Alleged murderer of 8-year-old heard voices

Alleged murderer of 8-year-old heard voices

A man in the US, accused of kidnapping, killing and dismembering an 8-year-old boy who asked him for directions was ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation.

"He has indicated to me that he hears voices and has had some hallucinations," said the attorney, Pierre Bazile.

AP reorted Levi Aron, 35, pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and kidnapping as prosecutors said he lured Leiby Kletzky to his home after the little boy got lost while walking home from an Orthodox Jewish day camp.

Video cameras captured the fateful encounter between the two on a Brooklyn street, while Leiby's mother waited anxiously just a few blocks away.

Detectives later found the boy's severed feet, wrapped in plastic, in the man's freezer, as well as a cutting board and three bloody carving knives.

Police and prosecutors said Aron, a clerk at a hardware supply store, has confessed to suffocating the boy with a bath towel, but they continued to work on verifying his horrific and bizarre explanation for the boy's death.

Aron told police he killed Leiby when he got home after being spooked by a massive search for the boy in Brooklyn

"When I saw the fliers, I panicked and was afraid," Aron said, according to police.
Aron had given a written confession in Leiby's gruesome slaying that ended with, "I'm sorry for the hurt that I caused."

Beyond that, "he hasn't expressed any remorse," Kelly said.

In his confession, Aron recounted how he dismembered the boy, put some of the body parts in a freezer and took a shower, police said. He then put some remains in a suitcase and drove around with it for 20 minutes before putting the suitcase in a trash bin.

Aron has denied molesting the boy, but Kelly said police still consider that a possibility.

Officials said the killing stands out because there's n! o clear motive.

Source: AP
Published July 15 2011