Overview
- The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision said Aron, 49, died Wednesday morning at a hospital near Wende Correctional Facility in Erie County.
- Officials reported he had been hospitalized since late August for a medical condition and offered no cause of death pending further information.
- Accounts differ on whether his family requested an autopsy, with some reports saying they did and a DOCCS spokesman saying they declined.
- Aron was convicted in 2012 for abducting and murdering 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky in 2011 and was serving a 40-years-to-life sentence with parole ineligibility until 2049.
- Prosecutors cited surveillance video, a written confession, and medical findings showing multiple drugs in the child’s system and ligature marks as key evidence in the case.