Murder suspect Levi Aron is escorted out of a New York Police Department precinct in Brooklyn
Murder suspect Levi Aron is escorted out of a New York Police Department precinct in Brooklyn, New York, July 14, 2011. Aron is under arrest in connection to the dismembered remains of Leiby Kletzky, 8, who had gotten lost walking home from camp, found in a freezer and a trash container on Wednesday. Reuters

Killer Levi Aronwas formally charged in a New York court today after he killed a lost Brooklyn boy walking home from day camp. Levi Aron pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder and kidnapping and is being held without bail.

Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes said that he will ask a grand jury to impose the maximum charges permitted by law for the dismemberment of eight-year-old Leiby Kletzky.

The Orthodox community was thoroughly confused when the 35-year-old Orthodox man abducted and dismembered an innocent also-Orthodox little boy.

Aron's defense said that their client hears voices and that he may not understand the charges against him. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said that Aron sporadically starts giggling despite the grave charges against him and the serious nature of what he did. The objectively disturbed man sits under suicide watch. It is more than likely that he will be deemed unsuitable for trial. In these cases, the suspect is put on medication and subsequently re-evaluated.

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said that Aron implicated himself in the murder after police asked where the boy was. Aron reportedly pointed to the kitchen and said that the rest of the body was in a plastic bag inside of a red suitcase in a trash bin.

State Assemblyman Dov Hikind said, Everyone is in total shock, beyond belief, beyond comprehension ... to suddenly disappear and then the details ... and the fact someone in the extended community ... it's awful, reported the Associated Press.

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