q: In what city did the crime occur? a: New York q: How old was the victim? a: Six q: What was his name? a: Etan Patz q: How was he murdered? a: choking to death q: Where? a: basement of a corner grocery store q: Who did he first confess this to? a: relatives and others q: Where did he confess? a: New Jersey q: At what location? a: New Jersey q: Who was he with when he confessed? a: church prayer group that included some members of his family and his then-spiritual adviser, q: Who from the religious institution would not comment? a: Tomas Rivera q: What was his role there? a: a leader of the prayer group q: What was the murderer's name? a: Hernandez q: First name? a: Pedro q: What did the child vanish? a: May 25, 1979 q: How old was the killer then? a: 19 q: What did he do for a living? a: stock clerk q: Where did he go after quitting? a: to his mother's home q: Where? c: New York (CNN) -- A member of Pedro Hernandez's family walked into a Camden, New Jersey, police station in the 1980s and reported that Hernandez told relatives and others that he had killed a boy in New York and threw the body near a Dumpster -- but there's no indication anything came out of that report, the family member told CNN. 

"You feel like they didn't believe you. I felt empty and a little bit mad," the relative said. "I was expecting something else." 

Now, 33 years after Etan Patz disappeared, Pedro Hernandez stands accused of choking to death the 6-year-old youngster after luring him to the basement of a corner grocery store in New York City, and of throwing away his body inside a trash bag. 

The family member, who CNN has agreed to not identify, said there was no receipt of paperwork to document the information provided -- nor was the relative ever contacted again about the report. 

"Police asked whether I was mad" at Hernandez or had an ulterior motive, the source added. 

Hernandez allegedly confided the information to a New Jersey church prayer group that included some members of his family and his then-spiritual adviser, the source told CNN. 

Tomas Rivera, a leader of the prayer group, declined comment Monday on Hernandez or the prayer group, citing authorities who told him not to talk to the media. 

Pastor: Wife of suspect in Etan Patz case 'absolutely shell-shocked' 

At 19, shortly after Patz's disappearance on May 25, 1979, Hernandez left his job as a stock clerk and returned to his mother's home in North Camden, New Jersey. The attempt to tell police that Hernandez might have killed a child happened a few years after that. 
North Camden, New Jersey.