Etan Patz

Etan Patz was born in New York city 1972. He grew up in Manhattan, Patz was nearing the end of his first year of kindergarten when tragedy struck: On May 25, 1979, around 8 a.m. Immediately after Patz's disappearance, Patz's father, Stanley, a photographer, posted photos of his son throughout New York City, and police initiated a weeks-long search. Etan Patz was 6 years old when he disappeared in 1979, near west Broadway and Prince street in New York City. 30 years later after his disappearance a police officer reopened Patz case and found a new suspect, Pedro Hernandez. Pedro Hernandez was charged with Patz murder. .