An investigation was immediately launched. The boy’s photos and details were also placed on milk cartons, making him the first ever missing person to be posted on the side of a milk carton. Soon, Pedro Hernandez was caught and charged for kidnapping Etan. Hernandez confessed to the abduction and murder of the boy, claiming that the boy was still alive when he put him inside a plastic bag and shoved him inside a box, which he later dumped at the site where authorities found the boy’s body.
