05-24-2012, 07:10 AM
search above, post 18, yielded nothing ^
this is just breaking this morning:
NBC4NY
The NYPD is questioning a New Jersey man in connection with the Etan Patz case, the 6-year-old boy who vanished more than 30 years ago as he walked to the school bus from his SoHo home, law enforcement sources tell NBC 4 New York.
Police picked the man up sometime Wednesday evening and brought him to New York City for questioning.
The man is known to investigators and not anyone new in the case law enforcement sources say. He worked and lived in Patz's neighborhood when the boy disappeared.
Its not clear why the police decided to question the man. His name did come up previously to investigators when the boy first disappeared.
He has made statements to police about the case but so far has not provided details that would lead them to Patz's body.
"An individual now in custody has made statements to NYPD detectives implicating himself in the disappearance and death of Etan Patz 33 years ago. We expect to provide further details later today," Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said in a statement.
Several sources have indicated some skepticism exists about the man's story, but police are going to be thorough in their investigation of any possible leads.
An intensive search for Patz was renewed several weeks ago when police dug up the basement of a handyman's workshop near where Patz disappeared. A new layer of concrete had been laid over the foundation of the basement shortly after Patz disappeared.
That search yielded no new evidence of value.
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this is just breaking this morning:
NBC4NY
The NYPD is questioning a New Jersey man in connection with the Etan Patz case, the 6-year-old boy who vanished more than 30 years ago as he walked to the school bus from his SoHo home, law enforcement sources tell NBC 4 New York.
Police picked the man up sometime Wednesday evening and brought him to New York City for questioning.
The man is known to investigators and not anyone new in the case law enforcement sources say. He worked and lived in Patz's neighborhood when the boy disappeared.
Its not clear why the police decided to question the man. His name did come up previously to investigators when the boy first disappeared.
He has made statements to police about the case but so far has not provided details that would lead them to Patz's body.
"An individual now in custody has made statements to NYPD detectives implicating himself in the disappearance and death of Etan Patz 33 years ago. We expect to provide further details later today," Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said in a statement.
Several sources have indicated some skepticism exists about the man's story, but police are going to be thorough in their investigation of any possible leads.
An intensive search for Patz was renewed several weeks ago when police dug up the basement of a handyman's workshop near where Patz disappeared. A new layer of concrete had been laid over the foundation of the basement shortly after Patz disappeared.
That search yielded no new evidence of value.