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Judge orders new trial in famous case of boy murdered in 1979

Pedro Hernandez, the man convicted of kidnapping and murdering Etan Patz in 1979, should be retried or released, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. ABC News' Aaron Katersky reports.

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