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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 ...
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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.

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.

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 ...