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Criminally Listed Presents: Into the Killing

S1 Ep21: Etan Patz

Criminally Listed Presents: Into the Killing

Criminally Listed Presents: Into the Killing

Society & Culture, Documentary, History, True Crime

4685 Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Etan Patz is known as the Kid on the Milk Carton. Sadly, it took decades for the killer to be brought to justice.

Fact checker, Producer and Sound Designer - Danelle Cloutier https://www.instagram.com/danellecloutier
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Intro and Outro Music: Scary Theme by Eitan Epstein Music
Main Song: Abandoned Hospital SPMusicGroup
Sources: https://pastebin.com/X25s5kKP

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, thank you for joining us for another episode of Into the Killing.

0:05.0

In today's episode, we'll take a look at one of the most famous cases of a missing child in American history.

0:12.0

The missing boy became synonymous with the missing kids on the Mill Cardins campaign.

0:18.0

Even though the case generated an enormous amount of media attention, it would take

0:23.2

decades for it to be solved. For this episode, we're going to New York City in 1979. That year was a record-setting bloody year in the Big Apple.

0:41.4

There were nearly 1,700 murders in that last year of the 1970s.

0:46.5

The case we're talking about happened on May 25, 1979.

0:51.9

In a tragic, ironic way, the number one song on the Billboard charts was reunited by Peaches and Herb.

1:01.1

May 25th was the last day before the Memorial Hall Day weekend.

1:06.9

It was a hectic morning in the loft where the Pates family lived in Soho, which is in Lower Manhattan.

1:13.6

At 8.m. Stan Pates, a commercial photographer was still in bed.

1:19.6

His wife, Julie, ran a small daycare out of the loft.

1:25.6

She was dealing with her two-year-old son, Ari, another child who slept over

1:30.3

that night. Their daughter, 8-year-old Chira, did not want to get out bed. Their six-year-old

1:38.8

Aton was up and ready to go to school. That morning, he had made his own breakfast.

1:47.9

He made his usual toast and chocolate milk.

1:52.2

He then picked up his lunch bag and headed to the front door.

1:57.7

Recently, Aiton had been seeking more independence.

2:08.6

He regularly asked his parents to walk alone to the bus stop since other kids in his class were allowed to. It turned out that day was a big day for Aiton because his mother finally said yes.

2:15.6

Atom was to walk two blocks to his bus stop where the school bus would pick him up.

2:23.2

Aiton put on his hat, which was a pilot's hat, that read Future Flight Captain.

2:29.3

He was also wearing a blue corduroy jacket, blue jeans, and blue sneakers.

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