In 1979, six-year-old Etan Patz disappeared while walking to his school bus. Lisa R. Cohen, author of "After Etan: The Missing Child Case That Held America Captive", said, “And his mother could see the bus stop at the end of the street and she saw parents there, waiting with kids for the bus, and so she let him go.” He was never seen again. Jose Antonio Ramos, a convicted child molester, was identified as a suspect but never charged. He even admitted at first that the child he took that morning was most likely Etan, but later denied that he even made the statement. Etan’s face was even on the back of a milk carton.31 years after this unsolved case, it is being reopened. Stan Patz, Etan’s father, said, “Maybe we’ll finally get our day court” when he heard. Erin Duggan said, “It's a case that the district attorney has been aware of since before running for office last year. Last summer he said he would take a fresh look at the case if he became district attorney. Tuesday he confirmed that the case had been reopened.” This case had made a large difference to people’s lives, and needs to have some questions answered now.
It seems as if this case had been abandoned with no questions answered, perhaps due to a lack of proof. I am sure that 31 years later, the technology has improved to find more evidence. However, hasn’t it been too long? Won’t the case be forgotten and will it not be hard to find any evidence now? It seems as if it is too late to try to recover this case. I feel for Etan’s family as losing your 6 year old child would hurt you and make you suffer from guilt and anger. I hope that they will win this case and find the real criminal who would be evil enough to take a helpless six year old. However, I just wish that this had been done perhaps twenty years ago, when the hopes of finding this criminal and perhaps the child is a bit larger. Now, thirty years later, the chances are much slimmer.
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