Aurora, Il - Timmothy Pitzen - 6

[earl]

Timmothy Pitzen has been missing since May 11, 2011. His mother, Amy Fry-Pitzen, took him from school and went on a two-day road trip to a zoo & water parks that ended when she committed suicide in a Rockford motel room. A note that Fry-Pitzen left said her son was safe, but she did not elaborate.

The kid's relatives think he is alive as mom cared very much for him. She put much planning into her suicide and they feel she made plans for his safety.

"He's out there," his grandmother said, "and I think when he's old enough, he'll find us."

Contact the Aurora Police Department: [phone]



extensive article with detailed info:

articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-11-18/news/ct-met-timmothypitzen-update-20111118_1_timmothy-amy-fry-pitzen-alana-anderson

[earl]

Police release video of missing Aurora boy
Authorities hope to renew interest in year-old case
By Ted Gregory, Chicago Tribune reporter
May 12, 2012

....Those movements, recorded by surveillance cameras at resorts in Gurnee and Wisconsin Dells, Wis., were released Friday morning by authorities investigating the Aurora boy's disappearance.

....Police released the 59 seconds of video clips to renew interest in the search for Timmothy, who was last seen leaving a Wisconsin Dells water resort May 13, 2011.

A forensic botany analysis of Fry-Pitzen's SUV indicated it had been parked for an unknown period of time in a gravel area near a remote asphalt road close to a meadow in northwest Illinois.

www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-pitzen-video-20120512,0,3173360.story

[meme]

Timmothy Pitzen Missing: One Year After Disappearance, Police Still Searching For Clues

May 11, 2012 02:51 PM EDT

One year after six-year-old Timmothy Pitzen vanished with his mother, who was later found dead in an apparent suicide, police are renewing their appeal to the public for help finding the missing child.

On May 11, 2011, Amy Fry-Pitzen, Timmothy's mother, checked her son out of the Greenman Elementary School in suburban Aurora, Illinois,40 miles west of Chicago. She then set out on a three-day, 500-mile road trip with her son in tow, before slitting her wrists in a hotel room at the Rockford Inn.

A note found at the scene of her suicide read that Timmothy was safe "with people who love him and will take care of him," but that he would never be found.

Soon afterwards, police found the 2004 Ford Expedition Fry-Pitzen was driving. It contained a sizable amount of blood in the back seat, which lab reports determined is Timmothy's.

But family members say the blood may have come from a bloody nose, and authorities couldn't say how long the blood had been there.

Police released additional surveillance video Friday of Amy and Timmothy at two different resorts in Gurnee and Wisconsin Dells in the two days after they disappeared, according to NBC. Police say they hope the new footage will help renew public interest in the case and generate more tips.

Fry-Pitzen's family says they remain concerned about the boy's safety. Amy's mother, Alana Anderson, told the Chicago Tribune she was angry when she visited her daughter's grave on what would have been her birthday last week.

"I yelled at her," Anderson told the Tribune. "I told her this was a very stupid thing to do, that she had other options and that she hurt lots of people but that she probably hurt her son the most."

Police are asking land owners and outdoor enthusiasts in surrounding counties to look for some of Amy and Timmothy's possessions that have not yet been located, including Amy's cellphone and I-PAASS, Timmothy's Spider-Man backpack, other toys and a tube of kids Crest toothpaste,the Daily Herald reports.

Aurora police continue to investigate occasional reports of Timmothy sightings from across the nation,and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children still is a partner in the investigation, according to WIFR. Anyone who may have information about Timmothy is asked to call Aurora police at [phone] or Aurora Area Crime Stoppers at [phone].

Timmothy would be 7 years old now. When he went missing, he was 4 feet 2 inches tall and 70 pounds with brown hair and eyes.

www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2012/05/11/timmothy-pitzen-missing-o_n_1510225.html