Deceased/Not Found NY - Etan Patz, 6, New York, 25 May 1979 #3 *P. Hernandez guilty*

[Molly's Mom]

Bumping for Etan. Never forget.

 

[Caring1]

 

[dotr]

https://ag.hawaii.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/News-Release-2024-24.pdf

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 23, 2024
''The U.S. Department of Justice’s website states: “President Ronald Reagan proclaimed May 25, 1983, the first National Missing Children's Day in memory of Etan Patz, a 6-year-old boy who disappeared from a New York City street corner on May 25, 1979. Etan's killer was convicted in February 2017, but the case remains active because his body was never found. Each year, the Department of Justice commemorates Missing Children's Day by honoring the heroic and exemplary efforts of agencies, organizations, and individuals to protect children.”

 

[dotr]

: July 21, 2025

Appeals court orders new trial for man convicted in 1979 Etan Patz case

The man convicted of killing six-year-old Etan Patz in 1979 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.

www.ctvnews.ca

A photograph of Etan Patz hangs on an angel figurine as part of a makeshift memorial in New York City on May 28, 2012. (Mark Lennihan / AP Photo)

''NEW YORK — 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 2012 after a decades-long, haunting search for answers in Etan’s disappearance on the first day he was allowed to walk alone to his school bus stop.

The appeals court overturned the conviction because of an issue involving how the trial judge handled a jury note during Hernandez’s 2017 trial -- his second. His first trial ended in a jury deadlock in 2015. The court ordered Hernandez’s release unless the state gives him a new trial within a reasonable period to be set by the lower court judge.''

 

[imstilla.grandma]

The appeals court ruled Monday that in 2017 the trial judge gave “clearly wrong” and “manifestly prejudicial” instructions to the jury in response to a question about Hernandez’s confessions to law enforcement.

The jury had asked whether, if it deemed invalid a confession Hernandez made before being advised of his Miranda rights to remain silent, it must also disregard a subsequent confession after those warnings were given. The judge said no, but the appeals court said that answer was incorrect.

New trial ordered in 1979 murder of one of the first missing kids pictured on milk carton

His case contributed to an era of fear among American families, making anxious parents more protective of kids.

www.al.com

 

[Dotta]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1947366279267946876

 

[imstilla.grandma]

On Monday, a three-judge panel in New York City sided with Hernandez, saying the trial court’s instructions prejudiced the verdict. The appeals court said the trial judge gave a “clearly wrong” and “manifestly prejudicial” response to a jury note during Hernandez’s 2017 trial — his second. His first trial ended in a jury deadlock in 2015. His lawyers said he was innocent. The court ordered Hernandez’s release unless the 64-year-old gets a new trial within “a reasonable period.”

Man convicted of killing Etan Patz gets sentence tossed

Disappearance of Etan Patz became national news in the 1970s with Patz becoming one of the first to be featured on a milk carton

www.the-independent.com

 

[Inthedetails]

: July 21, 2025

Appeals court orders new trial for man convicted in 1979 Etan Patz case

The man convicted of killing six-year-old Etan Patz in 1979 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.

www.ctvnews.ca

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A photograph of Etan Patz hangs on an angel figurine as part of a makeshift memorial in New York City on May 28, 2012. (Mark Lennihan / AP Photo)

''NEW YORK — 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 2012 after a decades-long, haunting search for answers in Etan’s disappearance on the first day he was allowed to walk alone to his school bus stop.

The appeals court overturned the conviction because of an issue involving how the trial judge handled a jury note during Hernandez’s 2017 trial -- his second. His first trial ended in a jury deadlock in 2015. The court ordered Hernandez’s release unless the state gives him a new trial within a reasonable period to be set by the lower court judge.''

OMG. Nooooooooooooo!

This is awful.

jmopinion

 

[BUF]

: July 21, 2025

Appeals court orders new trial for man convicted in 1979 Etan Patz case

The man convicted of killing six-year-old Etan Patz in 1979 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.

www.ctvnews.ca

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A photograph of Etan Patz hangs on an angel figurine as part of a makeshift memorial in New York City on May 28, 2012. (Mark Lennihan / AP Photo)

''NEW YORK — 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 2012 after a decades-long, haunting search for answers in Etan’s disappearance on the first day he was allowed to walk alone to his school bus stop.

The appeals court overturned the conviction because of an issue involving how the trial judge handled a jury note during Hernandez’s 2017 trial -- his second. His first trial ended in a jury deadlock in 2015. The court ordered Hernandez’s release unless the state gives him a new trial within a reasonable period to be set by the lower court judge.''

Oh my, I feel for Etan’s parents.

But have to say after following Etan’s disappearance for many years, I have always thought that Jose Ramos was the real murderer, still do.

 

[Friday Fan]

Oh my, I feel for Etan’s parents.

But have to say after following Etan’s disappearance for many years, I have always thought that Jose Ramos was the real murderer, still do.

I can't even keep track of the suspects and trials.

 

[Inthedetails]

I can't even keep track of the suspects and trials.

I was just thinking the same thing to myself.

 

[tarabull]

Conviction Reversed in Etan Patz Case That Put Focus on Missing Children

Pedro Hernandez, a former bodega stock clerk, had confessed years after the 1979 crime to luring Etan Patz, 6, into a basement in SoHo. The case shook New York City.

www.nytimes.com

 

[dotr]

UPDATED: July 21, 2025 rbbm.

How Did Pedro Hernandez Become a Suspect in the Murder of...

The 1979 murder of 6-year-old Etan Patz was one of the most me...

www.aetv.com

''For many years, police keyed on one suspect, Jose Ramos, a convicted child molester in a relationship with a woman hired to walk Etan home from school.''

“Ramos had a propensity for kids that look just like Etan and sexually abused them,” Hernandez’s attorney, Harvey Fishbein, tells A&E True Crime. “He was clearly a primary suspect.”

''In 2012, police tore up a handyman’s basement on Prince Street. Othniel Miller, who denied involvement in Etan’s case, acknowledged he knew Etan. Miller, detectives discovered, had poured a concrete floor after Etan disappeared.''

''News coverage of the dig, however, triggered results. New Jersey resident Jose Lopez called detectives with suspicions about Hernandez. Shortly after Etan disappeared, Lopez told them, Hernandez said he had killed a child. Hernandez told the same story to his church group, his wife and a childhood friend.''

 

[RandyMcDonald]

I have to say that this never sounded to me like this was a conviction that would last. There was no physical evidence and he was known to suffer hallucinations?

 

[jazzwest]

I'm so tired of these perps getting more rights than the victims have! Our laws need to change.

 

[gregjrichards]

Have any attorneys spoken about the likelihood of Pedro Hernandez being retried or freed in the local NY news or national news coverage on CNN or Court TV of his conviction being overturned by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals? I’m in the U.K. and haven’t seen any coverage of this significant development.

I can’t imagine what Etan’s parents and his siblings continue to go through. It is heartbreaking and extremely tragic.

 

[Mysteries1974]

I’ve never believed Pedro Hernandez was the one behind this. I still think Jose Ramos could be the culprit. They also never identified the blonde haired middle aged man that was seen speaking with Etan on the morning of his abduction

 

[imstilla.grandma]

A New York federal appeals court overturned the conviction of the man found guilty in the 1979 kidnapping and killing of 6-year-old Etan Patz, bringing back to the spotlight a case that drew national attention and changed the way missing-children cases are handled

Pedro Hernandez, a former bodega store worker, was convicted and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison in 2017.

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/pedro-hernandez-etan-patz-appeals-court-6be26591?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=ASWzDAju4BQBJg3zq0aiwlxHUqbSJfNsEtBdSYgDxGEgtMJK3Jp4Km4iobKKDxyZQKY%3D&gaa_ts=687ea705&gaa_sig=G7ykMy2ww4opNATw7L1k3lDhW7U8lWcCJXMUEjaKTCnkFNxRhiyex0WE4IBKGMZtU6FqS6rW-96BbqKUlZxDXA%3D%3D

 

[imstilla.grandma]

In the recorded statements, Hernandez said he offered a fizzy drink to entice Etan into the basement of the convenience store where he choked him, before placing him, still alive, into a plastic bag and a box, which he left in the street.

But lawyers for Hernandez during the trial said they were fake admissions from a man with a mental illness and a very low IQ.

The Federal Court overturned the conviction on Monday, saying the judge had given a “clearly wrong” and “manifestly prejudicial” response to a jury note during Hernandez's 2017 trial

https://www.itv.com/news/2025-07-22/man-jailed-over-1979-milk-carton-kid-murder-case-has-conviction-overturned

 

[RandyMcDonald]

I'm so tired of these perps getting more rights than the victims have! Our laws need to change.

But the issue is that there was no evidence this man was a perp. There was no physical evidence connecting the man to Etan Patz, only a confession by a man who was known to suffer hallucinations, and who only offered a videotaped confession to police after six hours of interrogation that did not get videotaped. He worked in the neighbourhood bodega, sure, but that in itself is not proof of anything.