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Suspect in Etan Patz case pleads not guilty

Pedro Hernandez, 51, was scheduled to appear in

Photo credit: AP | Pedro Hernandez, 51, was scheduled to appear in court for an arraignment on the murder charge in the death of Etan Patz, who disappeared on his way to a school bus stop more than three decades ago. (Nov. 15, 2012)

The New Jersey man who the NYPD says confessed to killing Etan Patz -- a case that has transfixed the city for decades -- pleaded not guilty Wednesday to murder and kidnapping charges at his arraignment in State Supreme Court in Manhattan.

Pedro Hernandez, 51, of Maple Shade, N.J., entered the plea nearly seven months after he was arrested in connection with the May 1979 abduction and death...

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