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| Etan Patz suspect indicted in boy's 1979 disappearance and murder | Etan Patz suspect indicted in boy's 1979 disappearance and murder |
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| The suspect in the 1979 disappearance of a 6-year-old New York City boy that led to a national missing-children movement has been indicted on charges of murder and kidnapping, his lawyer said Wednesday. | The suspect in the 1979 disappearance of a 6-year-old New York City boy that led to a national missing-children movement has been indicted on charges of murder and kidnapping, his lawyer said Wednesday. |
| Attorney Harvey Fishbein said 51-year-old Pedro Hernandez was being charged in the disappearance of Etan Patz. | Attorney Harvey Fishbein said 51-year-old Pedro Hernandez was being charged in the disappearance of Etan Patz. |
| Etan's photo was among the first put on milk cartons, and his case turned 25 May into National Missing Children's Day in the US. | Etan's photo was among the first put on milk cartons, and his case turned 25 May into National Missing Children's Day in the US. |
| Hernandez was arrested this year, and investigators say he confessed. | Hernandez was arrested this year, and investigators say he confessed. |
| Investigators began focusing on Hernandez after a tipster called police about comments by Hernandez's sister that she had heard Hernandez told a church prayer group in the 1980s that he killed a child in New York City. | Investigators began focusing on Hernandez after a tipster called police about comments by Hernandez's sister that she had heard Hernandez told a church prayer group in the 1980s that he killed a child in New York City. |
| Hernandez, now a married father, was a teenage clerk at a convenience store when Etan disappeared on his way to school. Police say Hernandez told investigators he lured the boy into the store with the promise of a soda. | Hernandez, now a married father, was a teenage clerk at a convenience store when Etan disappeared on his way to school. Police say Hernandez told investigators he lured the boy into the store with the promise of a soda. |
| He allegedly said he led the child to the basement, choked him and left his body in a bag of trash about a block away. | He allegedly said he led the child to the basement, choked him and left his body in a bag of trash about a block away. |
| Fishbein has described Hernandez as bipolar and schizophrenic, with a history of hallucinations. The diagnosis could become the basis of psychiatric defense claiming that Hernandez agreed to speak to police without understanding his rights, and that the purported confession was a sick fantasy. | Fishbein has described Hernandez as bipolar and schizophrenic, with a history of hallucinations. The diagnosis could become the basis of psychiatric defense claiming that Hernandez agreed to speak to police without understanding his rights, and that the purported confession was a sick fantasy. |
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