A Sad Anniversary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                      The year 1979 was not a great one.  Oh, I know, "Sweeney Todd" opened on Broadway that year, but it was upstaged by my mother's death on April 2, 1979.

                                      Less than two months later came what is still the most iconic missing child case in history--Etan Patz.

                                        The whole thing still is a mystery.  I am convinced Jose Ramos, boyfriend of the Patz' then babysitter--that tramp! --abducted Etan and killed him, cremating his body in a boiler within the basement of an apartment Ramos superintended on East 10th Street, in Manhattan.

                                          That is enough for me, but is it actually the truth?  We may never know.  

                                          But this marks the 43rd anniversary of a tragedy that never seems to heal, and still stands out as a benchmark, when it comes to missing children.  

                                           Etan would have been 49 today.  My guess, is he would have become some techno wiz, judging from the professional paths of his peers today.

                                            Sadly, he was never given that chance.

                                             My heart goes out to his siblings, and parents Stan and Julie Patz.   May you all get through this day.

                                               Rest In Peace, Etan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!