or businesses but had have been half a dozen water main breaks because of a combination of cold weather and aging pipe. columbus parkway has reopened after hue tree branches fell on the passing cars around 6:00 last night when the branches estimated to weigh several tons broke off the trees and fell on traffic. police say no driver or passengers were injured. a passing minivan was crushed and two other cars were badly damaged. it took city crews more than two hours to cheer the roadway. the 26-year-old custodian accused of a deadly new year s eve shooting in san jose will be charged with murder today. hernandez is accused of shooting a 36-year-old in an underground garage on monday morning. police say hernandez was following his boss order to retain or detain, rather, the suspected car thief until police th arrived. the attempted citizen s arrested developed into a struggle that
good morning, everyone. etan patz s parents still live here on prince street in soho near where their son disappeared exactly 33 years ago today. now they may finally have the answer they ve waited for for so long. police have arrested 51-year-old pedro hernandez of maple shade, new jersey. police tell us he s already confessed to the killing of etan patz. etan disappeared exactly 33 years ago today, may 25, 1979, after he left home to walk to the bus stop by himself for the very first time. he became one of the most recognizable missing children after his face appeared on a milk carton. hernandez, the suspect, worked at a bodega on west broadway near the patz home and lived nearby. after etan s disappearance, police say hernandez told a family member and others that he did a bad thing to a child in new york. new york city police commissioner ray kelly says police have a written, signed confession from hernandez. hernandez described to the
detectives how he lured young etan from the school bus stop at west broadway and prince street, with the promise of a soda. he then led him into the basement of the bodega, choked him there, and disposed of the body by putting it into a plastic bag and placing it into the trash. we re going to be joined in just a moment by lisa cohen, after etan the 2009 book is considered the definitive work on this case and it s 33 years to the day, this is a day, may 25th, that is the national missing children s day, it was named this day by president ronald reagan, the first day really that a national movement of awareness about missing children began, and it s 33 years ago to the day that this little boy disappeared, presumed killed, and now finally an arrest in this case, a case that honestly, obsessed the nation and when you think about it, this is a little boy, 6 years old, who walked to school, for the first time allowed to walk to the bus stop. because of this case, another case