Leiby Kletzky

On Monday, July 11, 2011, 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky of Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn, New York, USA went missing. It was his first time walking home alone from his daycare center, and was scheduled to meet his mother at a store a few blocks away. However, he never showed up. On his way, he became lost, and asked a stranger for directions. That stranger was 35-year-old Levi Aron, who wound up kidnapping young Leiby. Aron kept him in his attic apartment for a day, and even took him to a wedding in upstate NY. After realizing that the entire Jewish community of Greenwood Heights was searching for Leiby, Aron panicked and drugged the young boy. He later suffocated him with a towel, then dismembered his body; disposing of the evidence in a dumpster 2 miles away, and in his freezer. Levi Aron was arrested the next day, is now facing the death penalty for this brutal and tragic crime. However, Levi Aron is pleading not guilty, due to mental health issues.

What are your thoughts and opinions on this tragedy?

Personally, I am very upset by this, and I even cried when I found out that Leiby was killed. This tragedy happened a mile away from where I live, and it has hit the entire state very hard. RIP Leiby Kletzky :'(

Throwback to my cringey emo phase.

It's funny how one death of a child here sends the media and people into a frenzy. -.-

I'm un-moved by this, just how I am. While it's disgusting, I question why an 8y/o is still in Day-Care.

Whoa bro, better slow down bro, don't wanna be a bro, bro.

It sent the media and people "into a frenzy" because it happened in a community that has not seen crime anywhere close to this in over 25 years. Also, because it was another member of the same Jewish community that killed Leiby, which has been said by the police comissioner to be EXTREMELY rare. :/

You have to admit it's sad though.

Throwback to my cringey emo phase.

I've seen cases of kiddnapping much worse. Try being a girl put in a cage all of her childhood by some stranger.
And I've never heard of an 8 y/o in day-care ó-ô

I put the fun in dysfunctional.

It's only partly saddening, Emo, but considering about 8-9 people die daily from gangs here, one death oesn't move me.

Whoa bro, better slow down bro, don't wanna be a bro, bro.

Well when it's the first to happen in an "extremely safe community" in 25+ years, it's very sad. And just think of how it was done. He was DISMEMBERED. Have a soul. Why must you contradict almost everything I say?


@Shadow - It was more like a day camp, I worded it wrong. :/

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Day-Camp makes a bit more sense, I remember going to a few at 8. Some were fun, others we didn't do much. o3o

Well sorry, not exactly my surroundings, so it isn't as shocking. And while it's gruesome, it's still the same result; He's dead. So essentially, there really is no need to focus on HOW he dies, but just bury/cremate him, build a memorial of sorts, if it's worth it, and move on. And if you must know, it's because ANYTHING can be contradicted. What you say just happens to be easier to contradict than, say, what RaptorofDoom might say.

Whoa bro, better slow down bro, don't wanna be a bro, bro.

*sigh* -.-'
Whatever

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Wait, wait, you're telling me his parents didn't trust him home alone while they were gone, (he was in a day care..) but they trust him to walk alone to some meeting place? -sigh- >.> Some people astound me with their stupidity..

I WARNED YOU ABOUT STAIRS, BRO!

That's America for you, Neon. ;D

Emo, don't take it personally... Well, do, but try and make a better argument.

Whoa bro, better slow down bro, don't wanna be a bro, bro.

What the heck are you talking about? I wasn't trying to make an argument. All I said was what happened is sad, then you pretty much said "not really."

And I'm not taking anything you say personally because I don't know you, and I never will.

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Fine, your telling of me to "have a soul" and give a damn about someone who I never even knew or had seen. So I refer you to your statement below of why you won't take it personally.

For all intents and purposes, you technically "know" me as The Ram. Your statement is null and void.

Whoa bro, better slow down bro, don't wanna be a bro, bro.

Stop trying to act all high and mighty. Just drop it.

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Try being mature and ending it by not responding.

Throwback to my cringey emo phase.

locked for obvious reasons.

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