GUILTY OH - Brian Michael Rini, charged with impersonating a long-missing child, Apr 2019

[Mercedes]

Here goes .... any chance he was adopted? or IVF?

 

[Noharg]

Maybe this is someone who met or spent time with Timmothy at some point.
If this is some adult, well...better not say.

JMO

 

[margarita25]

Teenager in Kentucky says he is Timmothy Pitzen, who went missing in Illinois in 2011
"I just prayed that when he was old enough that he would remember us and contact us," Timmothy Pitzen's grandmother said.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/teenager-kentucky-tells-police-he-boy-who-went-missing-age-n990731

 

[emmamartha]

My heart is absolutely broken for Timmothy's family. I will say from the picture I didn't think it was him, I didn't think he looked like the parents and I thought his skin and hair seemed too dark. But I was so very deeply hoping it was him.

It begs the questions of 1) why do this when DNA would prove you aren't him? and 2) Where is Timmothy? I guess at least it's got his name and face back out there again. Although I can't even begin to imagine how his family feel.

 

[PinkPrincessPoop]

Is this headline correct?

The twitter account of FBI Louisville confirmed it is not Timmothy Pitzen.

 

[Doghairrules]

I mean why would you go around pretending to be a missing person? Can't imagine how the family feel being put through that again.

I wonder if he doesn't know who he is for some reason and thought the details of Tim matched up with what he remembered? Something bad has happened to this kid, whoever he is.

 

[RedRose00]

So very sad for his family and for Timmothy whose fate is still unknown. As a parent I can't think of anything worse.

 

[MsFacetious]

Is this headline correct?

Yes. It is NOT Timmothy.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D3Vh1JLXoAER_-f.jpg

 

[MissMalowe]

The silver lining:

Many people in the WORLD now know about the real Timmothy, his story, and what he looked like. More coverage/awareness than this case would have otherwise had. If he is out there, maybe someday someone will recognize him because of this terrible awful fiasco

 

[inmyhumbleopinion]

Absolutely heartbroken for Timmothy’s loved ones, especially his dad.

When I first saw the tweet by the FBI Louisville Office announcing that the young man is not Timmothy, I thought I was going to throw up. Can’t imagine what his family must be going through.

I’m so sorry.

 

[mtnlites]

Here's an interesting thought (maybe).

Who did they test his DNA against? If they tested it against his father, is there a chance that he wasn't his biological son? In the mother's suicide note she said that she didn't want Timothy's dad to treat him in a bad way due to her poor decisions (I paraphrased). I wonder if they matched this kid's DNA against both sides of the family.

 

[margarita25]

Timmothy Pitzen case: Boy found in Kentucky is not Pitzen, FBI says

 

[glassheater]

The resemblance was really strong. I wonder if people told him he looked like Timmothy and maybe he's mentally ill and latched onto that?

So sad for all who love Timmothy.

I will go back to believing his mother killed him and lied about it.

Very sad.

Sigh. Sadly the same. The last hurrah ( reminds me of the Aramazd Andressian Jr case), changing of clothes, saying Timmothy was “hers” so most likely she couldn’t bear the thought of him with anyone else, even her own family.

 

[Noharg]

I’m heartbroken for his family.

 

[Elley Mae]

In the note, Fry-Pitzen said Timmothy is “with people who love him and will care for him,” then-Aurora police Detective Trent Byrne, told the Tribune in 2011. “You’ll never find him,” Fry-Pitzen wrote.

5 things we know now about the Timmothy Pitzen case

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After reading this again I think she killed him, in her mind that placed him in heaven with loving ppl.

Jmo

 

[LunaticFringe]

Well dangit.

You don't want to know the words I just said out loud.

 

[gregjrichards]

BREAKING: Boy found wandering streets in Kentucky is NOT missing Timmothy Pitzen, FBI reveal after DNA tests

Boy found wandering streets in Kentucky is NOT missing Timmothy Pitzen | Daily Mail Online

I’m very sorry this young man is not Timmothy.

 

[PinkPrincessPoop]

In the meantime, I am sticking by my sliver-of-hope theory that Timmothy is alive and living amongst the Amish. It's the only hope I have left to not give in to the other alternative...

 

[thesensitivechild]

This is absolutely bizarre and stranger than fiction. Shocking and sad

 

[PinkPrincessPoop]

Here's an interesting thought (maybe).

Who did they test his DNA against? If they tested it against his father, is there a chance that he wasn't his biological son? In the mother's suicide note she said that she didn't want Timothy's dad to treat him in a bad way due to her poor decisions (I paraphrased). I wonder if they matched this kid's DNA against both sides of the family.

LE has Timmothy Pitzen's DNA on file.