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Suspect in Patz case in court

Pedro Hernandez, who is being held in connection

Photo credit: Pool Photo/Steven Hirsch | Pedro Hernandez, who is being held in connection with the 1979 abduction and murder of Etan Patz, did not enter a plea in court Thursday. (Nov. 15, 2012)

The attorney for former bodega worker Pedro Hernandez said that his mentally troubled client would not challenge his competence to stand trial as Hernandez made his first court appearance Thursday since being indicted on a charge of murder in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz.

With his wife and daughter watching from the gallery, Hernandez, 51, shuffled into Manhattan Criminal...

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