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Etan Patz’s Case Haunted New York. It’s Still Not Over.
An appellate court decision overturning the conviction of Pedro Hernandez once again puts the shocking disappearance of a ...
Etan Patz conviction being thrown out brings another prime suspect back into the picture
The missing child case of six-year-old Etan Patz ushered in the “stranger danger” era and a reckoning across the US as to how ...
Etan Patz case: 1979 disappearance of NYC boy continues to haunt investigators
"48 Hours" goes inside the painstaking investigation through the eyes of those who have spent more than three decades trying ...
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The Etan Patz case changed how America responds to missing kids
Six-year-old Etan Patz disappeared while walking to a school bus stop in 1979. The publicity of the case led to a societal ...
Man Convicted in Etan Patz Murder Should Be Retried or Released, Appeals Court Rules
Pedro Hernandez was sentenced to 25 years to life after confessing to the 1979 murder of the 6-year-old first-grader.
What to know about the 1979 disappearance of Etan Patz and the hunt for his killer
The 1979 disappearance of Etan Patz was one of the nation’s most notorious missing child cases. The six-year-old Manhattan ...
Etan Patz case: Trying defendant Pedro Hernandez a third time could prove difficult, experts tell Newsday
"Time is not the prosecution's friend," said Michael J. Brown, a Long Island defense attorney who represents alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex A. Heuermann.
Judge orders new trial in famous case of boy murdered in 1979
Pedro Hernandez, the man convicted of kidnapping and murdering Etan Patz in 1979, should be retried or released, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. ABC News' Aaron Katersky reports.