False hope was given by the guy from Ohio who was presented to the authorities as Timmoti Pitzen. Timmoti was 6 years old in 2011 when he disappeared from his native city of Aurora in the state of Illinois, after his mother committed suicide.
That found the guy is an imposter, announced yesterday, April 4, the FBI the next day after the guy had Timmoti Petzoom.
In fact it was the 23-year-old former convict named Brian Rini from Medina (Ohio), who was released from prison less than a month ago, having spent in prison year after the burglary and vandalism.
This guy was found on Wednesday, he wandered through the streets of Newport (ky). He introduced himself as Timmoti authorities said, escaped from two men who held him captive for seven years. The FBI noted: a DNA test proved that his story is untrue.
Timothy Pitzen and Brian Rini
Source: FBI/Newport PD
Timmoti Pitzen disappeared in 2011 after his mother, Amy fry-Pitzen, took him out of kindergarten and went on a two day trip to the zoo and water Park, and then committed suicide at the hotel. She left a note saying that her son is safe with people who will love him and care for him, and added: «You’ll never find him».
Authorities have not said whether Rini accused of fraud or what was his motive.
«We have not forgotten and will never forget Timmoti, and I hope one day to return to his family. Unfortunately, today is not that day,» said the official FBI spokesman Timothy BIM.
Relatives Timmoti said that he was heartbroken after learning about what the twist was a story.
«Like I’ve been through that day. Father Timmoti devastated,» he told the Associated Press the aunt of the boy, Kara Jacobs.
«It’s awful and exhausting. But I’m sorry a young man who obviously went through a terrible time and felt the need to say that he is someone else,» said grandma Timmoti, Alan Anderson.
