By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter

The handyman embroiled in the case of a six-year-old who vanished 33 years ago has denied he had anything to do with the mystery that inspired the first missing child signs to be posted on the side of milk cartons.

Othniel Miller’s attorney claimed on Friday that his client was not involved with the three decade old cold case. “Mr. Miller denies involvement with what happened to this beautiful young boy and he's going to remain cooperative to the extent that's reasonably possible given this investigation," said Michael Farkas, reported ABCNews.com.

As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, the investigation into the disappearance of Etan Patz has been reopened and on Thursday federal investigators and the NYPD began tearing up a Manhattan apartment building in the hope of finally revealing what happened to the adorable little boy after he vanished on his way to a bus stop on May 25, 1979.

The new search was sparked by a cadaver dog who recorded a “hit” in the basement of the building on 127 Prince Street in the Soho neighborhood of the city, where handyman Miller had lived in apartment B.

The now 75-year-old had his workshop there and had given Etan a dollar for helping out the night before the youngster vanished, a source told the New York Post.

Etan was last seen making his first solo walk to a bus stop at Prince and West Broadway for the ride to school, a route that would have taken him directly past Miller’s workshop site. He