after etan the missing child case that held america captive
on the morning of may 25 1979 six year old etan patz left his apartment to go to his school bus stop . it was the first time he walked the two short blocks on his own . br but he never made it to school that day . he vanished somewhere between his home and the bus stop and was never seen again . br the search for etan quickly consumed the downtown manhattan neighborhood where his family lived . soon afterward missing posters with etans smiling face blanketed the city followed by media coverage that turned etans disappearance into a national story one that would change our cultural landscape forever . br thirty years later may 25 is recognized as national missing childrens day in etans honor . but despite the overwhelming publicity his case received the public knows only a fraction of what happened . thats because the story of etan patz is more than a heartbreaking mystery . it is also the story of the men women and children who were touched by his life in the months and years after he vanished . its the story of the agonies and triumphs of the patz family . its the story of the extraordinary twists and turns of federal prosecutor stuart graboiss relentless pursuit of his prime suspect . from graboiss creative outside the box tactics to the veteran cop who made his first pedophile bust on a dark times square rooftop to the fbi rookie who cut her teeth chasing the case through the dark recesses of a child molesters mind this is the story of all the heroic investigators who to this day thirty years later continue to seek justice for etan . br in after etan author lisa cohen draws on hundreds of interviews and nearly twenty years of research including access to the personal files of the patz family to reveal for the first time the entire dramatic tale . br