Etan Patz Case: Why the DA Prosecuted Pedro Hernandez
EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/GettyImages(NEW YORK) — Towards the end of Pedro Hernandez’ taped confession to kidnapping and killing six-year-old Etan Patz he can be seen kneeling and praying with the detectives who questioned him, ABC News has learned. At that…
Etan Patz Investigation Returns to New York City Basement
EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/GettyImages(NEW YORK) — Investigators returned to the lower Manhattan basement Wednesday where first-grader Etan Patz was allegedly murdered in 1979, the latest attempt to find clues in a case that has gripped and haunted New York …
Police Seize Items from NJ Home of Etan Patz Suspect, Pedro Hernandez
Joseph Devenney/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Detectives armed with a search warrant raided the suburban N.J. home of Etan Patz’s suspected murderer and seized a computer hard drive and other evidence.ABC News witnessed the search, which is part of a relen…
Etan Patz Case: Police Search NJ Home of Suspect, Pedro Hernandez
Sketch Courtesy of Andrea Shepard(NEW YORK) — New York City detectives with a search warrant and an NYPD Crime Scene Unit van went to the Maple Shade, N.J., home of Pedro Hernandez, the alleged killer of Etan Patz, and a search of the home was underwa…
Etan Patz Suspect: Is Confession Real?
Sketch Courtesy of Andrea Shepard(NEW YORK) — Since Pedro Hernandez’s confession to the killing of Etan Patz last week, questions are beginning to rise regarding the man’s mental health and whether he is telling the truth about what happened in lower …
Sister of Etan Patz Murder Suspect Says Police Ignored Her Pleas
Sketch Courtesy of Andrea Shepard(CAMDEN, N.J.) — The sister of Etan Patz’s confessed killer says New Jersey police ignored her pleas to investigate Pedro Hernandez, allowing the suspect in the boy’s murder to walk free for 33 years.Norma Hernandez sa…
Etan Patz Suspect’s Sister Reportedly Told Police He Confessed to Murder
Joseph Devenney/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The sister of Pedro Hernandez, the New Jersey man arrested on suspicion of killing 6-year-old Etan Patz 33 years ago, has reportedly said that she alerted police in the early 1980s that her brother had confesse…
Etan Patz Suspect Reportedly Kept Boy’s Body in Store Freezer
(Courtesy Inside Edition)(NEW YORK) — Pedro Hernandez, the former store clerk charged in the 1979 death of 6-year-old Etan Patz after he confessed to the alleged murder, reportedly kept the boy’s body in a walk-in refrigerator in the store’s basement …
Etan Patz Mystery: 99 Percent of Abductors Never Kill Victims
Sketch Courtesy of Andrea Shepard(NEW YORK) — Thirty-three years after the disappearance of Etan Patz, the only suspect ever arrested is as much an enigma as the missing child case that has baffled investigators for decades.Unlike psychopaths, who sho…
Pedro Hernandez Charged in Killing of Etan Patz
Photodisc/Digital Vision/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Prosecutors are trying to figure out how they will prosecute the man who confessed to killing six-year old Etan Patz 33 years ago.
Pedro Hernandez, 51, was formally charged in court on Friday after tearf…
Etan Patz Case: Suspect Pedro Hernandez Charged with Murder
Comstock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The former store clerk who confessed to the 1979 killing of Etan Patz was formally charged Friday with second degree murder of the little boy exactly 33 years to the day after he disappeared while on his way to school.P…
Man Who Confessed to Killing Etan Patz Expected in Court
Comstock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A New Jersey man who police say confessed to killing Etan Patz is expected to make his first court appearance in New York City on Friday, the 33rd anniversary of the 6-year-old’s disappearance.Pedro Hernandez, 51, was a…
Etan Patz Suspect Arrested, Ending 33-Year Cold Case of Missing Boy
Comstock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Police Thursday arrested a former grocery worker in the 1979 murder of Etan Patz, apparently ending a mystery of what happened to the 6-year-old boy that has haunted New York City for three decades.Pedro Hernandez, 51, …
Etan Patz Suspect Tells Cops He Strangled Little Boy, Put Body in Box
Comstock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A suspect in the disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz 33 years ago has confessed to strangling the little boy and disposing his lifeless body in a box, authorities said. New York City police on Wednesday detained Pedro…
Etan Patz: Man in Custody Implicates Self in Boy’s Death
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — New York City police have a man in custody for the disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz, who went missing 33 years ago this week, and have “cautious optimism” that they may finally have a significant break in th…
Etan Patz: Search Ends with No Evidence of 6-Year-Old Boy
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The latest chapter in the 33-year search for Etan Patz — the digging up of a basement in New York City’s SoHo District — has ended with no human remains found and only a few reeds of possible evidence collected…
Etan Patz: ModeForensics Help Authorities Reinvestigate Disappearance 33 Years Ago
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Thirty-three years after Etan Patz disappeared, all eyes are on the basement at 127 Prince Street in New York City as authorities use technological advances that can even detect if a body was moved to reinvesti…
Etan Patz: Officials Discuss How the Case Was Reopened In ABC News Exclusive
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — When Cy Vance was running for Manhattan District Attorney, he and his opponents were approached by Stan Patz, the father of missing child Etan Patz, and asked to re-open the case, help the family get closure and …
Handyman in Etan Patz Probe Says He’s Innocent
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A lawyer for the handyman Othneil Miller whose basement workshop is the focal point of a new investigation into the Etan Patz case Friday denied he had anything to do with the little boy’s disappearance more than…
Etan Patz May Have Disappeared Just Steps from Home
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Authorities on Friday began the first full day of digging for new evidence in the Etan Patz case following the startling discovery that the missing child may never have made it off his own New York City block. …