The young boy 's face appeared on milk cartons all across the United States . In a time when people were dying of starvation, and there was no food in America, this little boy had to go hungry because he didn't have enough money for his family to eat every Pedro Hernandez confessed three years ago to the 1979 killing in .
The young boy 's face appeared on milk cartons all across the United States . Patz 's case marked a time of heightened awareness of crimes against children . Pedro Hernandez confessed three years ago to the 1979 killing in .