Jury selection resumes in new trial of man accused of killing Etan Patz

Monday, September 12, 2016
NEW YORK (WABC) -- Jury selection resumes Tuesday in Manhattan in the retrial of the man charged with killing Etan Patz.

Pedro Hernandez is charged with murder and kidnapping in the disappearance of the 6-year old in SoHo in 1979.
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Hernandez confessed to the murder in 2012, but his first trial ended with the jury deadlocked.

The new trial could last into next year.


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