NEW YORK (AP) — The man convicted in the 1979 killing of 6-year-old Etan Patz was awarded a new trial Monday as a federal appeals court overturned the guilty verdict in one of the nation’s most notorious missing child cases. Pedro Hernandez has been serving 25 years to life in prison since his 2017 conviction. He had been arrested in …
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US court orders new trial for man convicted of killing Etan Patz
A US appeals court has ruled that the man convicted in the 1979 murder and disappearance of a six-year-old boy in New York City should receive a new trial, or be released. Etan Patz’s disappearance on his way to a school bus stop in Manhattan rattled the city, and became one of the most prominent national missing children’s cases in …
Read More »Man convicted in 1979 kidnap and murder of Etan Patz must have new trial or be freed, appeals court rules
A New York federal appeals court Monday ruled that the former bodega stock clerk convicted in the 1979 kidnapping and murder of 6-year-old Etan Patz should receive a new trial or be released from custody. Pedro Hernandez in Manhattan criminal court in New York in 2012. Louis Lanzano / AP file Pedro Hernandez, 64, was convicted in 2017 of kidnapping …
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Facebook Tweet Email Link AP — The man convicted in the 1979 killing of 6-year-old Etan Patz was awarded a new trial Monday as a federal appeals court overturned the guilty verdict in one of the nation’s most notorious missing child cases. Pedro Hernandez has been serving 25 years to life in prison since his 2017 conviction. He had been …
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