New York – Accused Patz Killer Delusional For Years, Wife Says

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    This undated booking photo provided by the New York Times shows Pedro Hernandez. Hernandez, who has confessed to killing Etan Patz in 1979, remains in a psychiatric hospital as court-appointed doctors assess his mental state. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the New York Times) New York – The wife of the man who’s confessed to killing a New York City boy in 1979 says he has been mentally ill for years.

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    Rosemary Hernandez told the Daily News ( http://apne.ws/KdzZnJ ) through her attorney that Pedro Hernandez has “suffered from delusions.”

    Police say Hernandez told them he strangled Etan Patz (AY’-tahn paytz).

    Attorney Robert Gottlieb says Hernandez’s wife wants the prosecutor to understand the severity of his mental illness.

    The DA has yet to bring the case to a grand jury.

    Gottlieb says police have repeatedly tried to question Rosemary Hernandez since her husband’s arrest outside their Camden, N.J., home last month.

    The lawyer says she fully cooperated when he was arrested and now feels harassed.

    Police are working to corroborate Pedro Hernandez’s claims. His lawyer says he’s schizophrenic.


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    rikki
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    rikki
    11 years ago

    Are we being told that Hernandez is dillusional and admitted to something that’s in HIS head only but not a fact????

    Stickpick
    Stickpick
    11 years ago

    She must be just as mentally unstable if she can live with a psycho. Or…… just a cover-up!?

    FirshtRadzivil
    FirshtRadzivil
    11 years ago

    According to the old prosecutor Ramos is the killer and Hernandez is mental ill

    Anon Ibid Opcit
    Anon Ibid Opcit
    11 years ago

    False confessions happen all the time. Part of the job of police and DAs is assessing the credibility of the confessor.