A court has overturned Pedro Hernandez's conviction in the Etan Patz case, raising questions about the reliability of confessions from individuals with mental illness.

Prosecutors said Friday they might appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to try to restore a murder conviction in the 1979 ...

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

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

Etan Patz disappeared while walking to his Manhattan school bus stop alone for the first time on May 25, 1979. Pedro Hernandez was arrested in 2012. He was convicted of murder and kidnapping in ...

The 1979 disappearance of Etan Patz helped catalyze a national missing-children's movement. The 6-year-old was one of the first children whose disappearance was publicized in what became a high ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The man convicted in the 1979 killing of 6-year-old Etan Patz was awarded a new trial Monday as a federal appeals court overturned the guilty verdict in one of the nation’s ...

What occurs when the rules of a justice system intersect with the greatest hopes and worst fears of a neighborhood? The Etan Patz case a name still resonating in the hearts of parents and true crime ...

In 1979, 6-year-old Etan Patz disappeared on his way to his school bus stop in Manhattan’s Soho neighborhood and was never ...

The prosecution of Pedro Hernandez for allegedly killing Etan Patz was a difficult one, writes Dechert partner Benjamin Rosenberg—it involved an emotional and highly-public incident, a near ...

On May 25, 1979, 6-year-old Etan Patz left his family SoHo apartment in Manhattan to walk the short distance to his school bus stop, all by himself for the very first time. But somewhere between the ...

Prosecutors say they may appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to try to restore a murder conviction in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz.