Episode Summary
On April 3, 2019 someone claiming Timmothy Pitzen approached a stranger in KY and told them he had escaped abductors. The news went wild with this information as the public waited for DNA results to come in. We learned that the man was not Timmothy but one of the most mysterious disappearance cases in IL history has been reignited.
On this episode of Crime Junkie we will tell you about the day Timmothy left school with his mom in 2011 and the strange circumstances surrounding their whereabouts after.
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Episode Info
Timmothy at age 6 when he went missing (left) and what he might look like now (right).
Timmothy and his mom at their hotel.
This is Brian Michael Rini the 23-year-old man posing as Timmothy.
All the surveillance footage of Timmothy and Amy in the days before she died and he went missing.
Episode Source Material
- True Crime Daily
- Where’s the real Timmothy Pitzen? A week of hope and heartbreak leaves many questions unanswered
- Timmothy Pitzen in Ohio? Police checking if boy who escaped kidnappers is long missing Aurora boy
- Aurora boy Timmothy Pitzen’s case haunting – but hope persists
- Timmothy Pitzen: the bizarre backstory of his disappearance
- 6-year-old Timothy [sic] Pitzen missing, mother found dead in Illinois Motel room