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we are now learning more about the man accused of the brutal kidnapping and killing of an 8-year-old boy here in new
york city
. the suspect has been ordered to undergo a
psychological evaluation
.
jeff rossen
is in brooklyn with the latest on this story. jeff, good morning.
>>
hi, ann, good morning to you. police are in new
york city
are baffled by this. here's a man with no criminal record, no evidence of doing this before. he has a pretty good job around here, has good friends, blended into the community. this morning a deeper look inside his mind. his own lawyer says his client hears voices in his head. as fellow prisoners scream from the holding cells, levy
aaron
walked into court expressionless. this is our first close-up look at the man who police say kidnapped, murdered, and dismembered 8-year-old liby. the charges upgraded to first degree murder and kidnapping. investigators say he took advantage of this
little boy
, seen on surveillance video lost walking home from
summer camp
. he asked
aaron
, a stranger, for directions. police say
aaron
took him away, tied him up, and dismembered his body.
>>
concern for the defendant's
mental state
, his cognitive abilities. he indicated to me he hears voices and there's hall lugs luis nations involved as well.
>>
aaron
giggled as he confessed to killing the boy, saying he went for a towel to smother him.
aaron
told police, he fought back a little bit until eventually he stopped breathing.
>>
to the best of my knowledge he hasn't expressed any remorse.
>>
they got computer hard drives and
cell phones
looking for the smallest clue as to why this happened. how a religious man with no history of violence could snap.
>>
a person like this doesn't deserve to live.
>> reporter:
a major hood where jews take pride in their safety and security.
aaron
is orthodox, an insider, he lived with his father here around worked in the local hardware store. and in a grizzly twist, work as a butcher at a supermarket when he lived in tennessee.
>>
mothering him.
>> reporter:
as prosecutors try to send
aaron
to prison for life, it is this boy on everyone's mind, what began as a milestone in his life, a first walk alone, ended with the unthinkable.
>>
never let kids walk by themselves. walk a few blocks to
day camp
. now they get on a bus.
>> reporter:
this morning police are still taking ground evidence out of
aaron
's home behind me here in brooklyn. he is
behind bars
on
suicide watch
and
protective custody
. ann, his own lawyers have requested a
psychiatric evaluation
to see if he's
mentally ill
. one other awful, awful note to this awful, awful story. we're told the
little boy
's parents still don't even know all the gruesome details of their son's death.
>>
jeff rossen
, very difficult story. thank you so much for reporting on it.
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