Etan Patz’s face stared out at America. His disappearance shaped childhoods for decades.

It has been 46 years since 6-year-old Etan Patz disappeared in SoHo. After a lawsuit and two criminal trials, questions remain about how he died.

Pedro Hernandez, a former bodega stock clerk, had confessed years after the 1979 crime to luring Etan Patz, 6, into a basement in SoHo. The case shook New York City.

Etan Patz’s face stared out at America. His disappearance shaped childhoods for decades.