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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...
Jurors from first Etan Patz trial show up to watch start of retrial
Seven jurors and two alternates who served in the first trial of the New Jersey man accused of killing Etan Patz returned to a Manhattan courtroom Wednesday — but this...
Jury selected for accused Patz killer's second trial
Twelve jurors have been selected to hear the second trial for the man accused of kidnapping and killing Etan Patz in 1979. Opening arguments in Pedro Hernandez’s case will get...
Ex-lead prosecutor can take part in Etan Patz retrial: judge
Veteran Manhattan prosecutor Joan Illuzzi may take part in the retrial of Pedro Hernandez, charged in the 1979 murder of Etan Patz, a judge ruled Tuesday. Judge Maxwell Wiley denied...
Lawyers fight over ex-lead prosecutor’s role in Etan Patz case
Prosecutors and defense lawyers gearing up for the retrial of Pedro Hernandez in the 1979 murder of Etan Patz were at each others’ throats during a Wednesday court hearing as...
Defense lawyers in Etan Patz retrial want to keep former prosecutor away
Defense lawyers for the suspected 1979 murder of 6-year-old Etan Patz filed papers Monday asking that the former lead prosecutor on the case be barred from any “public role” in...
Prosecutors want retrial jury to tour Etan Patz crime scene
Manhattan prosecutors are planning to tweak their case for the retrial of Etan Patz’s accused killer, including two additional psychiatric experts and taking jurors on a tour of the crime...
Etan Patz murder suspect's retrial set for early 2016
NEW YORK — A judge on Monday scheduled the retrial of a suspect in the 1979 kidnapping and slaying of Etan Patz for early next year. State Supreme Court Judge...
Etan Patz jurors call for retrial, slam holdout for his 'huge ego'
He’s still the odd man out. The lone holdout juror who prevented a conviction of Pedro Hernandez for the 1979 murder of 6-year-old Etan Patz got a chilly reception from...
Veteran prosecutor tabbed for Etan Patz retrial
The Manhattan District Attorney’s office has assigned a veteran prosecutor to retry the case against a former bodega worker who confessed to the kidnap and murder of Etan Patz, the...
DA to seek retrial of Pedro Hernandez in Patz case
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. said Monday that he intends to retry the against Pedro Hernandez, who confessed to killing 6-year-old Etan Patz. The murder trial of Hernandez,...
Jurors from Etan Patz case helping prosecutors plan retrial
They believed Pedro Hernandez was guilty of the kidnap and murder of Etan Patz — stymied by one holdout — and now more than half of the jurors who voted...
Prosecutors plan to retry Hernandez in Etan Patz case
Manhattan 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
A 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...
Mistrial in Etan Patz case as lone juror won't convict
A Manhattan judge on Friday declared a mistrial after a jury that had been deliberating since April 15 over whether Pedro Hernandez kidnapped and killed Etan Patz deadlocked — with...
Jury in Etan Patz case again tells judge they are deadlocked
The Manhattan jurors weighing the fate of the man who admits kidnapping and murdering 6-year-old Etan Patz in 1979 sent a note to the judge Tuesday saying that they were deadlocked....
Etan Patz jury is deadlocked after two weeks of deliberating
The Manhattan jurors weighing the fate of the man who admits kidnapping and murdering 6-year-old Etan Patz in 1979 told a judge Wednesday that they were deadlocked. “We, the jury,...
Prosecution's closing argument: Hernandez is Patz's killer
Prosecutors 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...