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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mark Sherman

Supreme Court reinstates murder conviction in Etan Patz’s 1979 disappearance

A police poster issued after Etan Patz went missing in 1979 - (AP)

The Supreme Court has reinstated a murder conviction in the 1979 disappearance of six-year-old Etan Patz.

The justices, by a 6-3 vote, granted an appeal Monday from New York prosecutors who urged them to reverse a federal appeals court decision that overturned the verdict against his killer. The three liberal justices dissented.

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