Crime | Leiby Kletzky Levi Aron Gets 40 Years for Murder of Brooklyn Boy, 8 Aron's plea avoided life without parole in killing of Leiby Kletzky By John Johnson Posted Aug 29, 2012 2:22 PM CDT Copied In this Aug. 4, 2011, file photo, Levi Aron is arraigned in Brooklyn criminal court in New York. (AP Photo/Jesse Ward, Pool, File) A 37-year-old Brooklyn man got 40 years to life today for kidnapping, murdering, and dismembering an 8-year-old boy who got lost on his way home from religious day camp, reports the AP. Levi Aron had previously pleaded guilty in the death of Leiby Kletzky to avoid a trial and the possibility of a life sentence without parole. As it is, he won't be eligible until he's 77. The New York Post's lead paragraph: "Let him rot!" Read These Next White House makes Hegseth put his polygraph away. A new book argues the Sacagawea legend is all wrong. The NFL's heaviest player told to slim down. US denies visas to Venezuelan team bound for Little League tournament. Report an error