Nov. 25 (UPI) — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said his office will retry Pedro Hernandez for the 1979 kidnapping and murder of 6-year-old Etan Patz.
Bragg’s office on Tuesday notified the New York County Supreme Court in Manhattan that Hernandez will be tried again, which will be his third trial in the matter after the first ended in a hung jury before he was convicted during the second trial, WABC-TV reported.
“After thorough review, the district attorney has determined that the available, admissible evidence supports prosecuting defendant on the charges of murder in the second degree and kidnapping in the first degree in this matter, and the people are prepared to proceed,” the Manhattan DA’s office said in the letter of notice.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled on Monday in the state courthouse in Manhattan…