Etan Patz vanished on May 25, 1979, after leaving his family's SoHo apartment for the walk to bus stop. It was the first time his parents let him go by himself. NYPD and the FBI searched a Manhattan basement for the remains. A forensic team planned on digging up the concrete floor and removing the drywall to find blood, clothing or human remains in the building. The work is expected to take five days. FBI and police officials didn't publicly announce what led them to the site, but a law enforcement official told The Associated Press that an FBI dog detected the scent of human remains at the building over the past few weeks. Investigators have looked at the basement with curiosity. It can be accessed from the street on which was the boy's route to school. At the time, the space was being used as a workshop by a neighborhood handyman who was thought to have been friendly with Etan. The FBI has interviewed the man several times over the years. They questioned him again recently, and as a result the investigators focus their attention on the building. Because of Etan's disappearance it drew national attention to child safety, and urged future parents to help the movement to publicize missing children's cases. Etan's face was among the first to appear on milk cartons.
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