The U.S. Supreme Court reinstated a murder conviction connected to the disappearance decades ago in 1979 of 6-year-old Etan Patz in New York City. "On May 25, 1979, 6-year-old Etan Patz left his family's apartment in lower Manhattan to take a bus to school. Before boarding the bus, he stopped to buy a drink at a bodega where respondent Pedro Hernandez, then 18 years old, was working. Patz never got on the bus and was never seen alive again," the document notes. Hernandez, 64, has been serving a sentence of 25 years to life in prison. He was convicted in 2017. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said in a statement ,"Today the Supreme Court agreed with the findings of multiple lower courts and upheld the trial conviction of Pedro Hernandez for the horrific murder of Etan Patz, which changed a generation of New Yorkers. "This office has remained steadfast in its pursuit of justice for Etan and the Patz family and will continue to stand by this important conviction. I thank the prosecutors in my office, especially our Appellate attorneys, for their dedication and perseverance," he added. READ ON THE FOX NEWS APP "The Second Circuit exceeded its authority in
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