I thought he just forgot to tell her.

from my phone - this was taken the day his body was found, I didn't know that though.

Leiby.

The other day while walking Mike to the train station - I saw a missing police report of a young boy. I immediately saw it, read the details, and literally put myself in the place of the mother...I thought she was being overprotective and the boy just probably was playing with his friends and didn't come home in time. I assumed this because the poster looked homemade and the boy was gone for less than 24 hours.  I understood her and begin thinking about how I would do the same thing.

The next day, I went back to the poster and began praying that the boy make it home so his mother wouldn't worry. While doing this I heard two older men say, "founds parts in the freezer." I thought nothing of it; however while driving my bike around the park I noticed the sign and this time decided to take a picture of his face and details. I was convinced I would see the boy and send him home or at least rejoice when he was found safe.

This leads me to yesterday, as y'all know I have not had television or internet for now more than a month, my friend May and I were having pastries and iced coffee when she began filling me into current events. She is literally a current event specialist - I can always count on her to know the latest news, restaurant reviews, etc. So when she asked me, "like did you hear about the little boy in Brooklyn?"

I literally said, oh my - "the nine-year old with glasses wearing a striped shirt? They found him alive!" 

She let me know that he was not found alive, but found chopped up in some man's freezer.  I literally began to cry. That night I met Mike at work for a night out and all I could do was talk to him about Leiby. Heck, as I write this my stomach is turning and I feel like I am about to get emotional all over again. I don't know this world is so sick... and moments like these remind me how big life is and how fast it can change (for better or worst) - it puts my priorities in order. Please pray for his family!

The story is below:

Missing Brooklyn Boy's Remains Found in Freezer

Wednesday, July 13, 2011
By Ailsa Chang

An eight-year-old boy who disappeared in the heavily Jewish neighborhood of Borough Park, Brooklyn two days ago was found dead and severed into pieces Wednesday morning.

Police discovered some of the remains of Leiby Kletzky just before 3 a.m. Wednesday in a freezer at the home of 35-year-old Levi Aron and his parents in Kensington. Further remains were found in a nearby dumpster.

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said Aron made statements implicating himself in the murder and told investigators he killed Kletzky after noticing that the search for the child was intensifying.

"He panicked when he saw the flyers and when he saw the amount of activity being conducted by the community and by the police looking for the boy," said Kelly.

Kelly defended the hard-driving efforts by the investigators and community.

"This was a full-court press, certainly by the community, by the police department. Everything that could be done was being done. I think you can't fine-tune it any more than that," said Kelly.

Investigators received a break in the case after discovering surveillance video of Aron entering a dentist's office while the boy waited outside. Investigators found Aron's name on his dental bill, which led them to the suspect's residence.

When detectives asked Aron where the boy was, Kelly said, Aron nodded toward the kitchen. They saw blood on the handle of the freezer door and inside they found three bloody carving knives, a cutting board and Kletsky's body parts.

Police alleged Aron picked up the boy in his car when the 8-year-old got lost walking home from summer camp to meet his mother seven blocks away. Video footage shows Kletzky started walking from the corner of 44th Street and 12th Avenue around 5:05 p.m. Monday. He was supposed to meet his mother at 50th Street and 13th Avenue. Kelly said Keltzky made a wrong turn, bumped into Aron at the corner of 44th Street and 18th Avenue and asked Aron for directions.

Investigation into Aron's background is continuing. Kelly said the only offense they found on his record was a citation for public urination.

Investigators said the Kletzky family, who are Hasidic Jews, did not know Aron. Police describe Aron as an Orthodox Jew.

Kelly said an autopsy of the boy's body began at 9 a.m. Wednesday morning. The medical examiner's office will determine a cause of death.

Aron has not yet been formally charged.

Kelly said although numbers of missing children are high every year, it is tremendously rare to see a case result in homicide.

"This is obviously every parent's nightmare, we realize that, we understand that. But this type of incident is extremely rare," said Kelly.