An Illinois grandmother believes her missing grandson is alive and perhaps living in a remote Mormon enclave 13 years after the boy’s disappearance. Timmothy Pitzen was 6 when his mother, Amy Fry-Pitzen, took him out of school on May 11, 2011, and onto a two-day road trip that included zoos and waterparks in neighboring Wisconsin, …
The family of an Illinois boy who disappeared in 2011 said they fear harassment from an Ohio man who, in 2019, claimed to be the missing boy. Timmothy Pitzen’s aunt, Jen West, told The Sun that Brian Rini lives near her following his release from jail for masquerading as her missing nephew. She said she …
A man who pretended to be an Illinois boy, Timmothy Pitzen, who’s been missing for years, will serve prison time for his scheme. Fox 19 reports that 24-year-old Brian Rini was sentenced during a federal court hearing this week to serve two years in prison for aggravated identity theft. He’s been in jail since 2019, …
A 24-year-old Ohio man, arrested earlier this year for impersonating a missing boy, is due in court soon. NBC News reports that Brian Michael Rini, who has been in jail since April, is scheduled to go before a federal judge on January 8. On October 31, he was found competent to stand trial after authorities …
When Timmothy Pitzen’s father found out that a “teen” claiming to be his missing boy was actually a 23-year-old man with a lengthy criminal background, he said it was like “ripping off a scab.” James Pitzen sat down with NBC News and opened up about the moment he found out a criminal used his missing …
When a young man said he was Timmothy Pitzen, who was six when he vanished in 2011, investigators worked furiously to verify his claim. The boy’s family, who have been praying for 8 years that Timmothy would be found alive, waiting in agony for DNA test results. How do you protect your children from predators? …
An Ohio man who pretended to be a boy who disappeared in 2011 is behind bars facing federal charges. Bryan Michael Rini, 23, was booked into the Hamilton County Jail on Thursday night, according to FOX 19. The FBI took custody of the man at around 10:30 a.m. Friday morning. He’s been charged with giving a …
A man found wandering around in Kentucky on Wednesday told police that he was Timmothy Pitzen, a boy who vanished from the Chicago area in 2011. Authorities said DNA results confirmed the man was not who he said he was. The FBI announced Thursday afternoon that DNA results came back negative, according to WCPO. “To …
Witnesses who called police after spotting a young teen who said he was missing boy, Timmothy Pitzen, said the boy’s face was red, as if he’d been beaten up, and that he was having a hard time standing still. “From out the window, I couldn’t see who was standing to the curb,” Sharon Hall, of …
