Jurors finish hearing evidence in trial of man accused of killing 6-year-old Etan Patz in 1979
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Jurors in New York City have finished hearing evidence in the case against Pedro Hernandez, who is charged with murder in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz (AY'-tahn PAYTS).
Hernandez confessed in 2012 to choking the boy in a convenience store basement. His attorneys say the confession is fiction and Hernandez is mentally ill.
The Maple Shade, New Jersey, resident was a teenage stock clerk working at the Manhattan corner store where Etan was headed on the day he vanished. His body was never found.
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Jurors heard testimony from Etan's mother.
Members of a prayer circle said Hernandez told them in the early 1980s that he had abused and killed a child in New York.
Jurors also heard from investigators who believed another man was the killer.
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Summations begin Monday.