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Conviction July 11, 2011 Homicide

Leiby Kletzky

Status Conviction
Type Homicide
Date July 11, 2011
Location Brooklyn, New York
Victim Age 8
Gender Male

Eight-year-old Leiby Kletzky was on his first walk home alone in the Borough Park neighborhood of Brooklyn when he got lost. He asked Levi Aron for directions; Aron abducted and killed him. Aron was convicted and sentenced to 40 years to life. The case horrified the tight-knit Orthodox Jewish community.

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