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I remember like it was yesterday and can't believe it was almost 34 years ago. I just can't imagine what his parents (and other parents of missing children) go thru on a daily basis.

The FBI is investigating a basement apartment in the area that Etan was last seen. The case was re-opened 2 years ago.

A small piece of trivia: Etan Patz picture was the first ever on a milk carton.

F.B.I. Renews Search in Etan Patz Case in SoHo Basement

By ANDY NEWMAN and JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN

Courtesy of N.Y.P.D., via Associated PressEtan Patz went missing in 1979.

Updated, 12:41 p.m. | Dozens of police and F.B.I. investigators entered a basement on Prince Street in SoHo on Thursday morning in a renewed search for evidence in the case of Etan Patz, the 6-year-old boy whose disappearance 33 years ago sparked a worldwide hunt, the authorities said.

Two people briefed on the investigation said that investigators had recently brought a cadaver-sniffing dog to the basement and that the dog indicated the possibility of remains.

“Obviously we’re hopeful that we’ll find evidence in the disappearance of Etan Patz,” said Tim Flannelly, an F.B.I. spokesman. “But the takeaway of this is that we’re committed to these types of investigations, as is the N.Y.P.D. And we’re trying to bring closure to the investigation and the family and we’re not going to be frustrated by time.”

The rest of the story here.