fbi dug up a basement a bllcc from etan's home ii a searchhfor his body that someone close to pedro hernandez contacted the nypd tt report that pedro might be the real iller. wednesday hernandez reportedly connessed... pelling detectives he luredd promise of a sodd, choked hhm trash...kellyysays: "we have a &pwritten confession, a siined confession, he spoke for 3.5

it was pedro hernandez brother- in-law, lopez who tipped off detectives to pedro hernandez, but lopez is not talking now. >> you were not the one that made the phone call? pedro hernandez could get 25 years to life behind bars if convicted. eyewitness news. >> pedro hernandez did not speak and did not enter a plea. >>> it is a case that has animal workers baffled and horrified at the same time. why would a man runover a kitten repeatedly. the 51-year-old is charged with animal cruelty and mutilation. he was caught on tape crushing a stray kitten in a parking lot on main street. that video is now being held as police evidence against him. >>> a promising california football player is trying to get back on the gridiron after a judge tosses out a rape conviction. the 26-year-old served five years behind bars back in 2002, for a crime that he session he did not commit. he pled guilty rather than face a possible life sentence at trial. he lost a football scholarship to usc. last week, a judge through at the confession, seeing the victim on tape admitting that it never happened. >> are you

isolda peguero tiene la información. >>> pedro hernández ¿que clase de chico era?.a eithan, detalles escalofriantes surgieron sobre el pasado de este puertorriqueño de 51 años, que perm tanece en este hospital psiquiátrico y bajo observación para que mo se suizo de. >>> cuando comenzamos a buscar al niño, hicimos varios grupos para buscarlo no venía con nosotros. >>> le preguntaron que fuera parte de la búsqueda. >>> una mujer le preguntó, que si quería venir con nosotros, y dijo, estoy ocupado. >>> en los 70 era muy distinto al de la actualidad las boutique y los restaurantes de lujo para personas adineradas no existían. y los chicos solían jugar pelota en la calle. >>> cuenta que hernández era un dlo de los que jugaban voleibol porque además de trabajar en la bodega, donde dijo haber matado al niño. tenía un familiar donde a veces se quedaba a dormir. el pastor de la iglesia donde hernández y su esposa asisten todos los domingos. lo describió como un hombre tímido y pocas palabras. alguno datos del new york post. luego de estrangular a eithan, hernández, lo habría

estos son los titulares, presentacargos contra el puertorriqueño pedro hernández en méxico, con taosímenes que terminan sin castigos, hay quienes toman la justicia por suso propias manos y ponga mucha anción, si usted está en el país sin documento legales, el gobierno podría darle la posibilidad d obtener visa si se casa con un ciudadano comenzamos [ ♪ ]. [ ♪ ]. >>> muy buenas noches, ilia tiene la noche libre. la justicia tomó su tiempo, po 33 años del crimen que impactó a la nación, la justicia interpuso cargos contra el puertorriqueño pedro hernández. esta noche tenemos más detalles. >>> la fiscalía de nhattan le presentó formalmente los cargos al puertorriqueño pedro hernández por el asesinato en segundo grado de la muerte de hace 33 años de un pequeño cuchó a través de una video coerencia los cargos. la fcalía dice que este es el principio del proceslegal, no el fin, tenemos mucho trabajo investigativo por hacer según el abogado de hernández, el puertorriqueño tiee una larga historia psiquiatra, e tiene esquisofreniz además padece de cáncer la esposa y la hija de ellos, fueron b

. >>> la fiscalía de manhattan le presentó formalmente los cargos al puertorriqueño pedro hernández porundo adode la muerte de hace 33 años de un pequeño escuchó a través de una video conferencia los cargos. la fiscalía dice que te es el incipio del proceso legal, no el fin, temos muo trabajo investigativo por hacer sen el abogado de hernández, el puertorriqueño tiene una larga historia psiquiatra que tiene esquisofreniz además padece de cáncer la espa y la hija de ellos, fueron bombardeadas con preguntas de los periodistas se reveló que la mujer estuvo a punto de separarse del confeso asesino, cndo lencontró en su computadora imágenes peurbadoras donde aparecía con otro hombre los vecinos aun no se reponen del impacto que vivían con un asesino >>> vi a la policía ahí, pero no me enteré de la hria, pero en la noc supe que él f el que mató al niño, ycomo madre toy en shock >>> jojoé lópez, el cuñado del puertorriqueño, dijo que no entendía por qué no confesó el crimen hace 33 años hoye vio por primera vez al regresó hoy a su departamento que qued a pocospasos de donde su hijo fue estrang

>> it would not surprise me if pedro hernandez recants. after all, look what he's facing if convicted of second-degree murder. he'll spend his entire life, perhaps, in prison. >> reporter: right now hernandez remains at bellevue hospital awaiting a psychiatric exam to determine if he's competent to stand trial for murder. tony guida, cbs news. >>> pop star lady gaga says she's devastated after having to cancel a sold out concert in indonesia. she was supposed to perform in jakarta on june 3 rd but islamic extremists called the sing er were protests over sexy clothing and provocative dancing. the singer tweeted last night she canceled the show out of safety for her fans. >>> huge party to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the golden gate bridge. thousands flocked to the water front and festivities ends with a giant fireworks show. the bridge opened in 1937 and since then more than 2 billion vehicles are traveled across it. >>> up next this morning we'll have morning weather. in sports, the swing that should have missed. the record-setting ho

asesinar a etan patz dijo que lo habÍa denunciado, el testimonio de norma hernÁndez, heana de pedro hernÁndezegura que su moral fue mÁs fuerte que los lazos que la unen con pro hernÁndez. y la mujer cuenta que hace aÑos escuchÓ un rumor que su hermano supuestamente habÍa dicho en un grupo religioso q estrangulÓ a un niÑo en nuevaork. >> hacerle saber este rumor, y averigue si es cierto les dije. >>pero asegura que la policÍa de nueva jersey jamÁs la interrogÓ. >>> la psona que me interrogÓ pensÓ que tenÍa coje con Él. >>> nadie respondiÓ a la puer del lugar donde partiÓ el rur, y la policÍa se negÓ a comentar esto. pedro hernÁndez confesÓ rar el cuerpo de etan en un b bolsa de basura. >>> yo meimagino como madre lo que ese niÑo pasÓ, siento compasiÓn polos padres. >>> cuya agonÍa pareciera no tener n. >>> autodades intentan rastrear la ruta de los camiones de basura que datan de la fecha en el que desapareciÓ etan. >>> y la policÍa finalmente respondiÓ diciendo que es la primera vez que escucharon la denuncia de norma heÁndez. >>> abogados del ex entrenador de penn state, sandusky, dice que l

fbi dug up a basement a bllcc from etan's home ii a searchhfor his body that someone close to pedro hernandezontacted the nypd tt report that pedro might be the real iller. wednesday hernandez reportedly connessed... pelling detectives he luredd promise of a sodd, choked hhm trash...kellyysays: "we have a &pwritten confession, a siined confession, he spoke for 3.5 obviously we beileve there is probably cause to go forward neighbors now reacting o &pvvry quiet, kept to himself ...the only time they say him, he'd be smoking on his front porch. hh lived in new jersey with his twenty-year &pold daughter and second wife. &p police saa he wass confession and hernandez's brother innlaw says he hopes this brinns some closureeto etaa's family... lopez says: "now they're gonna know what search anymore. they don't have to suffer anymore in wwiting whether he's alive or what happened or who killedd him." still there's no direct evidence of the boy's &pdeath and some investigators remain kepticcl that hernnndez really did it... arraigned sommtime today here n new york, rick leventhal, ox news. police have

. >>> buenas noches, la hermana de pedro hernÁndez, asesino cono fe so de eithan, hace 33 aÑos en new ella dio informacion a la policÍa, sobre el caso, pero que nunca le prestaron atenciÓn. dijo que si la hubieran escuchado no estarÍan buscando informaciÓn y pruebas en basureros, trasser reabierto el caso tiene esta informaciÓn, bilma, buenas noches. >>> buenas noches enrique e ilia el asesino confeso, dijo que su hermano dijo en un grupo de oraciÓn que habÍa estrangado al pequeÑo de 6 aÑos. que dijo tambiÉn, que recuerda perfectamee cuando pedro hernÁndez, en espaÑol, ho la confesiÓn ante un grupo de 50 peonas. >>> la hermana de pedro hernÁndez, el asesino cono fe so que reconociÓ matar hace 33 aÑos en new york al niÑo eithan... ella le dijo a la policÍa en la dÉcada de los 80 que su hermano habÍa cometido el crimen. >>> yo les dije a ellos que Él habÍa confesado en un grupo de oraciÓn, que habÍa cometi el crimen. que habÍa confesado que estrangulÓ y mato al niÑo y luego lo tirÓ en el contenedor de basura. dice que ella fue personalmente a la estaciÓn de policÍa. yo fui a la estaciÓn

. >> it would not surprise me if pedro hernandez recants. after all look at what he is facing if he is convicted of second-degree murder. will spend his entire life, perhaps, in prison. >> reporter: right now hernandez remains in bellevue hospital awaiting a psychiatric exam to determine if he is competent to stand trial for murder. tony guida, cbs news, new york. >> jeff: still to come on tonight's "cbs evening news", concealed weapons. why more americans are concealed weapons. why more americans are carrying. he you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec® liquid gels. nothing starts working faster than zyrtec® at relieving your allergy symptoms for 24 hours. zyrtec®. love the air. ♪ a refrigerator has never been hacked. an online virus has never attacked a corkboard. ♪ give your customers the added feeling of security a printed statement or receipt provides... ...with mail. it's good for your business. ♪ and even better for your customers. ♪ for safe and secure ways to stay connected, visit usps.com/mail and these come together, one

belief that pedro hernandez was the killer. he confessed to family members in the past about hurting the child in new york but without ever naming that child. police went and picked him up at a house in new jersey yesterday. he came willingly back to newark and confessed. he said he lowered the boy into the boat again -- bodega with the promise of a soda and choked him in the basement and dumped in the trash a block and a half away. >> did he give our reason why? >> he has not revealed that. police commissioner kelly says he has not explained. they do not seem to have a motive. we have learned a dependent of that when asked, he is responding to something of the effect he does not know. he has no idea. right now there is no clue. he does not have -- there was no evidence the boy was sexually abused. the suspect has no other arrest record. the commissioner described it as a crime of opportunity. not much more than that. that is the big mystery now, why. >> this had a huge impact on new yorkers and the united states because it cha

the ramos case raises serious questions about the arrest of 51-year-old pedro hernandez. police say he confessed to murdering etan patz but they have no evidence. in fact, it is a murder case standing on its head. >> it's going to be very difficult to convince a jury. >> reporter: a doctor of forensic science. >> normally we collect the physical evidence and talk to the witnesses, then we catch a suspect, interrogate him and then sometimes they confess. this is just the reverse. >> reporter: police have no body and no motive, and what if there were no confession from pedro hernandez? what happens if he recants his confession? >> it would not surprise me if pedro hernandez recants. after all, look what he's facing. he'll spend his entire life, perhaps, in prison. >> reporter: right now hernandez remains at bellevue hospital awaiting a psychiatric exam to determine if he's competent to stand trial for murder. tony guida, cbs news. >>> pop star lady gaga says she's devastated after having to cancel a sold out concert in indonesia. she was supposed to perform in jakarta on ju

surgen nuevos testimonios de la familia de pedro hernÁndez el hombre que confesÓ el asesinato de un niÑonueva york hace 33 aÑos, hablamos con su cuÑado. repudio mundial por la masacre de hoy en siria, mÁs de 90 personas fueron asesinadas. 32 de los vÍctimas eran niÑo cos, naciones unidass dijo que fue tragedia mortal. la lucha no sÓlo se da en las calles tambiÉn en sus casas y con sus familias. les mostraremos un esfuerzo de traba trabajo en arizona vamos con toda la informaciÓn. ( ♪ mÚsica♪) >>> este es su noticiero univisiÓn fin de semana, con fÉlix. ♪ (mÚsica) ♪ >>> buenasemana noches y bienv al noticiero univisiÓn delf fin de semana el clima es protagonistas de la semana. una nueva tormenta ciclÓnica del atlÁntico amenaza con su llegada en las prÓximas horas, y tambiÉn hubo incendios en otras partes del paÍs, stefany nos tiene un mapa completo de lo que estÁ pasando. ♪ (mÚionca) ♪noi-fsemlateivisio >>> una liunivisnea de@@igrosonn lateunivision@@not uni-fsemana edificaciones yuni-fsa lateribae univision@@not uni-fsemana lael aguas del atlÁntico. este salvavida dice que recomienda a l

new jersey church, a family member told us that in the early 1980s following a meeting here, pedro hernandezconfessed to strangling a young boy in new york. we're told hernandez confided in the prayer group's leader and two family members, jose and margarita lopez. his brother-in-law and sister. we knocked at the lopez home, but there was no answer. only "keep out" signs posted over the weekend. the n.y.p.d. which searched hernandez's neighborhood yesterday is talking with all of his siblings. ray kelly is the police commissioner. >> like any high-profile case, you have to be careful because people come out of the woodwork and make all sorts of claims or statements. >> reporter: pedro hernandez's sister norma told us when she learned of the confession in the early '80s she told camden police but they never follow up. the camden police chief told us this is the first we're learning of ms. hernandez's comments. last week in a signed confession to police, hernandez admitted to killing six-year-old etan patz in 1979. patz's body was never discovered. there's no known physical evidence. which mak

knowing that, how could name path the case regarding the current suspect, pedro hernandez? nandez's lawyers who have come into court now if he ever has to try this case says there's reasonable doubt built into this case. the court has already adjudic e adjudicated somebody else as the killer in the case. now, that wouldn't be binding on a jury, but the jury would certainly have to wonder whether this schizophrenic who's confessed is, in fact, the killer. now, i want to -- i want to hedge on this a little bit and say we don't know what the new york city police department knows. there is a possibility that he supplied some detail that has been held back and that only the killer could know. did etan patz have a scar or some kind of a mark that hasn't been released publicly and that her dez has revealed that he knows about? i must say i heard that he's going to have the man examined by a sigh kai strift. it makes me wonder if, in fact, he's the killer. >> of course, there's a case of motive. no motive at all listed. >> no. and i find that to be very, very strange. somebody who s

. >> reporter: pedro hernandez remains hospitalized. he is skits fret schizophrenic and bipolar. he will don't under go psychiatric evaluation before taking to jail. after 33 years, charges that are left in the cold case. the complaint, just five paragraphs long, charges pedro hernandez, seen here in this photo, with one count of murderer in the second degree for alleged by strangling etan patz and placing him in a plastic bag, thereby causing his death. the only evidence cited, his confession to a police detective. he was working at a soho doddega just down the block from the bus stop where the 6-year-old waited each morning. in the arraignment, the district attorney proclaims it's been 3 years and justice has not been done. prosecutors told the court he made similar admissions to others. >> in the years following etan's disappearance, hernandez had told a family member and others he had "done a bad thing and killed a child in new york city." >> reporter: etan's father, stan patz, returned home friday to the same soho loft where he and his family lived for over three decades. he

y comenzamos con el revelador testimonio de la hermana de pedro hernÁndez, el presunto asesino de etanjo que no fue escuchada a la policÍa hace algunos aÑos que revelÓ esto. >>> norma hernÁndez asegura que su moral fue mayor a los lazos que la unen con pedro hernÁndez, el asesino de etan patz, por eso al enterarse que habÍa estrangulado a un niÑo no dudÓ en contactar a las autoridades. >>> le hice saber este rumor para que averigÜen. >>> pero dice que la policÍa no le devolviÓ jamÁs una llamada. >>> pienso que la persona pensÓ que reportaba algo que no era. >>> norma cuenta que no tuvo buena relaciÓn con su hermano menor que confeso que estranguÓo y botÓ ninguna caja al niÑo etat patz que salÍa por primera vez solo. >>> pedro hernÁndez que trabajaba una bodega donde fue visto por Última vez el niÑo estÁ bajo evaluciÓn siquiÁtrica. >>> si no veo papeles mÉdicos no lo creo que tiene una enfermedid esquisofrenica. >>> y dijo que jamÁs supo que tenÍa sprbia mentales. la policÍa se rehuso a comentar de la denuncia de norma. de momento intentar rastrear la ruta de los camiones que datan de l

his name is pedro hernandez. this is a picture of him on "inside edition." ernandez confessed to killing the 6-year-old. etan patz vanished on his way to school, and that mystery kick started a national discussion on missing children. but for the parents, it was a daily battle of heartache and fading hopes. >> mr. patz was taken aback, a little surprised, and i would say overwhelmed to a degree. he handled the information very well, but we also agreed that we'll speak as the investigation goes further. >> susan candiotti is following all of the latest developments. susan, welcome. what may happen in court today? >> reporter: well, for the very first time certainly we'll get to see this man in court, and we will hear how prosecutors plan to charge him. it's already been flagged by the police department. commissioner ray kelly saying they expect him to be charged with second degree murder. prosecutors are the final arbiter on that. so we'll find out whether he might enter a plea at this time. he doesn't have to. he's not obligated to. and the judge in this part

his name is pedro hernandez. this is his picture on inside edition. hernandez confessed to the killing and may have solved a mystery that started a national discussion on missing children. susan candiotti is following the latest developments. hernandez is expected in court. what may happen today, susan? >> reporter: hi, carol. we expect that when and if he appears in court today we'll hear for the first time how the manhattan district attorney's office intends to charge him. the police said they expect that he will face second-degree murder charges but it is prosecutors who will make that final decision so we'll learn that. we'll also find out whether he is represented by his own attorney or whether one will be appointed for him. we'll also get to see him for the first time and see what his demeanor is as these charges are read in court. >> what do we know about this man, susan? >> reporter: well, we know this much. we know that he was a stock boy and only 19 years old at the time that this happened. we know that after etan disappeared, he no longer wo

at the time 19-year-old pedro hernandez was a stock boy. 51, he's seen here in a photo obtained by "inside edition." >> hernandez described to the dektds how he lured young etan from the school bus stop at west broadway with the promise of a soda. he led him in the basement of the bodega, choked him there, and disposed of the body by putting it in a plastic bag and placing it in the trash. >> reporter: lisa cohen wrote a book about the patz case. she had not heard of hernandez until two days ago. he was never a suspect. but part of his story might fit with what patz's parents told her about the day their son disappeared. his first time walking to the bus stop by himself. >> i know that i had a dollar when he left for school that day, or at least that's the story i've always heard from his parents and that he had talked about buying a soda at the bodega before he got on the school bus. >> reporter: hernandez came to the attention of police last month after authorities dug up a basement in a different soho building. that dig didn't turn up mu

pedro hernandez has confessed to killed the 6-year-old.hernandez as it appeared on "inside edition." detectives say how he described how he lured etan from the school bus stop, promising him a sew danld strangling him. he's now been charged with second-degree murder. hernandez has no criminal record than story is raising questions. lisa cowan wrote a book about the etan patz case and she's joining us now. lisa, good morning to you. let's talk about this case. i'm glad you're on. you have covered the from the beginning practically. had youer hea ever hearded of p hernandez before this week? >> i never heard of him before this week. this case has been going on for years. they've talked to hundreds and hundreds of people. it's very possible they talked to him at one point. >> what do you make of the story he lurd etan into the store, strangled him and put him out the with the trash. >> why do you thing he would talk about it 30 years later? >> if anybody goes to authorities and confesses to murder in great detail, i think we can understand wh

abc news has learned pedro hernandez has confessed to strangling the 6-year-old boy, putting him in a box and leaving him somewhere in new york city. >> this evening the new york city police department is announcing the arrest of pedro hernandez. age 51 of maple cherry, new jersey, for the murder of etan patz. >> etan patz vanished during that short walk to the school bus in 1979. >> he turned and he walked half a block across the street. another full block across west broadway and then the bus stop was right here. >> reporter: so this is a total block and a half walk? >> yes. >> reporter: a block and a half, and for a 6-year-old, about 223 steps to the bus. >> his mother could actually see children starting to line up to get on the bus. >> reporter: she saw him off that morning and went inside. never seeing him again. authorities say it comes just one month after the fbi returned to that neighborhood and began digging in a basement the boy had walked past, where a handyman once worked. authorities didn't find anything, but abc news has learned it's believed the renewed headlines from

early this morning, pedro hernandez was taken to a hospital and placed under suicide watch. the court officials say it is possible he will be arraigned later today. >> is an emotional day in court as a california man was handed his life back. brian banks broke down. a high-school classmate accused him of kidnapping and raping her. he spent six years behind bars and has been on parole. the key to getting his name cleared was the same woman who accused him back in 2002. she recently sent facebook messages asking to meet with him. >> she and i were the only ones who knew what actually happened. i expressed to our that -- tour that i would meet with her but she needed to tell the truth. >> banks recorded their conversation as the woman expressed to making the whole story of. -- up. also, he had been a high school football player and decided to try to get back to playing for the nfl. talking about sharon stone. the nannie claims that caring for the children was like working in a sweat shop. she also claims that sharon stone harassed her and did so that her heritage and fired her

pedro hernandez is being held in a hospital room after making suicidal statements. >> reporter: pedrohernandez appeared in front of a judge via video from a hospital room. he is facing charges for the killing of patz. hernandez was hospitalized after making statements about killing himself. hernandez is bipolar -- police searched the scene friday. a law enforcement source tells cbs news it was hernandez brother-in-law who tipped off detectives to hernandez. but lopez isn't talking now. >> so you weren't the one who made the known call? >> reporter: hernandez could get 25 years to life behind bars if convicted. >>> now hernandez did not speak and did not enter a plea at his arraignment. >>> the judge in the john edwards corruption trial closes the courtroom this afternoon. katherine engle admonished discussing the trial. unusual behavior in the jury has been noted. >>> a passenger on a cruise ship's stolen iphone is tracked down because the person who had it kept taking pictures and those pictures were streaming on the mccathy's facebook page. one of those photos showed an employee of

the suspect, pedro hernandez, now 51, was 19 at the time. allegedly telling police he lured the boy away, just steps from the bus stop, promising him a soda at the small corner store where hernandez worked. >> he then led him into the basement of the bodega, choked him there and disposed of the body by putting it into a plastic bag and placing it into the trash. he had worked as a stock clerk in a bodega for approximately one month. >> reporter: patz was among the first of the missing children to appear on a milk carton. the face that changed the way parents across this country sent their children off to school. police say there is now a written and signed confession, a videotape, too. a tearful 3 1/2 hour confession. more than three decades later, authorities believe they have their man. >> he was remorseful and seemed to, i think the detectives thought that it was a feeling of relief on his part. >> reporter: that small corner store, just a block and a half from etan's home, where all these years later, a high end store selling eyeglasses n

today, pedro hernandez, a man who worked in the neighborhood three decades ago, tells police he strangled the boy. >> in the years following etan's disappearance, hernandez told a family member and others that he had "done a bad thing and killed a child in new york." >> ron allen is outside the new york city courthouse where hernandez is set to be arraigned later today, if that still happens. what do we know about his hospitalization at this point? >> reporter: craig, as i understand it this is fairly standard procedure in a case like this, remember, this is extraordinarily emotional situation, a very high profile case, so to have someone on suicide watch, i don't think is extraordinary. we have every reason to think the arraignment will happen today sometime after 2:00. remember, this man has come forward and confessed to the crime. so there are a lot of questions the police said there is no physical evidence they could speak of that links him to the crime. he reportedly told the police he disposed of the body. so a lot of still investigative work the police have to do to make sure this

the pastor at the church attended by suspect pedro hernandez tells cnn that hernandez is quiet, shy,y awkward. the pastor also described hernandez's wife as, quote, shellshocked, and he says members of the congregation are now looking at ways to help the family. >>> well, before you go to bed tonight and when you wake up tomorrow, you will feel the effects of tropical storm beryl. that's if you live along the georgia and florida coast. heavy rains are expected, and that means flooding could be a problem, especially inland. tonight palm trees are struggling against the surging winds. here at ponte vedra beach in florida. meanwhile, beaches all along the southeast coast are posting warnings about the dangers of rip currents. for the past 24 hours or so, lifeguards and emts have been working overtime to rescue all of those people who ignored the warnings. our jacqui jeras is here with me to have a look at this. and so part of the problem, jacqui is that -- first of all, landfall is expected around midnight, but part of the problem is this is a really slow moving storm, isn't it? >> it i

if pedro hernandez really did kel etan patz, will his reported confession be enough to convict him? also two of his sisters are speaking out. we get the story from nbc's michelle franzen. >> reporter: the police never considered him a suspect until pedro hernandez confessed this week to killing etan patz in 1979. back then, he was 18 years old, working as a stock boy at a neighborhood store. a surprise twist for those who have closely followed the case, including lisa cohen. >> this is something that nobody saw. co-ing. nobody had a clue. >> reporter: hernandez moved to new jersey soon after etan disappeared. his sister norma told "the new york times," he began telling other relatives he killed a little boy and she noticed changes in his behavior, saying he was acting very strange. he was always very quiet, his stomach was always very upset. another sister who asked for her identity to be concealed and her voice alter said she can't imagine her brother killing anyone, but offers a message to patz's family. >> i'm so sorry. >> reporter: experts say investigators will need to build a

it was a relative of pedro hernandez that culled polialled. >> hernandez told family and others that he "done a bad thing and killed a child in new york." >> reporter: new york city police detectives came to this small new jersey house. within hours they say hernandez had confessed and then allowed police to follow him as he retraced his steps at the scene of the crime. lisa cohen has written the most authori authoratitive book on this case. >> i think it's a time when people remember. >> reporter: two years ago the manhattan district attorney reopened the case. the nypd and the fbi worked on a list of top ten possible suspects and pedro hernandez was not on it. for etan patz' parents, stan and julie patz, it's been a long way for answers. lisa cohen. the patz family, what do you think they're doing and thinking? >> in is the latest in a very long line of big breaks in the case. i think they certainly are taking the wait and see approach. >> john miller joins us here on set. this is a working press card from 1979. you covered this case from the beginning. you've been on that street a

the police commissioner says that 51-year-old pedro hernandez is behind bars after confessing to luring the little boy into his corner store and then murdering him. hernandez had been living in new jersey >> . attorneys on both sides want to keep evidence out of the eye of the public until the trial. they're asking a judge to keep statements that zimmerman gave police and the names and addresses of witnesses from being publicly released. george zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder for fatally shooting trayvon martin in february. >> still no verdict in the john edwards style. jurors return today for a sixth day of deliberations. they looked at 20 pieces of evidence esther day trying to decide if if the former democratic presidential candidates broke the law while using money from donors to hide his pregnant mistress. could face up to 30 years in prison if convicted. >> the man behind an extravagant general services administration conference has left the agency. the press secretary of the gsa says that jeff neely is no longer employed there. he was placed on leave after a confer

pedro hernandez was aryaned in a hospital. where he was taken friday morning, authorities concerned he was suicidal. the suspect's mental health may be a charge for prosecutors whose case now depends on the 3 1/2-hour confession. >> his mental state today is only relevant to whether he can stand trial. it won't help him to his mental state 33 years ago. >> reporter: a former soho neighbor remembers that hernandez was one of the few teenagers in the neighborhood who didn't join in the search in the weeks after the disappearance. dan? >> thank you. the big question right now is whether the case valely closed. let's bring in former fbi agent brad garrett. this is the criminal complaint. if you look, it's recently thin, and the hinges entirely on the confession. without a body and a crime scene, what can the cops do now to get enough evidence for a conviction? >> that i have to build a relationship between etan and pedro, in other words, whether peep working at the bodyega or around there saw anything. it's hard to buy that he cou

formally charged with killing etan patz, pedro hernandez under suicide watch new york hospital. pedro hernandez told police may 25th 1979 he lured 6 year-old into a manhattan store choked him and threw his body and the trash and they believe the confession is credible. >> the fact he told the story to others in the past. and the specificity of what he said in a confession >> six year old were etan patz of the first missing children to have his picture on milk cartons may 25th now known as national missing children's day. sixth day the jury in john edwards trial deliberated could not release a decision federal judge giving the panel holiday weekend off coming back tuesday to continue deliberations 58 year-old 2008 presidential candidate charged with scheming to hide his affair with videographer rielle hunter prosecutors allege he did so at tab to say if unsuccessful presidential bid from scandal while still married to his wife elisabeth who died in 2010. chicago police looking for more money chicago police officers assigned to the day to a summit. over what the union says a refus

at the time, 19-year-old pedro hernandez was a stock boy.here in a photo obtained by "inside edition." >> he described how he lured young etan from the bus stop with the promise of of a soda. he led him in the basement of the bodega, choked him there, and disposed of the body by putting it in a plastic bag and placing it in the trash. >> reporter: lisa cohen wrote abook about the case. she had not heard of hernandez until two days ago. he was never a suspect of the part of his story might figt wih what patz's parents said. >> he had a dollar when he left for school that day or that is story i've heard from his parents and he talked about buying a soda at the bodega before getting on the bus. >> hernandez came to the attention of police last month after authorities dug up a basement in a different soho building. that didn't turn up much but the publicity prompted a tip about hernandez. >> in the years following etan's disappearance, hernandez told a family members and others, he had "done a bad thing and killed a child in new york." >> report