know was a lie. peggy, daniel? so many lies. swirling around that case. incidentally, this is our question of the day on wnnfans.com. we ve got a lot of responses. you can imagine folks are outraged, pretty outspoken. very opinionated. we encourage you to post there. wnnfans.com. the 8-year-old victim of a grisly murder in new york was buried last night, two days after he vanished on his way home from camp. police say that leibby kletzky was killed and dismembered by levi aron. a stranger he had asked for directions. the suspect confessed. they both lived in a tight-knit jewish orthodox community that was considered one of the safest in the city. overseas now, the indian city of mumbai is on high alert this morning after three coordinated bomb blasts rocked the financial district. at least 17 people were killed and dozens more injured. the bbc s caroline hawley reports from mumbai with the latest on the investigation. reporter: it was the evening rush hour when the bombs
community, and by the police looking for the boy. reporter: investigators say he suffocated the child with a towel. when police tracked aron down they found bloody knives and body parts inside his apartment. aron s neighbors describe him as creepy and say that he used to stair at little kids at the local playgrounds. one local security patrolman tells us today people who lived on the block are coming forward to say that kids on the street were afraid of him and he was always trying to coax kids into his house and car. levi aron is expected to be arraigned next hour on felony murder charges that could bring him life in prison without parole if convicted. alisyn: it s such a sickening and heart-breaking story let s hope that parents around the country are having stranger danger conversations with their kids as a result of this. thank you the update. a state of emergency in one small town, not because of any
when detectives asked where the boy was, aron nodded toward the kitchen where detectives observed blood on the freezer handle of the refrigerator. inside the refrigerator was a cutting board with three carving knives with blood on them. some of the remains were in the freezer. reporter: police also found body parts in a suitcase that was pulled from a dumpster. it is a nightmare ending to a 36-hour search for the missing little boy. if anyone saw a boy reporter: the search began on monday in this jewish orthodox community. leiby was caught on camera setting out to meet his mother. with his parents blessing, he d set out alone after day camp. but police say he got lost and asked levi aron for help. investigators say he ended up in aron s car and eventually in his home. police say the suspect has confessed to the brutal crime. but that hasn t stopopd their investigation.
price. first the british tabloid hacking scandal catches the attention of law enforcement here in the united states. a source tells cnn the fbi is investigating whether or not journalists working for rupert murdoch s news corporation illegally gained access to phone records of the victims of the september 11th attacks. one alleges that news corporation reporters tried to access phone records using bribes or illegal computer hacking. the new federal investigation comes as murdoch defends his company s handling of the scandal. in an interview with the wall street journal which is part of his media empire, he says that he and his management team have made, quote, just minor mistakes in their handling of the scandal. suzanne candiotti live tonight with details on just what the fbi is investigating. reporter: the fbi is calling this a high priority and is digging in its heels. this is going to be a broad ranging investigation. in fact, they re going to be looking into some o
hours here on cnn. also coming up for you this hour, the man accused of killing and mutilating an 8-year-old boy is arraigned in court. the charges, first-degree kidnapping and first-degree murder. we will take you there coming up, and adarandi kaye just mentioned to you a moment ago, l.a. is gearing up for gridlock. you might be thinking, well, what s the big deal? it s l.a. they are used to gridlock on their highways. but this is different. they are calling it carmageddon, and it s set to begin soon. but first, let me give you a update on where we are with the debt negotiations going on in washington, d.c. at 4:15, that s a little more this an hour from now, the talks are set to resume right there at the white house. now, it was this time yesterday we told you that these talks were getting a bit testy. the two sides, why not be getting testy, are under pressure of an august 2nd deadline to get a deal to raise the debt ceiling or risk a u.s. government default on its bills.