In 1979, six-year-old Etan Patz vanished while walking to his school bus stop in New York City, launching one of the most famous missing-child cases in American history. Nearly four decades later, Pedro Hernandez was convicted based largely on his confession—but years of appeals raised questions about whether that confession was reliable. Today, the U.S. Supreme Court has reinstated Hernandez's conviction, bringing another major chapter in the Etan Patz case to a close. Join us as we break down the disappearance, the investigation, the controversial confession, and the court battle that lasted nearly 50 years.
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-etan-patz-murder-conviction-pedro-hernandez/
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-supreme-court-restores-conviction-1979-etan-patz-missing-child-case-2026-06-22/
https://apnews.com/article/etan-patz-missing-boy-case-hernandez-retrial-296c7cc9169106de2b23b983e3f5c22e
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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/store-clerk-allegedly-stole-lottery-ticket-customer-rcna163431
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