02-14-2017, 02:07 PM
Follow-up to Post 18 (and beyond) -- Etan Patz Case
Pedro Hernandez has been found guilty for the murder and kidnapping of Etan Patz.
The verdict was handed down by a jury today, nine days after the began deliberations in the case.
Hernandez, 55, was convicted of felony murder and acquitted of second-degree murder by the jury, suggesting they believed that he did not mean to kill the boy.
The convicted killer showed no signs of emotion as the jury read out their verdict on Tuesday.
Etan, 6, vanished while walking alone to school for the very first time on May 25, 1979 and his face was one of the first on milk cartons.
His body has never been found.
Full story: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...urder.html
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Mr. Katz was in the courtroom today. He wept as the verdict was read. Hoping this brings him and the rest of Etan's family peace and some bit of closure after all these years.
Pedro Hernandez has been found guilty for the murder and kidnapping of Etan Patz.
The verdict was handed down by a jury today, nine days after the began deliberations in the case.
Hernandez, 55, was convicted of felony murder and acquitted of second-degree murder by the jury, suggesting they believed that he did not mean to kill the boy.
The convicted killer showed no signs of emotion as the jury read out their verdict on Tuesday.
Etan, 6, vanished while walking alone to school for the very first time on May 25, 1979 and his face was one of the first on milk cartons.
His body has never been found.
Full story: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...urder.html
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Mr. Katz was in the courtroom today. He wept as the verdict was read. Hoping this brings him and the rest of Etan's family peace and some bit of closure after all these years.