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<\/p>\nAfter 46 years, Pedro Hernandez could be put on trial for a third time after his conviction was overturned in July.<\/p>\n
He allegedly killed 6-year-old Etan Patz decades ago, and his body still has not been found.<\/p>\n
Patz became the first child to have his face on a milk carton, and his disappearance gained national attention.<\/p>\n
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Fast forward to today: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg says he intends to re-try 64-year-old Pedro Hernandez<\/a> after a federal appeals court found errors in the way the previous trial judge responded to jury questions about Hernandez’s confession.<\/p>\n Patz vanished back in 1979 on his way to a school bus stop in SoHo.<\/p>\n Hernandez, who was a former bodega clerk, became a suspect in 2012 and later confessed. He was eventually sentenced to 25 years-to-life in prison.<\/p>\n His lawyer maintained Hernandez was under pressure and made up his account of the story.<\/p>\n Hernandez had told police he lured Patz into a basement and promised him soda.<\/p>\n He said he killed Patz and threw his body away in a plastic bag.<\/p>\n His attorney has said Hernandez is mentally challenged, has a low IQ, and confuses reality with imagination.<\/p>\n Hernandez’s defense attorneys are scheduled to meet with prosecutors later Monday.<\/p>\n ———- Submit a tip or story idea to Eyewitness News<\/p>\n
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