A former bodega clerk will face trial for a third time on charges he abducted and murdered little Etan Patz — whose 1979 disappearance shocked the country, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office said that it’s “prepared to proceed” to go to trial against Pedro Hernandez, 64, who confessed to killing the boy but whose 2017 murder conviction was overturned by an appeals court in July .

“After thorough review, the district attorney has determined that the available, admissible evidence supports prosecuting” Hernandez on murder and kidnapping charges, Assistant District Attorney Sarah Marquez wrote in a letter filed in Manhattan Supreme Court.

Jury selection in the new trial needs to start by June 1, or Hernandez will be released from an upstate New Y

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