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1979 disappearance of Etan Patz

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New York Police Department spokesman Paul Brown holds an original missing poster of Etan Patz during a news conference in New York on April 19, 2012.(Keith Bedford  / Reuters)
New York Police Department spokesman Paul Brown holds an original missing poster of Etan Patz during a news conference in New York on April 19, 2012.(Keith Bedford / Reuters)

A New Jersey man has been arrested and accused of luring 6-year-old Etan Patz off a SoHo street and strangling him in a development that police say solves a case that has mystified New York City for decades.

Patz vanished on his way to a school bus stop 33 years ago Friday. The case drew international attention and changed the way parents felt about letting their young children go off alone. - NBC New York

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