- His murder helped launch the missing children movement, which included new legislation and new methods for tracking down missing children, and spawned the milk-carton campaigns of the early 1980s.
- He was the first missing child to be pictured on a milk carton.
- Body never found
Just seems odd that his disappearance spawned what is now recognized as a very questionable organization with people like Silsby involved...
Also, curious that they reopened the case. Who made that happen? What did they know?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Etan_Patz
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noKnowthing3313214 ago
It says in the Wikipedia that the guy, Pedro, admitted to strangling the kid, even though they found no evidence other than his confession.
Dasistnichtgut ago
Exactly. Verdict just came down yesterday, which is why it came back to my mind and made me reconsider that there might be a little more to this story than is being presented... (shocking right? ) btw, they gave him second degree.