FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2011 file photo, Levi Aron, accused of abducting and dismembering Brooklyn boy Leiby Kletzky, is arraigned in Brooklyn criminal court in New York. Aron is slated to appear in Brooklyn supreme court Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012 to enter a guilty plea to avoid trial, as part of a deal that would result in a sentence of 40 years to life in prison. (AP Photo/Jesse Ward, Pool, File)
NEW YORK, N.Y. - A man accused of abducting and dismembering an 8-year-old boy who got lost on the way home is expected to enter a guilty plea in court.
Levi Aron will appear in Brooklyn Supreme court Thursday at 2:15 p.m. He has previously pleaded not guilty to killing Leiby Kletzky (LYE'-bee KLEHT'-skee).
State Assemblyman Dov Hikind has said Aron is expected to enter the plea as part of a deal that would result in a life sentence.
The lawmaker said prosecutors struck the deal in close consultation with the boy's family.
Kletzky's disappearance and horrific death last year stunned his tight-knit Hasidic community in Brooklyn.
