Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I kii tetahi kaiwhaiwhai tamariki i whakawakia e ia he tamaiti iti e rite ana ki a Etan Patz i te ra kotahi i te 1979 i ngaro ai te tamaiti 6-tau-tau, i kii tetahi kaitohutohu o mua ki te kaiwhakawa i te Mane i te whakawakanga o tetahi atu tangata e whakapae ana mo te kohuru. I korerotia e te kaiwhakaatu matua a Stuart GraBois me pehea, i te wa i whakakorea ai e ia nga mema o te whanau hei whakapae, i kitea e ia a Jose Ramos i te whare herehere i te mutunga o te 1980 i muri i tana ako i te hononga o Ramos ki tetahi wahine i whakamahia e te whanau ki te haere ki te whare mai i te kura i te wa o te taraiwa taraiwa pahi. Ko te kaiawhina o mua o te Kaitohutohu a US i taua wa a Rudy Giuliani i whakaahua i te whakamarie i a Ramos me te korerorero iti i mua i te ui ohorere ki a ia, 'E hia nga wa i moe koe me Etan Patz?' Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Ko nga whakaaetanga o te kaiwhaiwhai tamariki: Ko te kaiwhaiwhai tamariki a Jose Ramos, 71 (maui), i kii ki tetahi kaitohutohu i te tau 1988 i te ra i ngaro ai a Etan Patz, i kawea e ia te 6-tau-tau ki tona whare me te whakaaro ki te taatai ki a ia. I mahi a Hernandez i te tau 1979 i tēnei toa nohopuku i te kokonga, e tata ana ki te wāhi i kitea whakamutunga ai a Etan, i te wāhi i mea ai te tangata i maka e ia te tinana o te tamaiti ki roto i te paru. 'Kua maroke ia, ka tangi, ka mea, "E hiahia ana ahau ki te korero ki a koutou katoa e pā ana ki reira. E hiahia ana ahau ki te tiki i te reira i runga i toku ngakau, '" GraBois whakaaturia. I kii a Ramos kua tutaki ia ki a Patz i Washington Square Park i Greenwich Village Mei 25, 1979, i mua i te kukume i te tamaiti ki tana whare ki te ngana ki te taatai ki a ia, e kii ana a GraBois. Ko te whakapae, i te kitenga i te whakaahua o Patz i runga pouaka whakaata me nga panui ngaro, he '90 ōrau te pono' koinei te tamaiti kotahi, e ai ki a ia. Whai muri i te ātete a te tamaiti ki ana tono moepuku, i kī a Ramos i whakanohoia ia e ia ki runga i tētahi tereina tereina kia taea ai e ia te haere ki te kāinga o tana kuia i Washington Heights. I kii a GraBois i whakaaro ia he teka tera, i kii atu ki a Ramos, 'Kaore au e whakapono ki a koe.' I whakarewahia e GraBois he tirotirohanga i hua ai te whakapae mo te tukino i a Ramos i Pennsylvania. Engari kaore i taea e te kaiwhakatakoto i te take ki a ia i te ngaro o Etan i muri i te kore o Ramos ki te korero ano ki nga mana mo te tamaiti,...
Ko te kaiwhakaatu matua a Stuart GraBois, he kaitono o mua, i whakaatu ko Jose Ramos i korero ki a ia i te tau 1988 i kukume ia i a Etan Patz ki tona whare i te Mei 25, 1979. Ko Ramos, he kaitukino tamariki i whakawakia, i kii i whakanohoia e ia a Etan ki runga i te tereina tereina i muri i tana whakakahore i ana whakatata. Kua whakawehi a Ramos, 71, ki te tohe ki te 5 o nga mea ka karangahia ki te whakaatu i roto i te whakawakanga kohuru o Pedro Hernandez. I whakaae a Hernandez, 54, i werohia e ia a Etan i muri i tana whakaari i a ia ki te whakaari i te wai inu, kātahi ka maka i tana tinana i roto i te peke. E 27 tau a Ramos e noho ana ki Pennsylvania mō te tūkino me te tukino i ngā tama toko toru i ngā tau 1980.