<P> Etan Kalil Patz ( / ˈeɪtɑːn ˈpeɪts / , born October 9 , 1972 , declared legally dead in 2001 ) was an American boy who was six years old on May 25 , 1979 when he disappeared on his way to his school bus stop in the SoHo neighborhood of Lower Manhattan . His disappearance helped launch the missing children movement , which included new legislation and new methods for tracking down missing children , and spawned the `` photo on a milk carton '' campaigns of the early 1980s . He was the first missing child to have a photo on a milk carton . In 1983 , President Ronald Reagan designated May 25 -- the anniversary of Etan 's disappearance -- as National Missing Children 's Day in the United States . </P>
<P> Etan Kalil Patz ( / ˈeɪtɑːn ˈpeɪts / , born October 9 , 1972 , declared legally dead in 2001 ) was an American boy who was six years old on May 25 , 1979 when he disappeared on his way to his school bus stop in the SoHo neighborhood of Lower Manhattan . His disappearance helped launch the missing children movement , which included new legislation and new methods for tracking down missing children , and spawned the `` photo on a milk carton '' campaigns of the early 1980s . He was the first missing child to have a photo on a milk carton . In 1983 , President Ronald Reagan designated May 25 -- the anniversary of Etan 's disappearance -- as National Missing Children 's Day in the United States . </P>
who was the first missing person on a milk carton
who was the first missing person on a milk carton
Etan Kalil Patz
Etan Kalil Patz