Supreme Court reinstates murder conviction in case of missing NYC boy Etan Patz

Naijaonpoint_ng | 23-06-2026 12:11pm |

The Supreme Court on Monday reinstated a murder conviction in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz. The justices, by a 6-3 vote, granted an appeal from New York prosecutors who had urged them to undo a federal appeals court decision that overturned the verdict. The three liberal justices dissented. Prosecutors had been preparing to try the man, Pedro Hernandez,

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