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Jury Asks to View Evidence in Case of Missing Boy Etan Patz

A jury deliberating in the murder trial of a man accused of kidnapping and killing 6-year-old Etan Patz in 1979 has asked to review a confession and other evidence.

Pedro Hernandez says he choked Etan in a convenience store basement after luring him there with the promise of a soda. Etan disappeared May 25, 1979. His body was never found.

Jurors asked Friday to see a missing-person poster shown to Hernandez at a police station before he confessed. They also requested his videotaped confession and some witness statements.

The jury went home for the weekend without reaching a verdict. Deliberations are to resume Monday.

Hernandez's lawyer says the confession was imaginary and his client is mentally ill. Prosecutors say the confession is sound.

Deliberations began Wednesday.

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