Thirteen years after the disappearance of 6-year-old Timmothy Pitzen from Aurora, Illinois, his family and friends hold onto the belief that he is alive and living in a religious community, possibly unaware of his true identity and the ongoing search for him.
Linda Pitzen, Timmothy’s paternal grandmother, has developed a theory that her daughter-in-law, Amy Fry-Pitzen, entrusted the boy to the care of Mormons just days before she died by suicide in May 2011.
Amy Fry-Pitzen, 43, left behind a brief and enigmatic suicide note that assured her family of Timmothy’s safety and placement with people who “love” him, but also warned that he would never be found.
Linda Pitzen, along with her family, has spent years meticulously analyzing the note, leading them to the conviction that Timmothy is still alive.
“I think she wanted Timm to be raised Mormon,” Linda Pitzen confided to The Sun. “The rest of us aren’t Mormon and I think this was her way of making sure he was after she’d gone.” She noted that while Amy never imposed her religious beliefs on anyone except her husband, Jim, she was a convert to the Mormon church before their marriage.
The events leading to Timmothy’s disappearance began on May 11, 2011, when Amy removed him from school early, citing a family emergency. After a 48-hour communication blackout, she spoke with her mother and Jim’s brother on May 13, promising their imminent return. Timmothy’s voice was heard in the background during the call, and he briefly spoke on the phone.
Following the conversation, Amy turned off her phone, with its final location registered in Sterling, a small town 80 miles west of Aurora. Tragically, on May 14, Amy was discovered deceased in a Rockford, Illinois motel room, her death was ruled a suicide by prescription medication overdose and deep razor cuts to her wrists. Timmothy, however, was nowhere to be found.
Hannah Soukup, Timmothy’s former classmate, echoes the suspicion that he was placed with individuals his mother had instructed to keep him hidden from the world.
“I believe she dropped him off somewhere — I don’t know if it was in a religious area, or something like that — but I think she dropped him off and gave him to people she knew would keep him safe and hidden,” Soukup told the outlet on the 13th anniversary of his disappearance.
Soukup emphasized the thoroughness of Amy’s actions, stating, “Whatever Amy did, she did a good job of hiding him. I think she made it clear that either his identity had to be changed or that he had to stay away from the internet so he’d never know he was missing.”
Linda Pitzen concurs with Soukup’s hypothesis, suggesting that Amy may have entrusted her son to a commune. “I read that suicide note, and if you read that note and you know her, I would guess she probably gave somebody to live in a compound,” she said. “I have to hope that’s true because it’d be a lot better option for me to deal with, as opposed to what the other options are.”
Timmothy’s former classmate maintains hope for his survival and believes that if he were to resurface, it would be of his own volition rather than as a result of the ongoing search efforts. “One of my theories is, if he is found, then I think he’s going to re-emerge by his own accord, I don’t think it will be police or investigators who track him down,” Soukup remarked.
The last confirmed sighting of Timmothy alive was on May 13, 2011, as he held his mother’s hand while checking out of a waterpark hotel resort in the Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. As Timmothy’s family continues to yearn for his return, they also hold out hope that advancements in technology might play a crucial role in finding him.
Thirteen years after Timmothy vanished, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) shared a message from James Pitzen, Timmothy’s father, addressed to his missing son:
Dear Timmothy,
The years apart have been hard, I am so looking forward for us to be reunited. There is so much of your young life I have not been able to be a part of while you have been missing. The future is bright, and I look forward to spending time with you, and getting to know my son again. Till I see you again.
Love, Dad
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