezer.
Aron, a mentally "slow" hardware clerk, has been charged with murdering Leiby, whose remains were also found in a trash bin 2 miles away.
Aron gave cops a chilling confession, describing in graphic detail how he suffocated the child with a bath towel and carved up the body in a "panic."
"I understand it may be wrong, and I am sorry for the hurt I have caused," Aron said in his hand-written statement.
He also gave a video-taped confession in which he was unemotional and deadpan, sources said.
"He spoke matter of factly. He was not crying or anything like that," said a source.
Investigators seized his computer and pulled his cell phone records.
The murder left the Orthodox Jewish community reeling, even as the macabre details were hidden from the victim's devastated parents.
Thousands gathered in the streets for Leiby's funeral Wednesday night, and Mayor Bloomberg called the crime "a stunning shock to our entire city."
Leiby vanished early Monday evening while walking home from a Borough Park day camp alone for the first time. Police said that even though he had practiced the route, he got lost and approached Aron for help.
"It was just happenstance, and a terrible fate for this young boy," Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said.
In his confession, Aron spun a bizarre and improbable tale, claiming he simply offered to give Leiby a lift to a Jewish bookstore, then invited him to a wedding in upstate Monsey.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime...z1S6b7lz14
the child was tied with a rope. but he fought for his life.
Leiby Kletzky appears to have fought for his life to the very end as his deranged killer allegedly smothered him with a towel, cops said Thursday.
Marks found on Levi Aron's arms and wrists have led investigators to believe the 8-year-old boy resisted before he was killed.
"Based on marks on the defendant it appears that there was some sort of struggle," said NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly.
Aron, 35, is charged with abducting little Leiby off a Borough Park street, killing him and then dismembering his remains.
Kelly said the disturbing details of the case had shaken even seasoned investigators.
"It defies all logic and I think that is what makes it so terribly disturbing," he said. "To be killed in this manner is just heartbreaking. It is baffling."
The desperate 30-plus-hour search for Leiby ended Wednesday when cops stormed into Aron's blood-spattered Brooklyn kitchen and found the boy's severed feet in Ziploc bags in the freezer.
Aron, a mentally "slow" hardware clerk, has been charged with murdering Leiby, whose remains were also found in a trash bin 2 miles away.
Aron gave cops a chilling confession, describing in graphic detail how he suffocated the child with a bath towel and carved up the body in a "panic."
"I understand it may be wrong, and I am sorry for the hurt I have caused," Aron said in his hand-written statement.
He also gave a video-taped confession in which he was unemotional and deadpan, sources said.
"He spoke matter of factly. He was not crying or anything like that," said a source.
Investigators seized his computer and pulled his cell phone records.
The murder left the Orthodox Jewish community reeling, even as the macabre details were hidden from the victim's devastated parents.
Thousands gathered in the streets for Leiby's funeral Wednesday night, and Mayor Bloomberg called the crime "a stunning shock to our entire city."
Leiby vanished early Monday evening while walking home from a Borough Park day camp alone for the first time. Police said that even though he had practiced the route, he got lost and approached Aron for help.
"It was just happenstance, and a terrible fate for this young boy," Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said.
In his confession, Aron spun a bizarre and improbable tale, claiming he simply offered to give Leiby a lift to a Jewish bookstore, then invited him to a wedding in upstate Monsey.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime...z1S6b7lz14