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Today in True Crime

May 24, 2012: Etan Patz’s Killer Arrested

Today in True Crime

Parcast

True Crime, Education, History

4.42.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2022

⏱️ 9 minutes

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A decades-long cold case was solved when Pedro Hernandez confessed to kidnapping and murdering 6-year-old Etan Patz.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Today is Tuesday, May 24th, 2022.

0:07.0

On this day in 2012, the NYPD arrested Aiton Pates' killer, Pedro Hernandez.

0:19.0

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0:52.7

Welcome to Today in True Crime, a Spotify original from Parcast. Due to the graphic nature of today's crimes, listener discretion is advised. This episode features descriptions of kidnapping, violence, and murder of a child. Extreme caution is advised for listeners under 13.

1:13.8

Today we're covering Pedro Hernandez's arrest.

1:17.5

He confessed to killing six-year-old Aiton Pates,

1:23.0

a boy whose disappearance haunted the nation for more than three decades.

1:28.4

Now let's go back to May 24, 2012 to New York City.

1:45.5

Early that Thursday morning, then police commissioner Raymond Kelly announced the NYPD may have solved one of the city's most infamous mysteries. They detained the man they believed was Aeton Pates's killer. At a press

1:53.9

conference that evening, the commissioner explained that Pedro Hernandez had admitted to the crime. While

1:59.9

there was no physical evidence to corroborate his

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