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Jurors from first Etan Patz trial still haunted by murder case
October 31, 2016 | 12:46amThey 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...
Judge reverses 2004 ruling that Jose Ramos killed Etan Patz
August 1, 2016 | 3:22amA Manhattan judge has dealt a legal blow to the man charged with killing Etan Patz — by clearing another man who had already been found responsible for the crime....
Etan Patz's parents tell judge they have no doubt about who killed their son
February 3, 2016 | 6:13pmThe parents of Etan Patz, the little boy who went missing on his way to school in 1979, are asking a Manhattan civil judge to reverse a 2004 ruling that...
Prosecutors plan to retry Hernandez in Etan Patz case
May 11, 2015 | 4:57amManhattan prosecutors plan to retry the man accused of kidnapping and murdering Etan Patz — using what they learned from the lone holdout juror who caused a mistrial in the...
Why I said not guilty: Etan Patz jury’s lone holdout speaks
May 10, 2015 | 4:00amA Manhattan jury deadlocked on Friday after 100 hours deliberating the fate of Pedro Hernandez, a mentally ill New Jersey man who had repeatedly confessed to murdering 6-year-old Etan Patz...
Prosecution's closing argument: Hernandez is Patz's killer
April 15, 2015 | 1:08amProsecutors in the Etan Patz murder trial deconstructed the defense’s claim that a convicted child molester was the tot’s true killer and put the blame back on defendant Pedro Hernandez...
Lawyers argue Jose Ramos is Etan Patz's real killer
April 13, 2015 | 8:48pmIn closing statements Monday, lawyers for the man on trial for the 1979 abduction and murder of 6-year-old Etan Patz argued that a prior suspect, convicted child molester Jose Ramos, is...
Prosecution takes a blow in Patz case
March 26, 2015 | 7:38pmIn a potential blow to the prosecution, a prison informant testified Thursday — at the trial of a man charged with the murder of 6-year-old Etan Patz — that a...
'Killer's defense claims child molester tried to lure Etan Patz
March 24, 2015 | 1:18amA former federal prosecutor testifying for the defense in the trial of the man accused of murdering 6-year-old Etan Patz said another man claimed to have picked up the boy...
Etan Patz murder trial to begin Friday
January 29, 2015 | 6:45pmThe long-awaited trail of Etan Patz’s accused killer is expected to begin Friday morning - 35 years after the 6-year-old boy vanished on a SoHo Street. Pedro Hernandez, 54, confessed...
Child molester refuses to testify at Etan Patz trial
December 22, 2014 | 7:15pmA convicted Pennsylvania child molester long suspected of kidnapping and killing Etan Patz will not take the stand at the trial of another man accused of the horrific crime, a...
Child molester suspected of Patz murder won't help man arrested for it
December 19, 2014 | 3:53pmA convicted child molester long suspected of kidnapping and killing Etan Patz is refusing to help another man set to go on trial for the killing next month in Manhattan....
Convict moved to NY prison to serve as witness in Patz case
December 17, 2014 | 11:40pmAuthorities transported a creepy convicted child molester from a Pennsylvania prison to New York Tuesday to serve as a material witness for the defense in the Etan Patz murder case....
Ex-officer in ticket-fix scandal 'wasn't a great cop' but isn't guilty: lawyer
October 8, 2014 | 4:35pmHe’s not the best cop — but that doesn’t mean he’s guilty of robbery and transporting drugs. That’s what lawyers for Jose Ramos — the NYPD cop who spurred the...
Trial date set for Etan Patz murder suspect
May 7, 2014 | 6:38pmThe New Jersey man charged with murdering Etan Patz, the 6-year-old boy who went missing from a Manhattan street in 1979, is finally headed to trial -- three years after...
Etan Patz suspect's brother: He sexually abused me
April 1, 2014 | 1:56pmThe brother of the original suspect in Etan Patz’s disappearance told cops that his sibling sexually abused him when he was around the same age as Etan, The Post has...
Prosecutors 'very concerned' in case against Etan Patz suspect
February 14, 2014 | 11:12amManhattan prosecutors are “very concerned” about the criminal case against Pedro Hernandez — the man accused of kidnapping and killing Etan Patz in 1979, sources told The Post on Friday....
Convict complains about being linked to Etan Patz
December 16, 2013 | 7:38amWILKES-BARRE, Pa. — A sex offender jailed in northeastern Pennsylvania says he's tired of being linked to the 1979 disappearance of a New York City boy whose case helped mobilize...