The Lost Boy | Full Episode

that's right, it was a lot for the jurors to go through the trial, it took almost 3 months and in April 2015 they started deliberating and deliberating for 18 days about what happened next. that then I kicked him out, yes, when I kicked him out, he came back for 18 days, the jury considered Pedro Hernández's confession about the murder of Aon Pates as a big bone of contention, it was the mental health issue that we debated, which for days , Adam Siris was one of the jury members. Another topic that was very complicated at the beginning was confession. Everyone was very upset about not being able to see the

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Jurors disagreed on whether the confession could have been coerced. Twice they told the judge that they were at a stalemate and the third time they reported that they could not reach a verdict on May 8, 2015. This has been a very long trial and a very long deliberation. The judge declared the trial annulled. Our long ordeal wasn't over when they said they couldn't come to a decision we thought they were going to make. to be 11:1 for a quid it was 11:1 but not for a quid only one jury voted not guilty it was Adam Siris do you remember the date?

No, he found the confession hard to believe without knowing what happened before the camera started. rolling you know it's very difficult for people to understand the idea that someone would confess to murdering a child if they didn't actually do it, yes, and many of the jurors said that in our deliberations, but the reason why they didn't Not just putting someone in jail when they confess is that there are many people with mental illnesses who could confess to many crimes and it does not mean that they are all guilty, but the rest of the jury believed that Hernández was guilty.

Stone. Hernandez, you know what you did, still, 11 out of 12 is not enough to convict him and Stan Pates was obviously disappointed, this man did it, he said it, how many times does a man have to confess before someone believes him? Stan was, uh, he was unequivocal in his support that the case should be retried and he did so about a year and a half later Pedro Hernández went to trial again the evidence and the problems were the same as in the first trial and just like the first trial lasted more than 3 months and this The trial also ended with a long deliberation nine days he started feeding like the first time for you um nothing felt like that 18 days the first time but yeah, it was reminiscent of that and we were just trying To understand what was going on, it is impossible to try to read a jury, but unlike the first trial, this jury reached a verdict: Pedro Hernandez was found guilty of killing Aon Pates 37 years after the first grader left from home and disappeared.

Pat's family has waited a long time, but we have finally found some justice for our wonderful little boy. Eton I am really relieved and I will tell you that it was about time, it was really about time that Pedro Hernández was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. Why do you think this case was so difficult to solve? Why did it take so long? I think people had done it. Great intentions. I think people focused on people like Ramos, who didn't criticize anyone independently because it made a lot of sense. He is an evil man.

He just he's not our evil man. It's a sentiment now shared by others who were once convinced that José Ramos murdered Dayon Pates in front of the police. I found Pedro Hernández, if I were on the jury I would have reached the same verdict. Do you still think about Aon, do you ask? I do What do you think? It could have been my son. That is the thought that still haunts so many involved in this case. My kids are like 22 and I still think about it when they are out of sight and out of mind.

We were hoping it would be like the ending of a movie where the kid would eventually walk through the door, but it didn't work out that way. I noticed you looked at this a couple of times. Why does this still mean something to you? Yes, this is the poster we remember the most. I would say this is the kids looking right at you. I feel sorry for the family. I am a father myself and so is Dave. The case is settled but resolved but I never give them complete closure. He couldn't give his son back. I would have loved to give back your son. he