8-year-old Brooklyn boy is killed and dismembered

[Vehl]

NEW YORK (AP) — An 8-year-old Brooklyn boy who got lost while walking home alone from day camp in his Orthodox Jewish neighborhood was killed and dismembered by a stranger he had asked for directions, and his remains were found stuffed in a trash bin and the man's refrigerator, police said Wednesday.

The gruesome killing of Leiby Kletzky shocked the tight-knit Hasidic community in Borough Park, in part because it is one of the safest sections of the city and because the man under arrest is himself an Orthodox Jew.

A day-and-a-half search for the Hasidic boy ended with the discovery of his severed feet inside a bloody freezer at the home of a man who had been spotted with the child on a surveillance video, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. The rest of the remains were in the trash in another neighborhood.

"It is every parent's worst nightmare," Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly.

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:( Horrible. My thoughts are with the parents of this child

I am generally against capital punishment, but crimes like these require capital punishment. Such horrendous crimes against children cannot be equated with life in prison.

[Renew Deal]

1. This is one of the saddest and most horrible stories I've ever heard.

This is the first time the kid walked home alone. I think he knew the killer, but it was a total freak coincidence. So sad.

[LonePirate]

2. His family and friends have my deepest sympathies. WTF drives a person to commit such a heinous act?

Humans are capable of such wonderful kindness and love. Unfortunately there are some people who are capable of such unimaginable cruelty and hell. It boggles my mind sometimes.