The 1979 disappearance of Etan Patz helped catalyze a national missing-children's movement. The 6-year-old was one of the first children whose disappearance was publicized in what became a high-profile way: on milk cartons. His case also ushered in an age of parental anxiety.
A newspaper with a photograph of Etan Patz is seen May 28, 2012, at a makeshift memorial in the SoHo neighborhood of New York, where Patz lived before his disappearance on May 25, 1979.
Stanley Patz and his son Ari poses with a photo of his other son Etan on May 18, 1985, in New York. Etan Patz disappeared on the way to the school bus stop in 1979.
Stan Patz, father of missing 6-year-old Etan Patz, arrives Feb. 14, 2017, at Manhattan Supreme Court in New York, accompanied by Jennifer O'Connor, a juror in the first trial of Pedro Hernandez.
Stanley Patz and his son Ari poses with a photo of his other son Etan on May 18, 1985, in New York. Etan Patz disappeared on the way to the school bus stop in 1979.
Stan Patz, father of missing 6-year-old Etan Patz, arrives Feb. 14, 2017, at Manhattan Supreme Court in New York, accompanied by Jennifer O'Connor, a juror in the first trial of Pedro Hernandez.
A newspaper with a photograph of Etan Patz is seen May 28, 2012, at a makeshift memorial in the SoHo neighborhood of New York, where Patz lived before his disappearance on May 25, 1979.
