MariannNOVA Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 My daughter Stacey (who is 33 years old) was barely 3 months old when Etan Patz disappeared. The morning news was on and someone broke in with the story about this little boy who was missing. We lived a very short distance to NYC so this story was in the news for a very very long time, until all the leads became cold, and it became tragically and heartbreakingly clear that this little boy wasn't going to be found. This morning I read this: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/24/pedro-hernandez-arrest-etan-patz-missing-child_n_1544083.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D164148 I am just heartsick -- I remember holding onto hope for weeks that this little boy would be found safe and returned to his parents (I must have been all of 28 years old at the time). Over the years, there have been sketches of what Etan might look like today in the hope that he was still alive and someplace. My heart aches for his parents. At the same time, I imagine they can now grieve and mourn in a different way than they have probably grieved and mourned all these long years. The first news story is so clear in my mind -- i just had to comment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raceNzanesmom Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 My heart aches for his parents. At the same time, I imagine they can now grieve and mourn in a different way than they have probably grieved and mourned all these long years. I agree. What a blessing it must be to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedmom4 Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 This story just makes me feel like I got kicked in the gut. I can't imagine these poor parents never knowing what happened to their little boy. I hope they finally have some peace. God Bless, Elise in NC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 This story just makes me feel like I got kicked in the gut. I can't imagine these poor parents never knowing what happened to their little boy. I hope they finally have some peace. God Bless, Elise in NC :iagree: As horrible as it is, I think it would be better to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 It really is going back in time. We were in NYC then. However I just read that they don't have a motive from this guy that's confessing. It's all so sad. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BridgeTea Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 I was pregnant with my first when little Etan disappeared, and for the longest time we all held out hope that he would be found. Kids just didn't disappear back then; it made no sense! We thought Etan must've gotten on the wrong bus and surely one of the neighbors or school personnel would help reunite him with his parents soon... The Patz family tragedy, sadly, was a cautionary tale for many of us. They lost their precious son on an innocent walk to school in his own neighborhood - and all of a sudden the world became a little scarier. We all realized it could have happened to any of our families. I believe the parents are off celebrating the college graduation of their daughter right now. May that family have some measure of peace with this recent news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 It makes me think of little Kyron Hormon and wonder where he is and how his mother and father are doing. I can't imagine the agony of not knowing where your child is and what horrors he might be facing. Dawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonfirmath Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 It makes me think of little Kyron Hormon and wonder where he is and how his mother and father are doing. I can't imagine the agony of not knowing where your child is and what horrors he might be facing. Dawn Ugh. Etan would be my age. Did we ever hear anything else about the little girl kidnapped out of her mobile home? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoVanGogh Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 :grouphug: I felt the same way about the Adam Walsh case. My baby brother was only a year old at the time and I was 13. I remember being fixated by the thought that anyone could take someone's child. I cut out several newspaper articles about Adam and put them in my Bible and prayed often for him and his family. I came across my childhood Bible recently and out slipped the old yellowed newspaper clippings. I am a parent now so it really hit me hard, remembering how young and horrified I was back then. So much has changed since then. Our world just seems so much... scarier... now. Sad. Kids just didn't disappear back then; it made no sense!Exactly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbecueMom Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 It makes me think of little Kyron Hormon and wonder where he is and how his mother and father are doing. I can't imagine the agony of not knowing where your child is and what horrors he might be facing. Dawn I thought of Kyron yesterday too, even searching to see if there was any new developments. I grew up right in between where Shawn Hornbeck was kidnapped and where he was found alive four years later. Everyone thought he was hit by a car or stumbled on a meth lab and was killed to keep quiet. The truth was horrifying, but better than finding a body or not finding him at all. I was working and almost cried when one of our troopers told me he'd been found. My brother is the same age as Shawn and looked similar at that age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Yes, and I am amazed at how well it seems Shawn is doing with therapy and a supportive family. However, that isn't always the case. Remember Steven Stayner? He never got over it. His family never got over it. His brother is now serving time for becoming a serial killer. He was dubbed the Yosemite Killer. Dawn I thought of Kyron yesterday too, even searching to see if there was any new developments. I grew up right in between where Shawn Hornbeck was kidnapped and where he was found alive four years later. Everyone thought he was hit by a car or stumbled on a meth lab and was killed to keep quiet. The truth was horrifying, but better than finding a body or not finding him at all. I was working and almost cried when one of our troopers told me he'd been found. My brother is the same age as Shawn and looked similar at that age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrappyhappymama Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 I really hope that investigators are able to corroborate this guy's story and that he's not just attention seeking in a twisted way. For me, the lack of motive and the fact that someone else has confessed to molesting the little boy, but not killing him, the same day makes me a little skeptical. I pray his parents can truly be at peace! I can't even begin to imagine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariannNOVA Posted May 25, 2012 Author Share Posted May 25, 2012 - and all of a sudden the world became a little scarier. We all realized it could have happened to any of our families. . What everyone else said and this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama_Rana Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 t someone else has confessed to molesting the little boy, but not killing him, the same day Wait, I didn't see that. Was that in the article or the video? :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renthead Mommy Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Yes, and I am amazed at how well it seems Shawn is doing with therapy and a supportive family. However, that isn't always the case. Remember Steven Stayner? He never got over it. His family never got over it. His brother is now serving time for becoming a serial killer. He was dubbed the Yosemite Killer. Dawn Steven Stayner died in a motorcycle accident around 25. He had married and had two kids. The little boy he saved, Tim White, became a Sherriffs deputy but died at 35 of a PE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisIsTheDay Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 I hate that I doubt confessions like this. I want to wait until the police are really, really sure. The media is reporting that this guy admitted shortly after Etan's disappearance to several people that he did something "really bad," and they are also reporting that he confessed to friends or family that he'd killed a child in NYC. But this story has been in the news recently, as investigators dug up that basement where another suspect had lived. I can't help but think of that crazy guy who "confessed" to killing JonBenet Ramsey a few years ago and got a free plane ride home from Asia. Several investigators went out to escort him home, and the whole time I was thinking, there's absolutely NO WAY this guy did it.:confused::confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimm Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Wow, the guy has a teenage daughter. I'll bet she feels like she's been hit by a ton of bricks. :( And a wife. I can't imagine what they are going through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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