Leiby Kletzky,8, NYC missing

[Lady Cop]

his mom.



The murdered eight-year-old Hasidic boy’s family spent the Sabbath trying to prevent his grieving mother from learning the full gruesome details about his death, relatives say.

Relatives are trying to keep the boy’s 36-year-old mother, Esther Kletzky, from learning how he was smothered and his corpse hacked to pieces almost a week ago, reported the New York Post.

Leiby’s grandfather Isaac Forster said she does not know the ‘terrible’ details and the family are ‘trying to do everything’ to prevent her finding out, reported the New York Post.

In fact, Leiby's ill great-grandmother does not even know he has died, relatives said.

The boy’s relatives are continuing the traditional Jewish mourning period for seven days after a death, known as ‘shiva’, at his home in Borough Park, Brooklyn, reported the New York Post.

‘It's a great loss, and we're devastated,’ said the boy's grandmother, Miriam Forster.

Other visitors and relatives have been arriving from as far away as Chicago to comfort the parents, and a prayer session was held in the family’s home.

Hebrew songs could be heard through the neighborhood, reported the New York Post.

Leiby was the only boy of Nachman and Esther Kletzky’s five children and was said to take his religious beliefs seriously. He was ‘the apple of his father’s eye,’ Mr Forster said.

Leiby used to attend services on the Sabbath with his grandfather and was said to be ‘into it’.