Boys’ Clothes May Be Clue in Patz Case
Source: NY Times
Detectives who searched the New Jersey home of the man who confessed to killing Etan Patz found what “looked like young boys’ clothing” and an old toy, but were being “very cautious” about concluding they belonged to Etan, who disappeared in 1979, people with knowledge of the matter said on Friday.
The toy and the clothes — an undergarment or undergarments and a pair of blue shorts — were found when detectives from the New York Police Department and local authorities searched the home of the man, Pedro Hernandez, in Maple Shade, N.J., on Wednesday and early Thursday, several of the people said. One of the people characterized the toy as a “toy vehicle” and another said it was a Matchbox car.
“It could be anybody’s,” one law enforcement official said of the clothing and the toy, noting that Mr. Hernandez, 51, his wife and 23-year-old daughter had lived in the house for only a few years. The official said investigators were trying to determine whether the clothing might have belonged to previous residents.
The finding of the items was first reported on Friday by The New York Post.
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