Pedro Hernandez, the 56-year-old former store clerk convicted of kidnapping and killing 6-year-old Etan Patz in 1979, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for the notorious murder, People confirms.
Hernandez’s sentence was handed down on Tuesday afternoon — more than three decades after the New York City boy was slain. After deliberating for nine days, jurors returned a guilty verdict in mid-February.
It was the second time Hernandez was tried for the murder; his 2015 trial ended with a deadlocked jury.
According to Fox reporter Jessica Formoso, Stanley Patz, Etan’s father, spoke before Hernandez’s sentencing, telling the killer,...
Hernandez’s sentence was handed down on Tuesday afternoon — more than three decades after the New York City boy was slain. After deliberating for nine days, jurors returned a guilty verdict in mid-February.
It was the second time Hernandez was tried for the murder; his 2015 trial ended with a deadlocked jury.
According to Fox reporter Jessica Formoso, Stanley Patz, Etan’s father, spoke before Hernandez’s sentencing, telling the killer,...
- 4/18/2017
- by Chris Harris
- PEOPLE.com
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- 10/18/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Jury selection is underway in the retrial of Pedro Hernandez, the New York City man accused of murdering 6-year-old Etan Patz, who disappeared in 1979 in a high-profile case.
According to court records obtained by People, jury selection began Tuesday and opening statements are slated for Wednesday morning before Justice Maxwell Wiley in Manhattan Supreme Court.
Hernandez, 55, was tried in Patz’s death last year, but when three weeks of deliberations resulted in a deadlocked jury, the judge declared a mistrial.
The case has fascinated the public ever since the little boy went missing from Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood. Formal murder...
According to court records obtained by People, jury selection began Tuesday and opening statements are slated for Wednesday morning before Justice Maxwell Wiley in Manhattan Supreme Court.
Hernandez, 55, was tried in Patz’s death last year, but when three weeks of deliberations resulted in a deadlocked jury, the judge declared a mistrial.
The case has fascinated the public ever since the little boy went missing from Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood. Formal murder...
- 10/18/2016
- by chrisharristimeinc
- PEOPLE.com
On Tuesday morning, during a hearing scheduled for 10 a.m. in New York, the start date for Pedro Hernandez's impending retrial for the alleged 1979 slaying of 6-year-old Etan Patz will be determined, People confirms. Last year, Hernandez, 55, was tried for Patz's murder - a crime he allegedly confessed to. When three weeks of deliberations resulted in a deadlocked jury, the judge declared a mistrial. Almost immediately, prosecutors announced plans to retry Hernandez. His lawyer, Harvey Fishbein, tells People the second trial will likely commence in September. The Etan Patz case continued to fascinate the public long after the little...
- 5/24/2016
- by Chris Harris, @chrisharrisment
- PEOPLE.com
On Tuesday morning, during a hearing scheduled for 10 a.m. in New York, the start date for Pedro Hernandez's impending retrial for the alleged 1979 slaying of 6-year-old Etan Patz will be determined, People confirms. Last year, Hernandez, 55, was tried for Patz's murder - a crime he allegedly confessed to. When three weeks of deliberations resulted in a deadlocked jury, the judge declared a mistrial. Almost immediately, prosecutors announced plans to retry Hernandez. His lawyer, Harvey Fishbein, tells People the second trial will likely commence in September. The Etan Patz case continued to fascinate the public long after the little...
- 5/24/2016
- by Chris Harris, @chrisharrisment
- PEOPLE.com
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