[SOT/:NEW YORK -- ALL VIDEO IS AP VIDEO -- APRIL 21]FOR A THIRD STRAIGHT DAY -- FORENSIC TEAMS WITH THE NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FBI CONTINUED REMOVING THE BASEMENT FLOOR OF A BUILDING IN NEW YORK'S SOHO NEIGHBORHOOD.THEY'RE HOPING FOR CLUES IN THE 1979 DISAPPEARANCE OF 6 YEAR OLD ETAN (AY-TAHNN) PATZ (PAYTS) -- ONE OF THE FIRST MISSING CHILDREN TO BE PICTURED ON A MILK CARTON.THE COLD CASE TURNED HOT AFTER A CADAVER SNIFFING DOG PICKED UP A SCENT IN THE BASEMENT OF A BUILDING NOT FAR FROM ETAN'S HOME.ROBERTO MONTICELLO (mahn-tih-CHELL-oh) REMEMBERS SEARCHING FOR HIM WHEN HE FIRST WENT MISSING.[Notes:SOT --ROBERTO MONTICELLO / NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENT -- AP VIDE0 -- APRIL 21]"We were convinced that it was here....wooster street....two empty lots here....cut....we would look around....the kid got taken....taken there.....where could he be."[Notes:AP PHOTOS OF ETON'S PARENTS --]ETAN'S PARENT'S OFFERED A 25 THOUSAND DOLLAR REWARD FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO HIS WHEREABOUTS.SIGHTINGS WERE FREQUENTLY REPORTED -- BUT TO NO AVAIL.[Notes:SOT -- ROBERTO MONTICELLO / NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENT]mother and father in bad shape....you could see them.....very depressing to see them."[Notes:VO ------------AP PHOTO OF JOSE RAMOS]JOSE RAMOS -- A DRIFTER AND A ONE TIME BOYFRIEND OF ETON'S BABYSITTER IN 1979 -- GRADUALLY EMERGED AS A SUSPECT. HE DENIES KILLING THE CHILD --AND IS CURRENLTY SERVING TIME IN PENNSYLVANIA FOR CHILD ABUSE CHARGES IN AN UNRELATED CASE.[Notes:AP VIDEO -- -- FORENSIC TEAMS HANDLING DEBRIS --AP VIDEO --APRIL 21]NOW THE FOCUS HAS SHIFTED TO A BASEMENT THAT WAS USED AS A WORKSPACE BY A NEIGHBORHOOD HANDYMAN IN 1979.AUTHORITIES HAVE **NOT** NAMED THE MAN -- 75 YEAR OLD OTHNEIL MILLER --- AS SUSPECT.AND HIS LAWYER SAYS HE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CASE.-----------------------------THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.(****END****) VIDEO PRODUCER: ned barker---------------------------VIDEO SOURCE: ap /-----------------------VIDEO APPROVAL: ned barker----------------------------VIDEO RESTRICTIONS: none----------------------------------MARKET EMBARGO (S): none--------------------------------SCRIPT/WIRE SOURCE: a0704BC-US--Missing NYC Boy, 8th Ld-Writethru,1142