UPDATE: Leiby Kletzsky's body was found dismembered in Brooklyn Wednesday morning. Police say parts of the boy's body were found in the refrigerator of a man they were questioning, and other remains were discovered in a dumpster. The man was taken into custody and made remarks implicating himself in the death of the child.
EARLIER: A massive volunteer search effort is underway to find a 9 year-old boy who didn't return to his Boro Park, Brooklyn home yesterday evening, after leaving the yeshiva where Nechmod Camp is held, located at 1205 44th Street in Brooklyn just before 5 p.m, The New York Post reports.
According to Voz Iz Neias, a yiddish news service, surveillance cameras from nearby businesses show the boy, Leibby Kletzky, walking up 13th Avenue to 50th Street in Brooklyn, but there is no footage of Leibby after that point. The Orthodox Jewish boy was supposed to meet his mother after leaving the camp but never showed up.
ABC News reports that Leibby "has light brown hair, black glasses and was wearing a gray and light blue striped shirt, navy pants, black sneakers and carrying a blue knapsack bearing the words "Nechmod Day Camp" at the time of his disappearance." He is 4 feet tall and weighs 50 pounds.
Boro Park, Flatbush and Williamsburg Shomrim are conducting an extensive search of the area. Bob Moskovitz, a member of the Flatbush Shomrim Safety Patrol, told the Wall Street Journal that anywhere between 1,000 and 2,000 volunteers have joined the search so far. A Shomrim command center with food and water has been set up on 15th Avenue and 57th Street.
New York Police Department officers are using helicopters, horses and search dogs, according to the Journal, so far without any success.
The New York Daily News reports that several business leaders along with Assemblyman Dov Hikind have offered a $100,000 reward for information leading to the boy's safe return.
"I continue to encourage anyone with credible information to please come forward," Hikind said, according to ABC. "This could easily be your child or grandchild. Help us to help find Leibby and bring him home safe and sound."
Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at (800) 577-TIPS or the Shohrim command center at 718-871-6666.
Check out photos from the massive search at New York State Buff and some on-the-scene footage below.