A boy claiming to be missing child Timmothy Pitzen – last seen alive in 2011 – has given police vital information that could prove he is telling the truth.

The teenager, 14, has given police the correct birthday and said that his middle name was James, his dad’s Christian name, CBS Chicago reported.

Timmothy’s family are now waiting for DNA results to confirm whether the youngster is indeed their missing relative, with confirmation expected within the next 24 hours.

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The boy found wandering Newport, Kentucky, on Wednesday has given police the same birth date as missing Timmothy Pitzen, who he claims to be (Picture: CBS Chicago)

CBS2 Chicago report Mike Puccinelli, whose station broke the story about Timmothy being found, tweeted: ‘The boy who identified himself as #timmothypitzen gave police his proper birthday.




‘He also gave his middle name as James which is the first name of his father.

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‘Timmothy Pitzen was last seen in May 2011. That was just before his mother took her life.’

Timmothy’s family now face up to a day’s for a definitive answer on whether or not the boy is Timmothy.

The youngster claiming to be the missing child was spotted wandering the streets by concerned onlookers, and told them who he was.

He claimed to have been held by kidnappers for the last seven years, and said he had escaped from a Red Roof Inn hotel, where he was being held by two male bodybuilders.

Timmothy was last seen alive after being picked up by his mother Amy Fry-Pitzen from school in Aurora, Illinois, in 2011. She killed herself days later, and left a suicide note referring to Timmothy, saying ‘You’ll never find him’

Timmothy pictured with his mother Amy Fry-Pitzen after she picked him up from school, killed herself, then left a note saying the youngster would never be found

The boy, who is said to have looked as if he had been beaten up, claimed to have escaped the hotel in Cincinnati, Ohio.

He says he then ran across a bridge spanning the Ohio river and into neighboring Newport, Kentucky.

Timmothy was last seen being dropped off at his school in Aurora, Illinois, by his dad in May 2011.

He was picked up by his mother Amy Fry-Pitzen later that day, and taken on a mini-vacation to a zoo and several water parks in Wisconsin.

Fry-Pitzen then killed herself in a hotel room, leaving a suicide note saying that she’d left her son with people who loved him, adding: ‘You’ll never find him.’

Timmothy’s dad Jim says he and his wife had been having marital difficulties, but added that her vanishing act with their son had come as a complete shock.

Timmothy’s grandmother Alana Anderson says she is ‘cautiously hopeful’ that the boy will turn out to be the youngster, and that he can be reunited with his family.