Levi Aron was accused of smothering and chopping up 8-year-old Brooklyn boy Leiby Kletzky in his apartment, putting the youth's bloody feet in his kitchen refrigerator, stuffing the rest of the body in a red suitcase and dumping it in a nearby dumpster. Now, people are curious to know who is Levi Aron, and how could he have committed such a heinous murder?

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The casket of Leiby Kletzky is carried into a synagogue for his funeral service in New York
The casket of Leiby Kletzky is carried into a synagogue for his funeral service in New York Reuters
The casket of Leiby Kletzky is carried into a synagogue for his funeral service in New York
The casket of Leiby Kletzky is carried into a synagogue for his funeral service in New York Reutes
A man climbs a pole to watch the casket of Leiby Kletzky being carried out of a synagogue following his funeral service in New York
A man climbs a pole to watch the casket of Leiby Kletzky being carried out of a synagogue following his funeral service in New York Reuters
A man listens to the funeral of Leiby Kletzky outside a synagogue in the Brooklyn borough of New York
A man listens to the funeral of Leiby Kletzky outside a synagogue in the Brooklyn borough of New York Reuters
A man weeps while listening to the funeral of Leiby Kletzky in the Brooklyn borough of New York
A man weeps while listening to the funeral of Leiby Kletzky in the Brooklyn borough of New York Reuters
The casket of Leiby Kletzky is carried out of a synagogue after his funeral service in New York
The casket of Leiby Kletzky is carried out of a synagogue after his funeral service in New York Reuters
People stand near the home of the suspected killer of Kletzky in the Orthodox Jewish section of Borough Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York
People stand near the home of the suspected killer of Kletzky in the Orthodox Jewish section of Borough Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York Reuters
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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg Reuters
The casket of Leiby Kletzky is carried out of a synagogue after his funeral service in New York
The casket of Leiby Kletzky is carried out of a synagogue after his funeral service in New York Reuters
Men weep while listening to the funeral of Leiby Kletzky outside a synagogue in the Brooklyn borough of New York
Men weep while listening to the funeral of Leiby Kletzky outside a synagogue in the Brooklyn borough of New York Reuters
Levi Aron is escorted out of a New York Police Department precinct in Brooklyn
Levi Aron is escorted out of a New York Police Department precinct in Brooklyn Reuters
The home of the suspected killer of Kletzky is seen in the Orthodox Jewish section of Borough Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York
The home of the suspected killer of Kletzky is seen in the Orthodox Jewish section of Borough Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York Reuters
Men stand near the home of the suspected killer of Kletzky in the Orthodox Jewish section of Borough Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York
Men stand near the home of the suspected killer of Kletzky in the Orthodox Jewish section of Borough Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York Reuters
NYPD crime scene investigators inspect the car of the suspected killer of Kletzky outside his home in the Orthodox Jewish section of Borough Park
NYPD crime scene investigators inspect the car of the suspected killer of Kletzky outside his home in the Orthodox Jewish section of Borough Park Reuters
Levi Aron is escorted out of a New York Police Department precinct in Brooklyn
Levi Aron is escorted out of a New York Police Department precinct in Brooklyn Reuters
People stand near the home of the suspected killer of Kletzky in the Orthodox Jewish section of Borough Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York
People stand near the home of the suspected killer of Kletzky in the Orthodox Jewish section of Borough Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York Reuters
Police stand outside the home of Kletzky, who was murdered in the Orthodox Jewish section of Borough Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York
Police stand outside the home of Kletzky, who was murdered in the Orthodox Jewish section of Borough Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York Reuters
Levi Aron is escorted out of a New York Police Department precinct in Brooklyn
Levi Aron is escorted out of a New York Police Department precinct in Brooklyn Reuters
A missing person sign for Leiby Kletzky ,8, is seen posted in the Orthodox Jewish section of Borough Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York
A missing person sign for Leiby Kletzky ,8, is seen posted in the Orthodox Jewish section of Borough Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York Reuters
A missing person sign for Leiby Kletzky ,8, is seen posted in the Orthodox Jewish section of Borough Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York
A missing person sign for Leiby Kletzky ,8, is seen posted in the Orthodox Jewish section of Borough Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York Reuters