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Lawyer: Man accused in NY boy's 1979 death bipolar

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A lawyer for a man who police say confessed to choking to death a 6-year old boy in New York in a landmark 1979 missing-child case said Friday his client is mentally ill and has a history of hallucinations.

 

Pedro Hernandez was arraigned on a murder charge Friday, the 33rd anniversary of the Etan Patz's disappearance. He was held without bail. (AP)

 

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