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Thursday, May 23, 2013

NY - Police Reopen Cold Case About Death Of 15-year-Old Yeshiva Student Chaim Weiss


Long Island, NY - Police are reopening a cold case regarding the death of a 15-year-old rabbinical student from Staten Island.

Chaim Weiss, was found dead in his dormitory room at the Mesivta Yeshiva of Long Beach early on the morning of Nov. 1, 1986.

According to a report in The NY Times in 1989, the youth had been stabbed repeatedly by someone who evidently was well acquainted with the dormitory and its routine. 

At first, there was speculation that the murder might have been an act of anti-Semitic violence because of harassment of the Orthodox Jewish boys who attended the yeshiva.

However, the investigation soon revealed that Chaim Weiss’s murderer was knowledgeable about religious customs.

A window had been left open slightly in the victim’s room, which, according to Orthodoxy, enables the spirit of the dead to depart. Beyond that, a lighted mourning candle was placed on Chaim’s desk.

No murder weapon was found and the case went cold more than 20 years ago.

Police are expected to hold a press conference with the family next week and raise the reward for information leading to an arrest.

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