Timmothy Pitzen 6, Missing 5/12/11, Aurora, IL - Mother deceased (suicide)

[wildmala]

I didn't see this posted anywhere so thought I would add.

Police still searching for missing Aurora boy
http://www.suntimes.com/news/5399469-417/police-still-searching-for-missing-aurora-boy.html
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Police in at least three states continued to search for Aurora kindergartner Timothy J. Pitzen on Sunday, a day after his mother was found dead in a Rockford motel room after slitting her wrists.

The 6-year-old boy who was last seen with his mother, Amy J. Fry-Pitzen, checking out of the Kalahari Resort in the Wisconsin Dells. Police said Fry-Pitzen left a note indicating that Timothy was fine and in the care of unnamed people.
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Facebook Page Info:

https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Help-Find-Timothy-Pitzen/203228266385811?sk=info Edit/hyperlink.  MB

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 TIMOTHY J. PITZEN
Case Type: Endangered Missing
Missing Date: May 12, 2011
DOB: Oct 18, 2004
Age Now: 6
Sex: Male
Race: White
Height: 4'2" (127 cm)
Weight: 70 lbs (32 kg)
Missing State : Illinois
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Missing City: AURORA
Missing Country: United States
Case Number: NCMC1171960

Circumstances: Timothy is missing from Aurora, Illinois, but was last seen at a water park in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. He was last known to be in the company of his mother who has since been found deceased in Rockford, Illinois. Timothy may go by the nickname Tim or Timmy.

CALL 1-800 THE LOST if you have information to help locate Timothy. You can remain anonymous  ::snipping2::

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[wildmala]

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[cookie]

Thanks Wildmala for starting this thread. I had asked Klaas a little bit ago to start one in the JSM thread...I will let her know that this one exists...

I live in the Rockford area as does Tolerance another poster here..
the mom killed herself in a Rockford hotel..not in the best section of town..it has been all over our news and news papers..
I hope this little child will be found..
Have not heard anything about a  volunteer search going on here..if there is one, I will probably go to help..

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[Tolerance]

Hi, Cookie  
Praying for Timothy, as well.

Fix name in subject title.  MB

[MuffyBee]

http://www.wgntv.com/news/wgntv-feds-join-missing-boy-search-may18,0,1220265.story
Video
FBI and US Marshals join search for missing Aurora boy
Timothy Pitzen was reported missing a week ago, his mother was found dead last Saturday
May 18, 2011

AURORA, Ill.—
Federal Authorities have joined the search for a missing 6-year-old boy from Aurora.

The FBI and U.S. Marshals are teaming up with the Aurora police department to find Timothy Pitzen.
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On Saturday, Amy Fry-Pitzen was found dead in a Rockford motel room . Her body was discovered by hotel workers. Police say the woman had committed suicide.

Amy Fry-Pitzen left behind a note saying Timothy was fine and in the care of unidentified people.

Anyone with information about this case should call Aurora Police at             630-256-5500      , or 911.

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[SuzieQ]

http://www.wrex.com/Global/story.asp?S=14671004

Focus in missing Aurora boy search shifts to Sterling area

Aurora police, the FBI and U.S. Marshals are focusing on the Sterling/Rock Falls area in the search for an Aurora boy that turned up missing after his mother was found dead in Rockford.
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Police say they are focusing on the Sterling/Rock Falls area after tracking the cell phone calls made on Friday. On Wednesday, investigators distributed flyers with Timothy's picture and physical description at rest stops, restaurants, gas stations, and other businesses along the I-88 and I-39 corridors in the Sterling/Rock Falls area.

On Monday, police confirmed Timothy's child safety seat and Spider Man backpack are missing from the 2004 Ford Expedition SUV that was left at the Rockford Motel. Police are hopeful that means she did drop him off with a friend or acquaintance.
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[cookie]

she could have dropped his car seat and back pack anywhere..

I am worried for this little boy..
if she had dropped him with friends, they would have come forward by now wouldn't they?
this poor kid...God bless him...
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[cookie]

Hi, Cookie  
Praying for Timothy, as well.

Hi Tolerance...
how are ya? miss you...

circle of prayer for Timothy...

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[melisb]

Cookie I think I have to agree with you but go one step further...as much as I wish he was alive I don't believe he is.  I believe someone would've come forward if they had the child unless left with very bad people.  I pray he's okay and maybe he's far enough away that the people that have him don't know the situation with the Mom.  That is our best hope.  I guess I'm jaded by the way things are now.  I've lost a little bit of my hope.  I'm checking on all our kids and the missing here at SM and day by day the postings are getting fewer and fewer with no news of them.  What is happening?  
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[grace-land]

she could have dropped his car seat and back pack anywhere..

I am worried for this little boy..
if she had dropped him with friends, they would have come forward by now wouldn't they?
this poor kid...God bless him...

cookie, the car seat has been found!


http://dailyherald.com/article/20110521/news/705219915/
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Article updated: 5/21/2011 2:39 PM
Missing Aurora boy’s car seat found
By Marie Wilson


Police still have not found missing Aurora boy Timmothy Pitzen, but they did locate one of his belongings they originally thought went missing from his mother’s car May 13 — the last time the boy was heard from.

Authorities said Saturday they confirmed 6-year-old Timmothy’s car seat has been with his maternal grandmother since before May 11, when his mother checked him out of Greenman Elementary School, beginning a trip that started with stops at a few resorts in Illinois and Wisconsin and ended with Amy Fry-Pitzen dead and Timmothy nowhere to be found.

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Read more: http://dailyherald.com/article/20110521/news/705219915/#ixzz1N27N4Odc

[cookie]

she could have dropped his car seat and back pack anywhere..

I am worried for this little boy..
if she had dropped him with friends, they would have come forward by now wouldn't they?
this poor kid...God bless him...

cookie, the car seat has been found!


http://dailyherald.com/article/20110521/news/705219915/
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Article updated: 5/21/2011 2:39 PM
Missing Aurora boy’s car seat found
By Marie Wilson


Police still have not found missing Aurora boy Timmothy Pitzen, but they did locate one of his belongings they originally thought went missing from his mother’s car May 13 — the last time the boy was heard from.

Authorities said Saturday they confirmed 6-year-old Timmothy’s car seat has been with his maternal grandmother since before May 11, when his mother checked him out of Greenman Elementary School, beginning a trip that started with stops at a few resorts in Illinois and Wisconsin and ended with Amy Fry-Pitzen dead and Timmothy nowhere to be found.

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Read more: http://dailyherald.com/article/20110521/news/705219915/#ixzz1N27N4Odc

thank you for the info..

so, this is worse than we might have thought..he never had his car seat..unless she bought him a new one which I doubt. She was then transporting this child all over the place without a safety seat.Course if she did something to him, the last thing she would be worried about is if he was in a safety seat.
things don't look good...sadly

[cookie]

Cookie I think I have to agree with you but go one step further...as much as I wish he was alive I don't believe he is.  I believe someone would've come forward if they had the child unless left with very bad people.  I pray he's okay and maybe he's far enough away that the people that have him don't know the situation with the Mom.  That is our best hope.  I guess I'm jaded by the way things are now.  I've lost a little bit of my hope.  I'm checking on all our kids and the missing here at SM and day by day the postings are getting fewer and fewer with no news of them.  What is happening?  

I know exactly what you are saying melisb..
I was starting at the top of the list here of threads of missing or dead children/people the other day and it was a bit overwhelming when I stopped to think about it..And this is just the tip of the iceberg so to speak..lots are missing that we haven't even read or heard about or have "dropped " off the news because of a newer case that came up..Sad isn't it
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[SuzieQ]

Timothy Pitzen: Father of missing Aurora boy gives candid interview

http://www.examiner.com/missing-persons-in-national/timothy-pitzen-father-of-missing-aurora-boy-give-candid-interview
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[grace-land]

http://www.wgntv.com/wgntv-pitzen-fry-funeral-may21,0,301287.story

Funeral for missing boy's mom Saturday
As authorities decide whether to resume their search for Timothy Pitzen, friends and family prepare to say their final farewells to his mother

J. Zellermayer
WGN News
May 21, 2011

Funeral services will take place Saturday for the mother of a missing Aurora boy.

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Timothy Pitzen, 6, was last heard from May 13 during a cellphone call with a relative, authorities said.

After tracing the phone call to an area near Sterling, Rock Falls and Dixon off Interstate Highway 88, law enforcement officers distributed fliers throughout the region asking for help finding the boy.

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His mom's funeral is set for 10 o'clock Saturday morning in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Sugar Grove
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[grace-land]

With picture gallery

http://beaconnews.suntimes.com/5488382-417/family-mourns-mother-in-closed-service.html

Family mourns mother in closed service
By Jenette Sturges jsturges@stmedianetwork.com May 21, 2011 10:18PM

It was a silent, somber scene.

Around 10 a.m. rain drizzled down intermittently outside the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Sugar Grove on Saturday as mourners filed in to the funeral of Amy Fry-Pitzen, who took her life one week ago in a Rockford motel room and left behind her 6-year-old son, Timmothy.

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[grace-land]

Klaas or Mods, if you see this post, please correct the spelling of the boy's name to Timmothy.  Thanks. Done.  MB


With video

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pitzen-search-122397084.html

Search for Boy Continues as Mother Laid to Rest
Saturday, May 21, 2011 | Updated 8:02 PM CDT

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Despite a massive search that's ensnared federal authorities and taken investigators from Aurora to Dixon to Rock Falls, the 6-year-old is nowhere to be found.

In a statement released Saturday, authorities said they were wrong about a detail they'd originally found encouraging.  Missing from the mother's vehicle was the boy's carseat.  Investigators had thought that meant it was with the boy and with a friend or relative.

It was discovered Friday that the carseat is with the boy's maternal grandmother, with whom he'd spent time a week prior.

Saturday's statement also corrected the spelling of the missing boy's first name to Timmothy.

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Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pitzen-search-122397084.html#ixzz1N6oYwqHL

[grace-land]

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=8145006

Aurora police release new photo of missing boy
Updated at 10:06 AM today

May 22, 2011 (AURORA, Ill.) (WLS) -- A new photo of missing 6-year-old Aurora boy Timmothy Pitzen as authorities announced a new development in the case.

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Authorities discovered Timmothy Pitzen's car seat was not in his mother's car. Initially that lead them to believe his mother may have left the car seat with whomever she left her son. However, Aurora police announced this weekend that the boy's grandmother had taken the car seat a week earlier.

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[Nut44x4]

http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=viewChildDetail&caseNum=1171960&orgPrefix=NCMC&seqNum=1&caseLang=en_US&searchLang=en_US

says Timothy

[MuffyBee]

http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=viewChildDetail&caseNum=1171960&orgPrefix=NCMC&seqNum=1&caseLang=en_US&searchLang=en_US

says Timothy

I saw that.  But I wonder if they haven't updated. 

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pitzen-search-122397084.html#ixzz1N6oYwqHL
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In a statement released Saturday, authorities said they were wrong about a detail they'd originally found encouraging.  Missing from the mother's vehicle was the boy's carseat.  Investigators had thought that meant it was with the boy and with a friend or relative.

It was discovered Friday that the carseat is with the boy's maternal grandmother, with whom he'd spent time a week prior.

Saturday's statement also corrected the spelling of the missing boy's first name to Timmothy.

Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pitzen-search-122397084.html#ixzz1NE31auzC

[MuffyBee]

http://legacy.suburbanchicagonews.com/obituaries/stng-beaconnews/obituary.aspx?n=Amy-Fry-Pitzen&pid=151134519
Amy Fry-Pitzen
Fry-Pitzen, Amy Joan Marie 43, passed away Saturday, May 14, 2011 in Rockford. She was born May 3, 1968 to Lee and Alana (Anderson) Fry. Amy grew up in Libertyville and graduated from Libertyville High School and Iowa State University. She was united in marriage to James Pitzen and together had a son, Timmothy James.
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