
Pedro Hernandez is charged with killing 6-year-old Etan Patz in 1979. (credit: CBS News)Pedro Hernandez is charged with killing 6-year-old Etan Patz in 1979. (credit: CBS News)
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The man accused of killing 6-year-old Etan Patz did not seem delusional when he confessed to the decades-old slaying, a police detective told jurors Thursday.
The lawyer defending Pedro Hernandez cross-examined Detective Anthony Curtin about the man’s videotaped confession to the 1979 killing, WCBS 880’s Irene Cornell reported.
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