Missing

A Boy and the Evidence Against His Accused Killer

By: Joaquin Sapien, Hanna Trudo, Joe Sexton

Narrated by: Stephen Bel Davies

Length: 1 hr and 6 mins

Publisher's summary

Early on a May morning in 1979, six-year-old Etan Patz set off for school on his own for the first time. He vanished, and for three decades his case both frustrated and exhausted police, the FBI, and a public heartbroken by the tragedy. Then, suddenly, the police in 2012 announced that a former bodega clerk from the Manhattan neighborhood where Etan lived had confessed to killing the boy. Detectives were convinced they had the boy’s murderer, and prosecutors soon indicted the man, Pedro Hernandez.

And, then, the remarkable case once more faded away.

With a trial set to begin in Spring 2014, ProPublica takes an in-depth look at the case, exploring the phenomenon of false confessions, tracking down witnesses whose stories don’t match, and asking hard questions about why the police and prosecutors didn’t take care to do what a growing body of judges and lawyers have called for: Tape the seven hours of interrogation the Patz suspect underwent before confessing.

Pedro Hernandez may have killed Etan Patz. History is rich with unlikely criminals. Or he may be at risk of becoming the next man wrongly convicted of a crime he didn’t commit.

©2013 Pro Publica, Inc. (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

True and Scary

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

If you like true stories like I do then yes, I think my husband sometimes thinks I'm a little weird for listening to so many true stories.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Missing?

I have a hard time getting past memorable because this is a sick person who destroys a little boys life.

Which character – as performed by Stephen Bel Davies – was your favorite?

Stephen read the story with such passion all the characters were great

Do you think Missing needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

No,

Narration

The person narrating this book is terrible. Definitely not the right person to be narrating for this type of story!

Just so so

Not labeled as a Kindle Single but in that same section. A quick read that covers the very basics of Eton Patzl’s disappearance. I have read/listened to better.

Learn how to pronounce the victims name!

This was a very interesting book. But the narrators mispronunciation of the victims name was most disturbing. You would think that narrating a book like this the victims name would be very important!

WHAT ???

were are the facts, tell me about the case.... False confessions is a much better disription of this book

Rename the book

I thought this book would be about the case itself but it talked more about false confessions. I came away knowing very little about the case at all. Maybe name the book something that shows that its about false confessions or wrongful convictions instead of the little boy who hardly got mentioned. The narration was awful. I am so glad that this book was free and not one that I paid for.