Etan Patz was walking to his Manhattan school bus stop alone for the first time when he disappeared May 25, 1979, igniting an exhaustive search and helping to make missing children a national cause in the United States. Frightened parents soon stopped letting children walk alone to school and play unsupervised in their neighborhoods. Prosecutors' case appears to center on Hernandez's confessions to them and police, plus statements authorities say he made to a friend, his ex-wife and a church prayer group in the 1980s about having harmed a child in New York. The decision followed a weekslong hearing on whether Hernandez was properly advised of his rights to stay silent and mentally capable of understanding them. Hernandez has taken anti-psychotic medication for years and has been diagnosed with schizotypal personality disorder, which includes the characteristics of social isolation and odd beliefs. The defense also wants jurors to consider longtime suspect Jose Ramos, a convicted Pennsylvania child molester.