Esther Kletzky, the mother of eight-year-old Leiby Kletzky, the Brooklyn Borough Park Jewish boy who was murdered last week by Levi Aron, has yet to learn of the full gruesome details regarding her son’s death.
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As Reported By the Daily Mail:
The murdered eight-year-old Hasidic boy’s family spent the Sabbath trying to prevent his grieving mother from learning the full gruesome details about his death, relatives say.
Levi Aron, 35, of Brooklyn, New York, has allegedly admitted suffocating Leiby Kletzky with a bath towel in his apartment – and cops are now searching his home for more evidence.
But relatives are trying to keep the boy’s 36-year-old mother, Esther Kletzky, from learning how he was smothered and his corpse hacked to pieces almost a week ago, reported the New York Post.
Leiby’s grandfather Isaac Forster said she does not know the ‘terrible’ details and the family are ‘trying to do everything’ to prevent her finding out, reported the New York Post.
In fact, Leiby’s ill great-grandmother does not even know he has died, relatives said.
The boy’s relatives are continuing the traditional Jewish mourning period for seven days after a death, known as ‘shiva’, at his home in Borough Park, Brooklyn, reported the New York Post.
‘It’s a great loss, and we’re devastated,’ said the boy’s grandmother, Miriam Forster.
Other visitors and relatives have been arriving from as far away as Chicago to comfort the parents, and a prayer session was held in the family’s home.
Hebrew songs could be heard through the neighbourhood, reported the New York Post.
Leiby was the only boy of Nachman and Esther Kletzky’s five children and was said to take his religious beliefs seriously. He was ‘the apple of his father’s eye,’ Mr Forster said.
Leiby used to attend services on the Sabbath with his grandfather and was said to be ‘into it’.
Meanwhile the NYPD have been searching Aron’s home and took out two mattresses yesterday – after also pulling out computer hard drives last week, reported the New York Post.
This weekend it was also alleged by Aron’s neighbour Zisa Berkowitz that he also tried to kidnap her young son but she scared him off by screaming.
SOURCE: Daily Mail
