IN NEW YORK THE MURDERER OF A SIX-YEAR-OLD

IN NEW YORK, THE MURDERER OF A SIX-YEAR-OLD CHILD WAS CONVICTED 40 YEARS AFTER THE CRIME WAS COMMITTED

• In the US, the murderer of a six-year-old boy was convicted nearly 40 years after the crime was committed. This is on Tuesday, February 14, writes The New York Times. • The jury in the Supreme Court of New York State found Pedro Hernández, 56, guilty of kidnapping and murder. According to the investigation, Ethan Patz disappeared on May 25, 1979 in the city of New York, on the way from the school bus stop to the house. His body was never found.

• The jury agreed with the prosecution's arguments that Hernandez, who was working in the warehouse at the time, lured the boy to the basement of the trading establishment and strangled him. The prosecution had only the confession of the accused, direct evidence proving his guilt, he did not have.

• However, there is a story written on the video camera of Hernandez about how he met the boy near the store and asked him if he wanted that soda. Then the man led Ethan down the steps to the basement and began to choke. The figurant also claimed that he had put the victim's body first in a plastic bag, and the one in turn, in a box that he had left near the garbage can. In this case, according to Ehrennedes, he believed that the child was still alive.

• Lawyers tried to prove that their client suffers from a personality disorder and does not distinguish between the difference between fantasy and reality, and therefore his statements can not be accepted by the court. Also, the defense insisted that the former friend of a woman convicted of pedophilia who was hired to take the boy to school and meet after class was able to kill Patts. However, this version did not find support from the investigation. • Pedro Hernandez faces a maximum sentence of 25 years imprisonment.

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