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New York City police commissioner Raymond Kelly speaks during a news conference Thursday, May 24, 2012, in New York. Pedro Hernandez has implicated himself in the death of 6-year-old Etan Patz, whose disappearance 33 years ago on his way to school helpedlaunch a missing children's movement that put kids' faces on milk cartons. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Man arrested in 1979 disappearance of NYC boy



NEW YORK (AP) - A man has been arrested in the 1979 disappearance of a 6-year-old New York City boy. It's the first arrest ever made in a case that helped give rise to the nation's missing-children movement.

New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly says Pedro Hernandez of Maple Shade, N.J., has been arrested in the killing of Etan Patz. It's not immediately clear whether Hernandez has a lawyer.

Kelly says Hernandez confessed to the crime. Hernandez worked at a convenience store near Etan's Manhattan home. A law enforcement official says Hernandez told investigators this week he suffocated the boy and left his body in a box in an alley.

Etan vanished on his way to school on May 25, 1979.

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Locations : New Jersey, New York, New York City
People : Etan Patz, Pedro Hernandez, Raymond Kelly
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