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Forty years for Leiby Kletzky killer Levi Aron

August 30, 2012 08:42
Leiby Kletzky

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Jennifer Lipman,

Jennifer Lipman

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The man who murdered and dismembered an eight-year-old boy in one of the most shocking incidents in the memory of New York's Charedi community has been sentenced.

Levi Aron was told he would spend 40 years behind bars for killing Leiby Kletzky last July.

Leiby's disappearance sparked a massive manhunt, but his body was found just days after he went missing, with bodyparts stashed in two places in Boro Park, including at Aron's home.

Aron pleaded guilty earlier this month to the murder and admitted drugging and smothering the boy as he made his way home from summer camp.