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Conviction Reversed in Etan Patz Case That Put Focus on Missing Children
Pedro Hernandez, a former bodega stock clerk, had confessed years after the 1979 crime to luring Etan Patz, 6, into a ...
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 ...
Court overturns guilty verdict in 1979 Etan Patz case that drew attention to missing children
A federal appeals court has overturned the conviction of the man who was found guilty in 2017 of killing 6-year-old Etan Patz in 1979.
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.
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.