Etan Patz death: Person implicated, say New York police

[dipsydoodle]

Source: BBC News

New York City police say they are holding a suspect in custody in connection with the disappearance of a local six-year-old boy in 1979.

Police say the suspect has implicated himself in the disappearance and death of Etan Patz.

Further details are expected to be released later on Thursday.

Etan Patz vanished while walking to a bus stop. His face became one of the first to appear on milk cartons asking for information on missing persons.



Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18188241

[leftynyc]

1. I can't imagine what his parents

are going through. All these years with no word about what happened to their son and now this. I suppose closure is a good thing but their hearts must be breaking.

[Art_from_Ark]

2. I can't, either

It's definitely a parent's nightmare when their child goes missing. Heck, I was freaking out when I lost track of my 3-year-old nephew at a carnival one time. It was just 5 minutes, but it was a long and agonizing 5 minutes.

[PoliticAverse]

4. Without actual physical evidence I'm not sure this will really bring closure. n/t

[leftynyc]

5. I was assuming he buried Etan

but realize now that might not be the case. My heart breaks for his parents.

[azurnoir]

3. even though the Patz's had Etan declared legally dead in 2001 I hope this brings

some degree justice and closure to the family

from the article

The Patzes have not moved since his disappearance and for years refused to change their phone number, hoping that Etan was alive.

In 2001, however, the family obtained a court order declaring Etan dead as part of a lawsuit in which a convicted child molester was held responsible for their son's death.

A judge ordered Jose Antonio Ramos, who knew Etan's babysitter, to pay $2m (£1.3m) to the Patzes.

Ramos is serving a 20-year prison sentence for a different case, and is scheduled to be released this year.