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Levi Aron pleads guilty in child dismemberment case

The man accused of kidnapping, killing and dismembering 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky in Brooklyn last year accepted a plea deal today in court. Levi Aron pleaded guilty to charges of second-degree murder

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Aug 9, 2012, 8:29 PM

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