Sex offender fights order to appear at Etan Patz trial
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}In this combination of two file photos, convicted child molester Jose Antonio Ramos, left, and Pedro Hernandez, right, who is accused of abducting and killing six-year-old Etan Patz in 1979, are shown. (AP)
A sex offender jailed in northeastern Pennsylvania is fighting an order to appear at a trial involving the 1979 disappearance of a New York City boy.
The attorney for Jose Ramos filed court papers Monday indicating he would appeal the ruling, The Citizens' Voice reported.
A county judge last month ordered Ramos to appear at the trial of the suspect in the boy's death, Pedro Hernandez.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Police say Hernandez admitted killing the boy, Etan Patz. However, Hernandez's lawyer contends the confession is false. His trial is set for April in New York.
Ramos was once a suspect, but he was never charged and denies involvement. Still, a civil court held Ramos responsible for Patz's death.
Ramos is jailed on unrelated charges.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Patz's disappearance helped mobilize a nationwide missing-children movement.