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Etan Patz

AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File

Man formerly suspected in infamous Etan Patz case has died

  • Mar 20
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Prosecutors ask SCOTUS to restore conviction in Etan Patz case

  • Dec 19, 2025

Court conference held on Hernandez possible 3rd retrial in Patz case

  • Dec 1, 2025

DA intends to re-try Hernandez in kidnapping, murder of Etan Patz

  • Nov 25, 2025

Etan Patz suspect must be re-tried or released

  • Oct 17, 2025

Hearing held for Pedro Hernandez after Etan Patz conviction overturned

  • Oct 14, 2025

Prosecutors to ask SCOTUS to review missing child Etan Patz case

  • Sep 15, 2025

Prosecutors may appeal to SCOTUS on missing child Etan Patz case

  • Aug 8, 2025

Latest Videos

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Prosecutors ask SCOTUS to restore conviction in Etan Patz case

  • Dec 19, 2025
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Guilty verdict in Etan Patz murder

  • Jul 11, 2017
12:39

Raw: Jurors speak after Etan Patz verdict

  • Jul 8, 2017
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Raw: Etan Patz's father speaks about verdict

  • Jul 6, 2017
2:14

Guilty verdict in Etan Patz murder

  • Jun 19, 2017
2:32

Pedro Hernandez guilty in murder, kidnapping of Etan Patz

  • Jun 17, 2017
2:53

Motion to set aside verdict in Etan Patz murder case denied by judge

  • May 3, 2017
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Pedro Hernandez sentenced in Etan Patz case

  • May 3, 2017

Latest Stories

Left: AP Photo/Louis Lanzano | Right: WABC File Photo

Man convicted in kidnapping, murder of Etan Patz should be retried or released, appeals court rules

The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals based its decision on a flawed jury instruction given by a New York State judge about Hernandez's purported confessions.

  • Jul 21, 2025

Pedro Hernandez gets 25 years to life in Etan Patz murder

Etan's father Stan Patz spoke at the sentencing, telling Pedro Hernandez, "I will never forgive you. You are the monster in your own nightmares."

  • Apr 18, 2017
Left: AP Photo/Louis Lanzano | Right: WABC File Photo

Motion to set aside verdict in Etan Patz murder case denied by judge

Attorneys for convicted killer Pedro Hernandez were in court Thursday to argue jurors in his retrial knew that jurors from his first trial were in the courtroom.

  • Apr 6, 2017

Lawyer: Jurors in Etan Patz retrial knew old jury was there

Alice Fontier said in court papers that her client Pedro Hernandez could not have gotten a fair trial because the jury was unfairly influenced by how close former jurors were to the Patz family.

  • Mar 16, 2017
AP Photo/Richard Drew

VIDEO: Jurors explain Pedro Hernandez's conviction in Etan Patz murder

The jurors called the various confessions by Hernandez, some of them recorded on video and played repeatedly during the four-month trial, "very reliable."

  • Feb 15, 2017