Blog 1:Kidnapping and murder 8/30/12 4:00

A big global issue that a lot of people don’t pay attention to is kidnapping. Some parents let their children walk to school when they are in middle school usually if they are walking with some friends. The main issue with having your children walking home even if they are walking with friends is that there is always someone watching. Recently in Brooklyn New York, a young 8 year old boy named Leiby Kletzky was kidnapped and murdered on his way home from camp one summer afternoon. Leiby's parents decided to let him walk half way home one day after camp for the first time. Unfortunately this was Leiby's last time. While walking home, Leiby walked 7 blocks too far and got lost, he then asked a man by the name of Levi Aron for directions. Mr. Aron realized he was lost and kidnapped Leiby and drove him to a wedding in Rockland Country. Short after he drove Leiby to the wedding, he took him home in his attic in Kensington Brooklyn. Leiby was raised in a safe neighborhood so when the word got out about Leiby being missing, thousands of neighbors went looking for him. When the word got out about the missing-child case, Mr. Aron got scared and he suffocated Leiby. Mr. Aron then chopped up Leiby and put parts of his body in the freezer and the rest of it in a suitcase. Later on, surveillance camera led police to Mr. Aron. Once Mr. Aron was arrested, police found out the Mr. Aron suffered from a mental illness and a family history of Schizophrenia. Mr. Aron was sentenced to 40 years in prison. This is a big issue because more kids are getting killed and kidnaped just for walking home. Society has changed so much that some parents are cracking down on their children’s safety.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/30/nyregion/levi-aron-is-sentenced-to-40-years-in-killing-of-leiby-kletzky-8.html?_r=1&ref=kidnapping