(05-24) 06:41 PDT New York (AP) -- A man in custody who has implicated himself in the death of 6-year-old Etan Patz has been tied to the case in the past, a law enforcement official said Thursday. The boy's... full story ![]()

Manhattan state Supreme Court Justice Maxwell Wiley issued the ruling that Pedro Hernandez of Maple Shade, New Jersey, can be tried in the case surrounding six-year-old Etan Patz.
dailymail.co.uk (9 days ago)

The case against a New Jersey man charged with murder in the disappearance of Etan Patz can proceed to trial, a judge ruled Wednesday. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Maxell Wiley declined to toss out the case against Pedro Hernandez from Maple Shade, N.J., who was charged last year.
nydailynews.com (9 days ago)

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New Jersey man who confessed to the 1979 killing of Etan Patz should stand trial for murder and kidnapping in the 6-year-old boy's disappearance, a judge ruled on Wednesday.
chicagotribune.com (9 days ago)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New Jersey man who confessed to the 1979 killing of Etan Patz should stand trial for murder and kidnapping in the 6-year-old boy's disappearance, a judge ruled on Wednesday.
reuters.com (9 days ago)
A state judge ruled on Wednesday that there is sufficient evidence to prosecute Pedro Hernandez for murder in the notorious 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz.
newsday.com (9 days ago)
A state judge ruled on Wednesday that there is sufficient evidence to prosecute Pedro Hernandez for murder in the notorious 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz.
newsday.com (9 days ago)

The case against a New Jersey man charged with murder in the disappearance of Etan Patz can proceed to trial, a judge ruled Wednesday. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Maxell Wiley declined to toss out the case against Pedro Hernandez from Maple Shade, N.J., who was charged last year.
nydailynews.com (9 days ago)

The case against a mentally ill man who confessed to killing 6-year-old Etan Patz in 1979 is so "unusual" that normally-secret grand jury minutes are needed to assist his defense, the accused abductor's lawyer argued again this month.
nydailynews.com (2 months and 2 days ago)
By Atossa Araxia Abrahamian NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New Jersey man who confessed to the 1979 killing of Etan Patz should stand trial for murder and kidnapping in the 6-year-old boy's disappearance, a judge ruled on Wednesday. An attorney for Pedro Hernandez, 51, of Maple Shade, New Jersey, had asked the judge to throw out the indictment, arguing that the confession alone was...
yahoo.com (9 days ago)
NEW YORK - A judge has declined to throw out a murder case against a man charged decades after an infamous 1979 child disappearance in New York City. The ruling came Wednesday in the case against Pedro Hernandez of Maple Shade, N.J. He was charged last year with killing 6-year-old Etan Patz (AY'-tahn PAYTS'). Etan was last seen walking to his school bus stop in Manhattan....
bostonherald.com (9 days ago)
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