Doesn't sound like a mother that would hurt her own child? Was there any history of abuse? Any other thoughts on where she might have taken him? Have all the family and friends been interviewed? Lie detector tests? Someone close to her must know what happened.Amy's suicide note -
"Mom,
I know you are hurt and frustrated and I wish I had something better to say than I love you. But I don't. I've never really felt that I've belonged here. I've tried very hard to fit in, to be happy, to be good to those around me, but somehow I've always felt apart from everything. Tim helped with that for a while and maybe if Jim and I had been better I would have been okay, but everything fell apart and this time there were just too many pieces for me to pick up again. I can't take the chance of Jim hurting Tim because of my choices. So I've taken him somewhere safe. He will be well cared for and he says that he loves you. Please know that there is nothing you could have said or done that would have changed my mind. I'm sorry for the hurt and difficulties I know you're going to face. I just hope you will be able to forgive me one day. Please let Brian, Kathy, Natalie, Adam, Cara, Sydney, and Phoebe know that I do love them and it was just time for me to say goodbye.
I love you mom.
Amy"
http://www.hlntv.com/video/2014/06/03/pitzen-timmothy-missing-mother-suicide-note
whoever she left him with took him with the understanding that he was to be 'off the grid' so to speak - that means no school registration documents, no medical records by way of regular pediatric visits, forged immunization records, etc. etc. My gut still has me leaning towards the Amish. I've always questioned why Amy even came to WI... There's a very large Amish community located in Columbia County, WI- just outside the Dells, in the smaller outlying towns, like Pardeeville, Portage, Dalton. WHY would the Amish be willing to take on a male child w/no outside support? Well, that's easy. The Amish gene pool has become so shallow over years and years of marrying w/in their community- so much so that more and more Amish couples are having children w/birth defects d/t mother and father being too closely related. (I recently watched a documentary on the tube about the shallow Amish gene pool.)
Amy's suicide note -
"Mom,
I know you are hurt and frustrated and I wish I had something better to say than I love you. But I don't. I've never really felt that I've belonged here. I've tried very hard to fit in, to be happy, to be good to those around me, but somehow I've always felt apart from everything. Tim helped with that for a while and maybe if Jim and I had been better I would have been okay, but everything fell apart and this time there were just too many pieces for me to pick up again. I can't take the chance of Jim hurting Tim because of my choices. So I've taken him somewhere safe. He will be well cared for and he says that he loves you. Please know that there is nothing you could have said or done that would have changed my mind. I'm sorry for the hurt and difficulties I know you're going to face. I just hope you will be able to forgive me one day. Please let Brian, Kathy, Natalie, Adam, Cara, Sydney, and Phoebe know that I do love them and it was just time for me to say goodbye.
I love you mom.
Amy"
http://www.hlntv.com/video/2014/06/03/pitzen-timmothy-missing-mother-suicide-note