NYTIMES (Hurubie Meko) - After Almost 50 Years, Etan Patz’s Father Is Relieved to Have Closure
In a rare interview, Stanley Patz said he was relieved not to have to return to court and relive the day of his son’s disappearance.
In a rare interview, Stanley Patz said he was relieved not to have to return to court and relive the day of his son’s disappearance.
The judges granted an appeal from prosecutors by a 6-3 vote.
In a 6-3 ruling, the justices granted an appeal from New York prosecutors who asked the high court to overturn a federal appeals court ruling that overturned the conviction of a man accused in the 1979 case of Etan Patz, a 6-year-old boy who was living in New York City.
Pedro Hernandez was convicted in 2017 of kidnapping and murdering the 6-year-old boy, but an appeals court in July had said Mr. Hernandez was entitled to a new trial.
The Supreme Court has reinstated a murder conviction in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz
The murder case surrounding the 1979 disappearance of Etan Patz, 6, is on track for a third trial, after a judge declined Friday to dismiss charges against the onetime New York shop clerk charged with abducting and killing the boy on his way to school.