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Levi Aron Pleads Not Guilty

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In murder and dismemberment of boy.

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Despite opening up to police officers about the murder, Levi Aron has pleaded not guilty to killing and dismembering the 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky. Aron will also undergo a psychological evaluation, as his lawyer says the suspect reports hearing voices and having hallucinations. Court records show Aron was married once, for a year, to an Israeli woman, and engaged briefly to a woman from Tennessee. He worked at a hardware store in Borough Park where his coworkers say he had no contact with customers. According to Aron, he killed Kletzky after panicking over how many people were searching for the missing boy.

Read it at The New York Times