NYC man held in boy's slaying says he hears voices
By TOM HAYS and COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press
Jul 14, 2011 1:57 PM CDT
CORRECTS SPELLING OF KLETZKY - Detectives walk Levi Aron, center, to a police car at the Brooklyn borough of New York's 67th precinct on Thursday, July 14, 2011. Aron is accused of killing eight-year-old Leiby Kletzky, who disappeared while walking home from a Brooklyn day camp. Aron told investigators...   (Associated Press)

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.

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