Etan Patz

• Etan Patz case: Man convicted in 1979 killing of child awarded new trial

  Pedro Hernandez was serving 25 years to life in prison following his 2017 conviction, which a federal appeals court overturned after ruling the trial judge acted improperly.

  Crime

  Jul 21, 2025
  
• Man gets 25 years in prison for 1979 disappearance of NYC boy Etan Patz

  Almost four decades after first-grader Etan Patz disappeared, a former store clerk convicted of killing him has been sentenced to at least 25 years in prison.

  World

  Apr 18, 2017
  
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• Mistrial declared in ’79 disappearance of NYC boy; jury deadlocked 11-1

  The murder trial of a man accused in the disappearance of Etan Patz ended Friday in a hung jury, leaving one of the nation's most wrenching missing-children cases still unresolved.

  Crime

  May 8, 2015