Crime | Etan Patz Etan Patz Suspect Under Suicide Watch Pedro Hernandez taken to hospital By Evann Gastaldo Posted May 25, 2012 9:34 AM CDT Copied This undated file image provided Friday, May 28, 2010 by Stanley K. Patz shows a flyer distributed by the New York Police Department of Patz's son Etan who vanished in New York on May 25, 1979. (AP Photo/Courtesy NYPD/file) The suspect arrested in Etan Patz's disappearance and accused of the boy's murder was put under suicide watch last night, the New York Times reports. Pedro Hernandez was continually watched until 5:30am, at which time he was transferred to Bellevue Hospital Center, an official says. The official couldn’t say whether Hernandez would be formally evaluated. Click to read about how a soda could have led police to Hernandez 33 years ago. Read These Next White House site now lists accusations against news outlets. One mystery is solved around chilling Holocaust photo. Is $136K the new poverty line? An essay goes viral. New York explores how women are 'quietly quitting' marriages. Report an error