article_snippet: The daughter of a man on trial for murder in the 1979 disappearance of six-year-old Etan Patz testified Monday about The daughter of a man on trial for murder in the 1979 disappearance of six-year-old Etan Patz 's unusual behavior in an effort to show that her father Pedro is mentally ill.
article_snippet: The defense is trying to show Becky Hernandez ( 2012 confession to choking the boy is a delusion.
article_snippet: The defendant had no visible reaction as The defendant daughter testified, but The defendant smiled as his daughter walked by during a break.
article_snippet: Earlier, The defendant turned around to wave and smile at The defendant wife, who was sitting in the benches.
article_snippet: Assistant District Attorney Joan Illuzzi-Orbon on cross-examination sought to show The defendant was strict and abusive and that The defendant still tries to control Assistant District Attorney Joan Illuzzi-Orbon on cross-examination from prison.
article_snippet: The defendant made a stunning confession in 2012 to choking Etan in the basement of a convenience store where The defendant worked, after police questioned The defendant on a tip.
article_snippet: Over the years, The defendant told a prayer circle, a neighbor and The defendant ex-wife that The defendant had harmed a child in New York.
article_snippet: At least five people testified about what The defendant said during the trial.
article_snippet: Family: Stanley Patz, father of Etan Patz, and his daughter Shira Patz, left, arrive at Manhattan Supreme Court for another day of testimony .
article_snippet: Over the years, the case bounced around between detectives and units and from local police to federal agents and back.
article_snippet: Hernandez's attorneys are trying to show that Hernandez 2012 confession (left) to choking Etan (right) following Hernandez disappearance in 1979 is a delusion .
highlights_snippet: Defense is trying to prove her father Pedro's 2012 confession is a delusion .