Etan Patz

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Etan was 6 years old when he disappeared in 1979. here is a link to his sad story from tonights 60 minutes 2. www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/06/01/60II/main620577.shtml

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A judge has ruled that an imprisoned child molester is responsible for the disappearance and presumed death of Etan Patz, the 6-year-old boy whose parents' desperate search pushed the issue of child disappearances to the forefront of national consciousness nearly 25 years ago.

The judge said she declared Jose R. Ramos responsible for the boy's death because he disobeyed her orders to answer deposition questions under oath for a lawyer representing Etan's parents. www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/05/05/jailed_child_molester_found_responsible_for_1979_slaying/

Story with video on the story of the confession in the case. abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=7698696&page=1

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Etan's case has been reopened by the new DA in Manhattan. He vanished on his way to the bus stop in May 1979 at age 6. A man named Jose Ramos was found responsible for Etan kidnapping and murder in a civil court. He once dated a woman hired to walk Etan to school during a bus strike earlier in the school year. The was the first time he had walked to the stop on his own. Ramos will be released from jail in November 2012 if they cannot charge him with Etan's murder. That would be easier if they could find Etan's remains which have never been located. His parents still live in the same home in Soho they lived in in 1979 when Etan was taken from. *** COMMENTARY***

Ramos is a convicted child sexual predator. He has raped at least 2 little boys. He has at various times admitted and denied killing Etan. We cannot let this monster go free to harm anymore of our children. Police must find the evidence to keep him locked up for good. JMO

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The accused murderer of Etan Patz had 90 seconds in court today during which his attorney said Pedro Hernandez was fit for trial and declared outside of court that Hernandez would plead not guilty.

Hernandez was indicted Wednesday on two counts of second degree murder and one count of kidnapping in the first degree. The indictment is based largely on his confession earlier this year.

Despite the confession, Hernandez's lawyer Harvey Fishbein said after the hearing, "My client will plead not guilty."