After Etan The Missing Child Case that Held America Captive

by Cohen, Lisa R.

• ISBN13: 9781455528615
• ISBN10: 1455528617
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-08-21
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Summary

Now with a new chapter that brings the story up-to-date in light of the most recent developments in the case--AFTER ETAN unravels the full story of Etan Patz: the decades-long mystery, his family's long search for him, and the extraordinary efforts to bring his abductor to justice. On the morning of May 25, 1979, six-year-old Etan Patz left his apartment to go to his school bus stop. It was the first time he walked the two short blocks on his own. But he never made it to school that day. He vanished somewhere between his home and the bus stop, and was never seen again. The search for Etan quickly consumed the downtown Manhattan neighborhood where his family lived. Soon afterward, "Missing" posters with Etan's smiling face blanketed the city, followed by media coverage that turned Etan's disappearance into a national story--one that would change our cultural landscape forever. More than thirty years later May 25 is recognized as National Missing Children's Day, in Etan's honor. But despite the overwhelming publicity his case received, the public knows only a fraction of what happened. That's because the story of Etan Patz is more than a heartbreaking mystery. It is also the story of the men, women, and children who were touched by his life in the months and years after he vanished. It's the story of the agonies and triumphs of the Patz family. It's the story of the extraordinary twists and turns of federal prosecutor Stuart GraBois's relentless pursuit of his prime suspect. From GraBois's creative "outside the box" tactics, to the veteran cop who made his first pedophile bust on a dark Times Square rooftop, to the FBI rookie who cut her teeth chasing the case through the dark recesses of a child molester's mind, this is the story of all the heroic investigators who to this day, thirty years later, continue to seek justice for Etan. In AFTER ETAN, author Lisa R. Cohen draws on hundreds of interviews and more than twenty years of research-including access to the personal files of the Patz family--to reveal for the first time the entire dramatic tale.

Author Biography

Lisa R. Cohen is an Emmy Award-winning television newsmagazine producer, documentary filmmaker, and journalism professor with over twenty years of network news experience at both ABC and CBS News. She has been covering the Etan Patz story for over two decades, beginning with the segments on the case she produced for 60 Minutes and PrimeTime Live. She lives in New York with her family. After Etan is her first book.

Table of Contents

Prologue	p. ix
May 25, 1979	p. 1
Twenty-four Hours and Counting	p. 10
The Occupation	p. 22
A Year for the Books	p. 39
The Bigger Picture	p. 57
The Devil in the Drainpipe	p. 74
Up on the Roof	p. 88
New Life	p. 97
Reversing the Odds	p. 114
No Stone Unturned	p. 123
"Welcome Home	p. 136
Hard Evidence	p. 152
Help from All Over	p. 166
90 Proof	p. 179
"Just Watch Me"	p. 188
More Lost Boys	p. 199
"I Told You So"	p. 206
On the Record	p. 216
Done Deal	p. 227
Another Door Opens	p. 244
Confidential Witness	p. 255
Into the Hole	p. 264
Take Two	p. 274
Double Play	p. 283
Debrief	p. 296
Nothing to Lose	p. 306
Prime Suspect	p. 319
Civil Action	p. 332
The True Story	p. 349
Coda	p. 365
Postscript: After After Etan	p. 369
Acknowledgments	p. 389
Index	p. 391
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