A New York City man accused of kidnapping and dismembering an 8-year-old boy who asked him for directions says he hears voices.
A lawyer for Levi Aron told a judge Thursday that his client also told him he has had hallucinations.
Police and prosecutors say the 35-year-old Aron confessed to luring Leiby Kletzky to his home on Monday, and then smothering him and chopping him up when he learned that a search was under way for the missing child.
Aron pleaded not guilty Thursday to murder and kidnapping charges. A judge ordered a psychological evaluation.
Aron entered a Brooklyn courtroom for the arraignment looking disheveled and pale.
As he was led out from the courthouse holding pens, other inmates screamed obscenities at him.