Etan Patz
Etan Patz 'proof' that doesn't prove anything yet
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
Pedro Hernandez confessed to killing Etan Patz; now what can Cy Vance do about it?
Bill Fleisher is a connoisseur of cold cases. A former cop and F.B.I. agent, he co-founded the Vidocq Society, a club of experts—retired police detectives, pathologists, prosecutors, and other inquisitive types—who regularly gather for lunch in his hometown of Philadelphia to pick over unsolved murders. The society is named for a 19th Century French detective, the model for some of the first fictional sleuths, and Fleisher is full of grisly erudition when it comes to the history of violent crime. He is not easily baffled. More
(1)Etan Patz coverage, refracted through a law-enforcement turf squabble
It's difficult not to read these differing accounts as anything but another expression of the turf war between the F.B.I. and the NYPD. And now, we know which angles on that turf war will be exploited by the tabloids. More
The face of Etan Patz, and the house in Maple Shade, N.J.
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
(1)Press scrambles to cover new Etan Patz developments
The news that a New Jersey man has claimed to have murdered Etan Patz on May 25, 1979, a date that became known as National Missing Children’s Day in his memory, came too late, or too early, for today's newspapers. The question is whether the story will remain big enough for tomorrow's. More
News about David Paterson, and what we can only hope is the last-ever Beatles joke about the M.T.A.
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
(5)The Etan Patz case, from another era; a vulgar Dania Suarez proposition from the 'Post'
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
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