Mariela Lombard/for New York Daily News
FBI and NYPD in SoHo where investigators are looking for new evidence in the disappearance of Etan Patz, who vanished without a trace 33 years
Investigators have found hair and one or two non-human bones in the SoHo basement they are digging up in the search for Etan Patz remains, a p olice source said Monday.
The source cautioned that "its way, way too early" to know yet if the hair is human or who it belonged to.
The bones could be from food, the source said.
On Sunday, the stepson of the new suspect in the Etans disappearance insisted Sunday that Othniel Miller would never hurt a child and said the ex-wife who claimed otherwise is sick in the head.
You can't swear for anyone, but I don't think he's in any way, form, or fashion involved in this, Miller's stepson, Jason Webley, told the Daily News.
He's not like that. He loved children, he said. I grew up around the man and I never heard anything like that.
Miller, 75, was a SoHo handyman who worked out of the basement at 127B Prince St. that was on the two-block route that 6-year-old Etan took when he disappeared in 1979.
Miller, a familiar and jolly figure in the neighborhood, knew the boy. The night before Etan disappeared, Miller who had hired t he small boy as a helper paid him his $ 1 salary.
The 800-square-foot basements freshly-poured cement floor was not pulled up at the time.
On Thursday, cops and FBI agents began digging.
The renewed search for the nations most famous missing child was suspended Sunday afternoon because of the heavy rain and to give searchers a break.
Officials planned to resume Monday.
No human remains have been found so far, though a stain that tested positive for organic material Saturday was being examined to see if it is blood.
The new search was prompted by Millers ex-wife, Phyllis, who told the FBI last year that she divorced Miller in 1986 because he had raped his niece, sources told The News.
Millers family and lawyer strongly denied the unverified charge.
She made that up, said Webley, 54. She's a liar. She's sick in her head, she's crazy. I guess she's still bitter and angry about their past relationship.
Webl ey, the son of Millers first wife, said he grew up with the niece, and never heard anything about an assault.
We were pretty close growing up, he said. She never said anything about anything like that.
He said of Millers ex-wife, I'm pretty sure she would have filed charges at the time.
Webley said he last saw Miller a month ago, when he had no indication of being in the crosshairs of an investigation.
The feds have not been able to locate the niece. The Daily News was equally unsuccessful.
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