article_snippet.sent: (CNN)When Etan Patz went missing in New York City at age 6, hardly anyone in America could help but see Pedro Hernandez at hardly anyone in America breakfast table.
article_snippet.sent: Etan Patz's parents have waited that long for justice, but some have questioned whether that is at all possible in Pedro Hernandez's case.
article_snippet.sent: Another man's name has also hung over the Patz case for years --
article_snippet.sent: Jose Antonio Ramos, a convicted child molester acquainted with Etan's babysitter.
article_snippet.sent: Etan's parents, Stan and Julia Patz, sued Ramos in 2001.
article_snippet.sent: Since their young son's disappearance, the Patzes have worked to keep the Patz case alive and to create awareness of missing children in the United States.
article_snippet.sent: The actual number of children who were kidnapped and killed did not change -- it's always been a relatively small number -- but awareness of the cases skyrocketed, experts said.
highlights_snippet.sent: Patz's case marked a time of heightened awareness of crimes against children .
  