friend of the family and of little etan s and in fact had been in that basement with him just the day before. so authorities hoped they can find some evidence that etan was down there. they have a search warrant, and they re trying to see where the evidence will lead them if they find any. it s been so long, susan. was this case kept open in part because the milk carton factor or is it common for a 33-year-old missing person s case to get this much police attention? reporter: well, certainly the case of etan patz was one of the very first, his case, feech ared on milk cartons way back when. but as we said, over the years, they ve been looking at various people, in connection with this case, but it was only recently, a couple of years ago when the local district attorney reopened the matter and started looking at old clues with the fbi. they re leading this investigation. that led them to this point where they are here today. it s because they had new information that they