basement not far from his parents' home. we have the latest on the search. >> reporter: investigators have been using jackhammers to rip up the concrete floor of a basement used as a workshop for a neighborhood handyman at the time of the disappearance of etan patz. the nypd and f.b.i. have been digging up the concrete and sifting through it and moved on to the soil. we're a block from the bus stop where the 6-year-old was headed. the now 75-year-old handyman has hired and attorney who tells the media miller is cooperating with investigators but has no involvement in the case. >> i believe he's conveyed that message multiple times over 30 years. he's moved by this and he recognizes and agrees with us this is a terrible tragedy. we should not be compounding one