Etan Patz case
The jury deliberating in the murder trial of a man accused of kidnapping and killing 6-year-old Etan Patz (AY'-tahn payts) in 1979 says it is deadlocked.
Jurors have been deliberating since April 15. They said Wednesday that they have been unable to reach a unanimous decision in the trial of Pedro Hernandez.
The judge is telling them to continue deliberating.
Hernandez made a surprise confession in 2012. He told authorities he choked Etan in the basement of a convenience store where he worked and dumped the body a few blocks away.
But prosecutors had no physical evidence linking Hernandez to the crime. Etan's body was never found. Defense attorneys suggested another man had committed the crime and said Hernandez was mentally ill.
The case has baffled authorities for decades. (AP)
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