a confessed child killer is due in court today. suspect levi aron is expected to be arraigned soon. aron led police to the body of 8-year-old leibby kletzky in his brooklyn apartment. the little boy that he confessed that he smothered and then dismembered. for little leibby s parents, the worst kind of horror. it was the first time they had allowed their little boy to walk home alone. this is a crime that has absolutely shocked this city. reporter: it certainly has, and really the country. it s relatable for all parents, to have a child say i want to do this or that, it really raises the question when do you let your child walk alone. this young boy was 8 years old, had begged his parents to just walk home alone from camp. he wanted to feel like a big boy and his parents said yes, they rehearsed the route, they practiced it. it was about seven blocks from camp to the rendezvous point with his mom. he never made it. he got lost and asked for directions of a stranger, according to poli
welcome back, everybody. new details this hour on the horrific murder of an 8-year-old boy in brooklyn. the alleged killer reportedly spent more than 12 hours with him, taking him to a wedding, just outside new york city before smothering him in a panic, and dismembering his body. nbc news has on stained his confession and in it, 35-year-old levi aron says when i saw the flyers i panicked and was afraid. he fought back a little bit. afterwards i panicked, i didn t know what to do with his body. i understand this may be wrong and i m sorry for theurt i caused. nbc s jeff rossen joins me live outside the brooklyn courthouse where levi aron is being held. this is a sad case and people around the country are heartbroken about the young
now under arrest, police say took him, kidnapped him, brought him home and then later killed him and dismembered him as well. he s due in court a little later. police just held a news conference a short time ago and they say levi aron, the suspect, is cooperating and talking about exactly what happened, giving them a tick-tock timeline of what happened. he said he took the boy to a wedding with him, although people did see the suspect at the wedding in the suburbs of new york city after the alleged abduction, they did not see the boy. police say they believe him about that, though. they say he brought the boy back to his house. the boy slept overnight while watching television, aron, according to police, went to work at a local hardware store on tuesday while the boy was in his house. police believe the boy was tied up somehow and they do believe that he was killed sometime on tuesday with a towel, according to the confession, and at the end, a very chilling line from
this. here s part of his confession about how he panicked and snapped when he saw the missing person flyers go up looking for this little boy. quote, when i saw the flyers, i panicked and was afraid. i went for a towel to smother him in the side room. he fought back a little bit. afterwards i panicked because i didn t know what to do with the body. i understand this may be wrong and i m sorry for the hurt that i have caused. police say he has been talking to them. the suspect, they say, confessed to taking the boy to a wedding. the boy slept in his house for a night or two. so it is just a gruesome detailed kind of story, as you know, and a parent s worst nightmare. he is charged with second degree murder, in court shortly. it is heartbreaking indeed. this tight-knit religious jewish community, he was a local man, not an outsider. thanks so much. reporter: orthodox jew, yeah. senate majority leader mitch
but usa came away with it. it started with brazil, when they beat brazil. which they didn t think was going to happen. now they re doing so well. next up, japan. can t wait to see how that goes. but we do begin with that horrific murder of an innocent little boy right here in new york. just hours after his dismembered remains were found the 8-year-old was buried last night in accordance with orthodox jewish tradition. and police are questioning the suspect who crossed paths with the boy after he got lost. here s wabc s jeff pegues. reporter: as investigators pressed the suspect for answers, a lalaenforcement source characterizes levi aron s demeanor through it all as cold and showing a lack of emotion. despite being arrested and now charged with the gruesome murder of 8-year-old leiby kletzky. right now, investigators are building their case against him. dressed from head to toe in hazardous material suits. among the items removed from the home, a section of a refrigerator, per