Etan Kalil Patz (/ ˈeɪtɑːn ˈpeɪts /; October 9, 1972 – May 25, 1979) was an American boy who was six years old on May 25, 1979, when he disappeared on his way to his school bus stop in the SoHo neighborhood of Lower Manhattan.

Feb 14, 2017 · NEW YORK -- A former store clerk was convicted Tuesday of murder in one of the nation’s most haunting missing-child cases, nearly 38 years after 6-year-old Etan Patz disappeared on the way to the...

Jun 9, 2019 · Etan Patz walked out of his New York City home headed for a school bus stop just two blocks away. The 6-year-old never made it to school that day in 1979 – and he's never been found. His...

Jan 9, 2022 · Six-year-old New Yorker Etan Patz was one of the very first children to have his image plastered on cartons of milk following his 1979 disappearance, and his case likewise went unsolved for almost four decades.

Feb 1, 2017 · A jury has found a man guilty of felony murder and kidnapping in the death of 6-year-old Etan Patz, who became one of the country’s most iconic missing children when he disappeared from his...

Dec 23, 2013 · Three decades after 6-year-old Etan Patz disappeared, police suddenly had a suspect. Then they chose not to record his interrogation, a decision that could affect their case.

Feb 14, 2017 · A New York jury has convicted Pedro Hernandez for the high-profile kidnapping and murder of Etan Patz, a 6-year-old New York City boy who vanished in 1979, PEOPLE confirms.

Feb 15, 2017 · NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly four decades after 6-year-old Etan Patz vanished on the way to his school bus stop, a former convenience store clerk was convicted Tuesday of murder in a case that influenced American parenting and law enforcement.

Etan Patz, a 6-year-old boy from Manhattan, NY, disappeared after walking the two blocks to his bus stop alone for the first time on May 25, 1979. When he didn’t return home from school that afternoon, his parents Julie and Stanley reported him missing.

New York investigators elected not to file charges against Ramos in Etan's case in February 2002, citing a lack of evidence. Etan was declared legally dead by a New York judge in 2001. The action allowed the Patz family to file a civil wrongful death lawsuit against Ramos, although he has never been charged in connection Etan's case.