The U.S. Supreme Court reinstates a murder conviction connected to the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz from New York City. The case had returned to the Supreme Court after earlier proceedings, and the court’s decision brings back the conviction that was previously set aside. According to reporting across outlets, the man now convicted for Etan Patz’s murder is serving a prison sentence of 25 years to life. Etan Patz is widely noted as one of the first missing children whose image appeared on milk cartons, a practice that helped draw national attention to missing-person cases. The anniversary of his disappearance is also observed as National Missing Children’s Day, a day noted in multiple sources as linked to the public awareness generated by the case. PBS NewsHour and other outlets describe the reinstatement as the Supreme Court’s action affecting the outcome of the criminal case, while the Independent and Fortune place the decision alongside the continued public remembrance of Etan Patz and his role in the early milk-carton awareness campaign.