Timmothy Pitzen was born on October 18, 2004, in Aurora, Illinois (USA). He was the only child of James (also called Jim) Pitzen and Amy Joan Marie Fry-Pitzen. Their marriage, however, was not the most successful.
The couple was close to divorcing in 2008 when Jim discovered that Amy was exchanging messages with one of her three ex-husbands. They planned to meet when James was out of town. The man threatened to divorce and that he would fight for independent custody of their son. The woman was scared then that the judge would take Tim away from her and give Jim custody.
This would be a likely scenario as Amy was struggling with mental health problems. She has also attempted suicide twice in the past. The woman was prescribed medications for anxiety and depression but did not take them regularly.
On May 11, 2011, the boy's father took him to kindergarten shortly before 8:00. Jim then dropped his wife to work. A moment later, the woman picked up her son. She picked him up in her blue Ford Expedition from 2004, which was parked for her earlier in front of work. It was around 8:15. The family emergency was the pretext. In fact, nothing like that happened.
Mother and son left kindergarten some 20 minutes later. The woman then left her car with the mechanic around 10:00. A garage worker drove Fry-Pitzen and her son to the Brookfield Zoo. It was one of the 6-year-old's favorite places.
At 3:00 PM Amy returned to pick up her vehicle. She then traveled with Timmothy to the KeyLime Cove Resort Hotel in Gurnee, where they spent the night. On May 12, the mother and son stayed at the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. At 10:00 the next day, they appeared on the surveillance video as they checked out and left the hotel. Since then, no one has seen the boy again.
On May 13, between 12:00 and 13:30, Fry-Pitzen called several family members (including her mother and brother-in-law). She told them that she and her son were safe and that they were fine. Timmothy was heard in the background during these conversations. The boy complained during one of them that he was hungry. The 6-year-old also exchanged a few words with Jim's brother.
As agreed by telephone operators, calls were made from an area northwest of Sterling, Illinois, near Route 40. However, Fry-Pitzen had not contacted James, who had been trying to locate his loved ones since he arrived to pick up his son from kindergarten. at 10:30. It was then that he learned that he had not been there most of the day.
After making these few calls, Amy turned off the phone. It has been established that she was on her way to Sterling, Illinois. What she did in this city is a mystery. For none of her friends or family members lived there. Investigators also found out that the woman had secretly visited the area twice a few months earlier. It is not known, however, what was the reason for these trips.
At 7:25 pm, security cameras recorded Amy's stay at the Family Dollar store in Winnebago, Illinois. There she bought a pen, writing paper and envelopes. At 8:00 PM, the woman was seen at the Sullivan's Food store. At 11:15 PM Fry-Pitzen checked into the Rockford Inn in Rockford, Illinois. That same night or the next morning, the woman took her own life there. She slashed veins in her wrists and neck. In addition, she also overdosed on medications.
On May 14 at 12:30 p.m. her body along with a farewell letter was found by a hotel maid. The door was locked and secured additionally with a chain. For this reason, the maid was unable to open the door wide. After opening them as far as possible, however, she was able to see the body of a woman lying on the floor.
In the note, Amy apologized for the mess she had left behind. The woman also explained that Timmothy would never be found. However, she added that the boy was safe and that he was with people who would take good care of him.
The police discovered only traces of her blood on the knife that Fry-Pitzen had used to commit suicide. Blood stains were also found in the woman's car. As a result of research, it was found that it belonged to Timmothy. One family member later revealed it was likely the evidence of a nosebleed 6-year-old in early May.
It was also noted that Amy's cell phone was missing. In 2013, a woman's cell was found. The telephone was next to Route 78, but its discovery did not bring any new evidence. An examination of the Fry-Pitzen car showed that the vehicle was parked in a grassy area. It was probably abandoned near a stream not far from the highway. However, it did not help to find the trace of the missing boy.
On April 3, 2019, Newport, Kentucky residents called police to report a teenager wandering the streets. When the police found the shocked and confused man, he told them his name was Timmothy Pitzen. He also alleged that he had escaped from the hotel where he was being held by two executioners. The alleged missing person reported that he was kidnapped at the age of 6. He was to be regularly sexually abused and beaten ever since. However, he looked much older than he should have been missing at the time. Pitzen would be 14 in 2019.
The next day, the Louisville, Kentucky FBI office revealed via Twitter that the person in question was not a missing boy. This was clearly confirmed by DNA tests. Aurora, Illinois, police spokesman, Sergeant Bill Rowley, also spoke. The officer said that despite the disappointment with the situation, efforts were still being made to find Timmothy.
The person claiming to be Pitzen was 23-year-old, Brian Michael Rini. The man left an Ohio prison less than a month earlier. He spent fourteen months there due to burglary and acts of vandalism. It also turned out that he had claimed to be a victim of sexual abuse twice before. In 2020, Rini was sentenced to two years in prison for impersonating Pitzen. Unfortunately, to this day, it has not been possible to establish what happened to the missing boy. Timothy's relatives still believe that he is alive and that one day he will come home safe and sound.
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