India, June 23 -- More than 47 years after six-year-old Etan Patz disappeared while walking to a school bus stop in New York City, the legal battle surrounding one of America's most famous child abduction cases has reached another major milestone. The US Supreme Court has ruled that Pedro Hernandez's murder conviction will remain in place, overturning a federal appeals court decision that had granted him a new trial.
The ruling closes another chapter in a case that transformed how the United States responds to missing children and continues to draw national attention decades later.
Who is Pedro Hernandez?
Pedro Hernandez is the man convicted of kidnapping and murdering Etan Patz, a six-year-old boy who vanished in Manhattan in 1979. Hern...