Authorities say a teenager found wandering in Kentucky identified himself to police as Timmothy Pitzen, who went missing in Illinois nearly eight years ago. He said he had just escaped from his kidnappers.
Almost eight years ago, Timmothy Pitzen and his mother went on a road trip that included stops at a zoo and a water park. Their adventure started after Amy Fry-Pitzen checked her 6-year-old son out of an Illinois elementary school on May 11, 2011.
Three days later, the mother's body was found in a hotel room in Rockford, Illinois. She had died by suicide, leaving behind a note that said her son was with people who love him."You'll never find him," the note said. Timmothy Pitzen, in an undated photo before he vanished in May 2011. Anxious boy identified himself as Timmothy Police and the FBI are investigating whether a teen found wandering in Kentucky on Wednesday is Timmothy.
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