Prosecutors say they may appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to try to restore a murder conviction in the 1979 disappearance of ...

Etan Patz’s murder conviction overturned after 45 years, raising new questions about confessions and mental health.

Alvin L. Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, is asking for more time to decide whether to seek a review of the overturned ...

The judges’ decision echoed ProPublica’s reporting from 2013 that raised questions about the veracity and legality of suspect ...

In 1979, a 6-year-old boy disappeared on his way to his Manhattan school bus stop. Etan Patz's disappearance changed the way ...

Child’s disappearance spurs a huge shift, not just in parents but in the basic idea that we can trust most people around our ...

A federal appeals court ruled Monday that Pedro Hernandez, the man convicted in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz​, needs to face a new trial or be released.

A federal appeals court has overturned the guilty verdict in one of the nation’s most notorious missing child cases.

The man who confessed to the notorious 1979 disappearance of Etan Patz may soon walk free from prison after a stunning decision by a higher court. On Monday, July 21, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals ...

Pedro Hernandez, 64, was convicted of Etan’s kidnapping and murder in 2017 and was serving a 25-year sentence until the ...

Pedro Hernandez was sentenced to 25 years to life after confessing to the 1979 murder of the 6-year-old first-grader.

The 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz as he walked alone to his New York City bus stop for the first time shook the country and still resonates in the present.