Missing 6-year-old boy Timmothy Pitzen disappears, family heartbroken when 'teen' boy poses as their son

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 5 April 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

When a young man said he was Timmothy Pitzen, who was six when he vanished in 2011, investigators worked furiously to verify his claim. The boy's family, who have been praying for 8 years that Timmothy would be found alive, waiting in agony for DNA test results. Nancy Grace looks at the case that took a cruel turn with missing children's advocate Marc Klaas -- founder of Klass Kids Foundation, forensics expert Joseph Scott Morgan, Atlanta lawyer and former prosecutor Darryl Cohen, Los Angeles psycho analyst Dr. Bethany Marshall, and syndicated radio host David Mack.

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0:00.0	The
0:03.2	Crime stories with Nancy Grace.
0:11.0	Straight out to K T R H Joe Gomez Joe.
0:15.2	Mommy's found dead.
0:16.7	Is it by suicide and explained to me about the note she
0:19.5	leaves behind?
0:20.1	Where'd they find it?
0:20.9	What did it say?
0:22.1	The note was found on the next of the bed, Nancy.
0:24.4	Apparently the note said that the child was safe.
0:27.0	Her little boy was safe with some friends.
0:29.1	I'm not sure if she didn't name who the friends were though.
0:31.6	This is a very important evidence.
0:33.0	This is in fact the only clue as to where little Timothy could be.
0:37.3	We know that Timothy's mother took him on a joy ride,
0:39.6	spending all across the state of Illinois until Wisconsin.
0:43.1	I mean, he could literally be anywhere in these two states and also in an nearby state
0:47.8	of Iowa where his mother is from.
0:50.1	His mother of course was found dead in a hotel room.
0:53.6	Her risk cut, Nancy.
0:55.2	Police believe it may have been suicide.
0:59.0	My friend Joe Gomez joining me from K T R H radio, that little boy Timothy Pitson.
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