Jurors have ongoing deliberations in the case against Pedro Hernandez , the man accused of killing 6-year - old Etan Patz in 1985 . Assistant District Attorney sue Illuzzi - Orbon asked jurors in the ten week trial to convict Hernandez of murder . She described him as a calculated killer who committed a terrible crime and then spent three decades trying to hide from it . The prosecution says Hernandez 's admissions are made up , the ravings of a mentally ill man who sees visions and has a low IQ .
Jurors have started deliberations in the case against Pedro Hernandez , the man accused of killing 6-year-old Etan Patz in 1979 . Assistant District Attorney Joan Illuzzi-Orbon asked jurors in the ten week trial to convict Hernandez of murder . She described him as a calculated killer who committed a terrible crime and then spent three decades trying to hide from it . The defense says Hernandez 's admissions are made up , the ravings of a mentally ill man who sees visions and has a low IQ .