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Court overturns conviction in case of Etan Patz, Jewish 6-year-old whose 1979 disappearance riveted America
A New York federal appeals court ruled Monday to overturn the guilty verdict for the man convicted in the 1979 disappearance of Etan Patz, the Jewish 6-year-old whose kidnapping and presumed murder changed America’s approach to missing-child cases.
Court Overturns Conviction for Man Guilty of 1979 Disappearance of Etan Patz
The man convicted of kidnapping and killing Etan Patz will get a new trial. The shocking decision was made by a Federal Appeals court in New York this week. Pedro Hernandez was convicted in the 1979 disappearance of Patz,
"Time is not the prosecution's friend," said Michael J. Brown, a Long Island defense attorney who represents alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex A. Heuermann.
"48 Hours" goes inside the painstaking investigation through the eyes of those who have spent more than three decades trying ...
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