CINCINNATI (WBBM NEWSRADIO/AP) -- Authorities are working to confirm the identity of a teen boy who told police he is Timmothy Pitzen, the Aurora boy missing since 2011.
The 14-year-old boy told police on Wednesday that he escapted two kidnappers and ran across a bridge into Kentucky. The police report states the boy told them his name was Timmothy Pitzen.
"We received a dispatch from HCCC regarding information they received from Campbell County Dispatch. Campbell County Dispatch advised that a 14-year-old male, named Timothy Pitzen, had just escaped from two kidnappers that have been holding him for 7 years," the report read. "Timothy is originally from Illinois and was last known to be with his mother, who apparently had killed herself. A note was left stating Timothy was with someone, but was safe."
In May 2011, Pitzen's mother picked him up from school in Aurora. Amy Fry Pitzen took then 6-year-old Timmothy on trips to the zoo and water parks. A few days later, on May 14, 2011, her body was found in a Rockford hotel room, along with a suicide note that said Timmothy was safe and being cared for, but he would never be found.
DNA test results are expected Thursday to confirm whether the 14-year-old boy, found in Kentucky, is indeed Timmothy Pitzen, of Aurora, who has been missing for nearly eight years.
According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Pitzen is the only child missing from west suburban Aurora.