A man who told police he is Timmothy Pitzen, an Illinois boy missing since 2011, is facing possible charges after a DNA test disproved his claim. Authorities identified the man as 23-year-old Brian Rini, an ex-convict from Ohio. NBC’s Ron Mott reports for TODAY.
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Missing Boy Hoax: DNA Test Confirms Man Is Not Timmothy Pitzen | TODAY
This is yesterday’s news…it would be nice if you guys went back to sharing the videos the same day they were aired.
They only got the DNA results yesterday.
@liz Todd , I watched this entire report yesterday…and it clearly says “1day after…” that was 2 days ago. They still dont have the answer as to why the hoax. But that was it, the only unanswered question from the moment DNA confirmed he wasn’t the kid.
he’s dead. accept it.
Easier said than done…would you like somebody to bluntly say that about your child that had gone missing?…You have about as much compassion and empathy as a rubber cosh..
@C Ellis your right, the lack of humanity and compassion that come from alot of these comments. These are people! Real pepole, real lives, and real pain.
C Ellis I’m actually very empathetic, I’m commenting on the video. You act as if I said the nastiest thing you ever read. Looks like you’re just hypersensitive. Go police someone else’s comments.
The family has hope , I pray for them such a sad situation. If his with God or somewhere we don’t know . I just pray for them 🙏
Mom commits suicide & leaves a note… you’ll never gonna find him but he’s safe??!! It’s disturbing but doesn’t sound like his alive. Then this wack job Brian pretends he’s Timothy? How does he figure a 23 yr old posing as a 14 yr old boy won’t be caught?!! Guess he figured all white ppl look alike.
I’m sorry to say, but it seems the mother has allegedly killed her son…..You don’t find a mother who goes off with her own son like this dead from suicide, and the child missing wandering off on their own…He would have been picked up by now…..It is the last selfish act of this woman to cause pain to the rest of the family not telling them his whereabouts!..
Why would anyone do this?!! How low do you have to be to put the family through all that!!
IS THIS THE BOY ABOVE? FOUND IN BERWICK, MA, MAY 14, 2011: HERE IS THE LINK.
https://bangordailynews.com/2011/05/16/news/police-to-view-video-for-clues-to-boys-id-in-south-berwick/
Who is the teenage boy if he isn’t Timothy Pitzen he’s needs help he is someone’s kid and obviously abused and lost I hope the FBI did the right thing……….. The public has a right to know who the boy is and if he’s safe…..
The teenage boy is not a teenage boy, he’s a 23 year old man! And he’s being charged with giving false information. This slime ball preyed on the hopes of the whole pitzen family, poured salt into there already opened wound and I hope they lock him in a cell for a long time .
I know this is sad but come on now the kid is dead