10 Disturbing Crimes Solved By Amateurs
2. Leiby Kltezky: Property Manager Uses CCTV Footage To Hunt Down Killer
When New York City’s ‘finest’ decided to give up and announce that 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky had simply vanished, property manager Yaakov German secretly kept the investigation alive on his own.
Turned into Batman, the father of 12 went to Kletzky’s school and asked to check the security camera footage to see, not which way the youngster ventured, but what he was wearing. After gathering the information, the amateur sleuth checked the security footage of other stores and homes, and eventually managed to piece the jigsaw together.
Having traced the missing boy’s route, the determined German was led to a car leasing company where a mysterious man had taken Kletzky to his vehicle. Although the car’s license plate wasn’t visible, the CCTV footage showed that the culprit had entered a dentist’s office across the street minutes earlier.
Deciding to finally make themselves fit to wear the badge, the cops talked to the dentist and discovered that the kidnapper was Levi Aron. Soon after the police found Kletzky’s dismembered remains and stopped Aron from abducting any more younglings by arresting him.