| Third Trial for 1979 Murder
of Etan Patz Green Lit by NYS
Justice Rodney After SDNY Ruling
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
April 20 – When and if
will Pedro Hernandez be
retried for the 1979
kidnapping and murder of Etan
Patz? These questions were the subject of a hearing on October 14, 2025 before U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Colleen McMahon. Inner City Press was there. Thread Afterward Judge
McMahon ruled that "a
reasonable period for
preparing this case for
retrial extends from July 21,
2025 (the date on which the
Second Circuit issued its
decision) to and including
June 1, 2026. If jury
selection does not commence by
June 1, 2026, Hernandez must
be released pursuant to the
writ" - 8 page order on
Patreon here Now in April 2026
NYS Justice Michele Rodney has
declined to dismiss the
charges against Hernandez and
so green-lit the trial, ruling
that what "It is true that the
delay from [when] Etan Patz
disappeared until [Hernandez]
was arrested … was an
extremely long period of time…
law enforcement had no reason
to suspect [Hernandez].†Inner
City Press will continue to
report on the case(s), both in
100 Centre Street and SDNY. More on X for
Subscribers here
and Substack here
The SDNY case is Hernandez v. McIntosh, 1:22-cv-2266 (McMahon)
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Friday, April 24, 2026
Third Trial for 1979 Murder of Etan Patz Green Lit by NYS Justice Rodney After SDNY Ruling
