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Confession in notorious NY murder leaves doubts
Case solved? For the family of Etan Patz and their neighbors, last week’s highly publicized announcement of a confession in the three-decade old murder of the boy has so far failed to lay ghosts to rest. To Stan and Julie Patz, whose son Etan vanished on May 25, 1979 when…
Man who confessed to Patz murder hospitalized on suicide watch
Pedro Hernandez, the man only recently taken into custody on suspicion of the murder of 6-year-old Etan Patz in 1979, was hospitalized Friday afternoon when authorities feared he might commit suicide, according to a report from CBS News. Hernandez was scheduled to appear in court in New York City on…
Man confesses to murder of Etan Patz
A man has confessed to strangling to death a boy who vanished on his way to school in 1979 — a haunting case that terrified parents across America and baffled police for three decades, New York police chief Ray Kelly said. The disappearance of Etan Patz was so shocking…
Police dig for remains of missing New York child
Police and FBI agents dug in an apartment basement Saturday in the SoHo district of New York to search for the remains of a boy who was six years old when he disappeared more than three decades ago. A portion of Prince Street, where Etan Patz lived, was closed to traffic as about 30…
NYC cops excavate basement in search of boy missing since 1979
Etan Patz was six years old when he went missing on May 25, 1979. He was walking from the Manhattan apartment where he lived with his parents to his school bus stop when he disappeared and was never seen again. However, according to a CBS News report, New York City…
New York police open new leads on child missing 33 years
NEW YORK — New York police and the FBI dug into a Manhattan basement Thursday to pursue new leads in a child disappearance case that shocked the city 33 years ago. Swarms of officers gathered outside the building where agents hoped they might finally get to the bottom of the…
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