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Etan Patz's parents move out of NYC 40 years after son's infamous disappearance
Forty years after their 6-year-old son Etan Patz disappeared on a Soho street, Julie and Stan Patz have started a new chapter. The couple quietly sold their Prince Street loft...
Etan Patz’s father to killer: 'I will never forgive you'
“Now I know what the face of evil looks like.’’ Etan Patz’s emotional father uttered those words minutes after the former bodega clerk convicted of murdering his 6-year-old son was...
Pedro Hernandez gets 25 years in prison for killing Etan Patz
Etan Patz's father said he would "never forgive'' the former bodega clerk convicted of murdering his 6-year-old nearly three decades ago, as the killer was sentenced to the maximum of...
Etan Patz killer's request to have conviction tossed is denied
A Manhattan judge refused Thursday to toss Pedro Hernandez’s conviction for the 1979 murder of Etan Patz, with the boy's father saying, "We finally will have some justice for our...
Murder conviction for Pedro Hernandez should stand: prosecutors
The conviction of Pedro Hernandez for the 1979 murder of Etan Patz should stand -- even if the jury was informed that jurors from the first trial were in the...
Prior jurors influenced jury in Etan Patz case: defense attorneys
The murder conviction in a retrial over the 1979 disappearance and death of 6-year-old Etan Patz should be thrown out because the jury knew jurors from the first trial were...
Etan Patz's killer has sentencing delayed over allegations of jury contamination
A Manhattan judge on Tuesday delayed the sentencing of Etan Patz’s convicted killer so defense lawyers could file papers asking for a new trial after allegations surfaced of jury contamination....
Lawyer asks to delay sentencing of Etan Patz's convicted killer
A defense attorney for the former grocery clerk convicted of the decades-old murder of 6-year-old Etan Patz asked a Manhattan judge to delay his client’s sentencing by one week. Pedro...
Etan Patz's killer wants conviction tossed over contamination claims
A lawyer for the man convicted this month of killing 6-year-old Etan Patz in 1979 is hoping to have the verdict thrown out by proving the jury was contaminated. Attorney...
Everyone needs to ignore RFK Jr.'s misinformed anti-vax claims
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is on his soapbox again. I implore everyone to ignore him. His message could be hazardous to your health. The lawyer, environmentalist and leading anti-vax crackpot,...
Pedro Hernandez convicted of murdering Etan Patz in 1979
It took 38 years and two trials, but a Manhattan jury on Tuesday brought the mystery of little Etan Patz’s 1979 disappearance to a close — convicting a former grocery...
Jury requests to see 32-gallon trash bag linked to Etan Patz murder
The jury in the retrial of the man accused of killing Etan Patz asked to review a chilling piece of evidence Thursday — a 32-gallon trash bag similar to the...
Holdout juror in Etan Patz's murder trial shows support for defense
The lone holdout juror in the first trial of 6-year-old Etan Patz’s accused killer appeared in court Wednesday to show his support for the defense — just as the new...
Accused Etan Patz killer likely sexually assaulted him: lawyers
The accused killer of Etan Patz likely lured the 6-year-old boy into a bodega basement to sexually abuse him, prosecutors said Tuesday during closing arguments. “Maybe the defendant tried to...
Sister of accused Etan Patz killer says dad whipped them as kids
The sister of the man accused of killing Etan Patz described in court Friday how their Bible-thumping father would whip them both with belts and forbid them from having sleepovers...
Jurors from first Etan Patz trial still haunted by murder case
They just can’t let go. Jury duty is long over. Yet for many of those who served on the panel that deadlocked last year in the emotionally wrenching murder and...
Churchgoer says Pedro Hernandez confessed to Patz murder during retreat
A devout churchgoer testified Tuesday that Pedro Hernandez confessed to murdering 6-year-old Etan Patz. Ramon Rodriguez told Manhattan jurors that Hernandez spilled his guts at a church retreat in 1979,...
Etan Patz's childhood friend breaks down on the stand
A childhood pal of Etan Patz broke down on the stand Monday during testimony that was emotional as it was heated. Testifying in the second trial for accused Patz murderer...
Julie Patz's toy testimony may dismiss longtime suspect
The mother of Etan Patz testified Friday about how the slain 6-year-old boy loved a little mouse toy that never left his side. “Johnny Mouse slept in a little box...