Borough Park, NY – In a coordinated effort, Boro Park, Flatbush and Williamsburg Shomrim are conducting an extensive search tonight in Brooklyn, NY for a nine year old boy who did not come home from day camp this afternoon.
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Leibby Kletzky left the Boyan Day Camp located at 1205 44th Street at approximately 5 PM this afternoon. The missing youngster, who answers to the name Leibby, has light brown hair, black glasses and was wearing a grey and light blue striped shirt, navy pants, black sneakers, a blue knapsack bearing the words “Nechmod Day Camp” at the time of his disappearance. Surveillance cameras from nearby businesses show the boy walking up 13th Avenue to 50th Street but there is no footage of Leibby after that point.
Boro Park Shomrim has set up a command center at 15th Avenue and 57th Street and volunteers are canvassing the area, searching stores, bathrooms and alleyways. The NYPD has been called in along with special K9 units to aid in the search. NYPD helicopters are currently in the air doing an aerial search as well.
“We ask everyone in Brooklyn to take a few minutes to walk out of their houses and search, their backyards, their driveways and their blocks,” said Chaim Deutsch CEO Of Flatbush Shomrim, in an interview with VIN News.
Deutsch indicated that it was too early to speculate if there is any evidence of foul play in this matter. Shomrim also requested that people check their Shuls for the missing boy, paying special attention to the bathrooms.
The public is requested to say Tehillim for the safe return of Yehuda ben Esther.
YEHUDA BEN ITA ESTHER!
He might be locked in a store. he is a kid – not a baby (to think positive) if he would’ve been on the street he would get a way to pick up a phone to his parents no matter how far he is, obviously he is either stuck somewhere or – I would suggest every store owner to have the decency to get out of the pj’s and return to his store for a checkup.
I live in Boro Park and hear helicopters hovering and was wondering what was going on. Then I read this article here. So, they must be looking for the child. I hope that they find him soon!
sooo sad # 2 i hope you are right and he wasnt chas vsholom kidnapped…. my heart goes out to him and his family please everyone daven please please please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Please check the Basement/Mikvah/BathRoom/VeiberShul/Attic/Roof of the B”M next door to your house…
Why isn’t this on amber alert
We ask all these men out there to come to commend center and help out the kid might be stuck somewhere without food time is running out please help out
pls boro park people get ont of bed and help search in 13th ave area…….
i just walked with my wife 17 and 18 ave from 44 to 53 with paying attention to the sides of the street.
In such case we need to expect the worse, chas vsholom. we need to search beyond B.P. post this on amber alert’s website ,contact the border control, set up check point, and review not only the security cameras on 13th ave but all neighboring streets from privet homes. lets pray for his safe return
Everyoneis trying to help as much as possible. מי כעמך ישראל
im very afraid to say this but is there a chance he was kidnapped?
where does lieby kletzky live?
Where does the 13th Avenue bus lead to?
Maybe he got on, fell asleep and woke up at the last stop and was told to get off there.
He’s 9, may not have a quarter in his pocket and might be afraid to ask a goy for help.
He may be roaming there.
Poor kid. I hope they find him very soon.
I can’t leave my house at this hour but I am praying that he’s found very soon.
im so scared. please HaShem help us find him!!! oy! no one should ever go through this tzaar…. gut in himmel hub rachmones…..there r so many possibilties……dehydration, stuck in a store and lo aleinu i dont want to think of worse…all the above comments are good advice…. daven, tzedaka…i called kupat hair and when i said why i was calling they said many ppl have called tonight for this little boy. may the zechus of our tefillos, achdus, tzeddaka and love for a child we dont even know move the heavens and may we hear good news immediately!
where can he be?
We need to start spreading out in diffident location’s this no jokes
13th Avenue was pretty empty today. He could’ve been lured to a side street and just pulled into a car. Most blocks I was walking on were empty. I hope he’s found soon. I hear they’re checking all stores on 13 their cameras.
I would follow other way around 12 going to dahill rd ,this is scary
Let’s all say Thilim
Bezrat hashem I will wake up to see that this child is found. Amen!
is ruchy a 9th grader his sister
How can I help?
did they find this poor innocent kid? cant sleep need to know tht he is safe! anybody knows whts going on like more details?
any updates?
I hope they find him right away but the parents need a lot of strength until then. You could go crazy not knpwing where your child is. Hashem yerachem. People.please don’t take anything for granted anymore, thanks hashem ever night when you tuck all your kids under their blanket.. Besires toives
Shomrim looking for volunteers to help in the search.
Please come to 15av & 57st at 5:30am
Amber alert should have been notified right away, I hope it was done.
All these deah-zoggers on here “check the trains, check the rooves”. I know you mean well but surely shomrim and the police know where to check. Save your opinion and go volunteer your actual help!
And #12 – why do you have to give your opinion at all? Bitachon… it’s not for you to pronounce “the worst”. How does it help anyone? You think it hasn’t crossed anyone else’s mind?!? They just didn’t want to give a pitchon peh.
Hashem should help that he be found safe and sound
To everyone who is trying to be helpful and suggesting Amber Alert …
First, trust me, the authorities know about this service.
Second, Amber Alert is used when there is reasonable belief that a child has been abducted and there is enough information available for the public to spot the suspect or vehicle.
In this heat he may well have decided to take a rest somewhere off the avenue, especially if it was a long walk home & he was hot & thirsty. Saying Tehillim.
it might be possiable he stood over at a freinds house. Lets all pray that he will call into his house that he is safe.
If he was waiting at 50th street, did anybody check the B11 bus drivers?? Both ways??
How far did he have to walk from the camp to his home? It was very hot yesterday 5:00PM. Maybe he rested in someone’s yard or an empty lot.
Oy, I pray he is found safe very soon. His poor family!
Sometimes you can look & look in one place & go back yet again & there is the missing item/person. Shuls especially are good places to go unnoticed, especially for a tired little boy. Maybe it’s time to check every Shul & shtiebel in the vicinity again.
Check out all known pedophiles, I have a gut feeling he was abducted by a pedophile. I hope that I am wrong.
the next 24 to 48 hours are critical. for many reasons.
Shomrim should focus their efforts and resource almost exclusively outside of borough park, no time to waist. Check the nieghbouring areas. around Sears Parking Lot (Beverly/Cortelou streets), and Target store area in south flatbush, marine park, bensonhurst.
NYPD should look along South Shore PKWY section between Verrazano Bridge and ToysRUS store, focus on parked cars in secluded areas. Also CHECK the wooded area on and around Plum Beach off from Bay Pkwy, act in timely fashion.
If a third party was invovled in the disappearance they must consider the fact that it is probaby easier for a Chassidic adult to walk off with a CHassidic child than for a non-Jew to do so.
Perhaps the police can ask people in nearby buildings to consent to a search of their apartments. Once all of the stores and common areas are checked, that leaves residences. All registered offenders must also be questioned.
There is a prayer from rabbi meir baal hanes that one can say for a lost object-perhaps for a missing person?
i would bet it all on this kid being right within the search radius in some sicko chassidish guy’s apartment, right under everyone’s noses. i have no doubt that he would have went with some chassidish man because he’s a naive young kid and doesn’t know anything about the world. poor kid, he never stood a chance
Check the Aron hakodesh where the sefrai torah is!
To the person who asked about why it’s necessary to have the correct name:
well, I hope that you’re happy now that the poor boy A”H is dead!