Crime & Safety
Timmothy Pitzen Documentary Uncovers Details About 11-Year-Old Case
The hour-long documentary tells the story of the Aurora boy who disappeared in 2011. He was 6 years old.
AURORA, IL — It's been more than 11 years since Timmothy Pitzen, a then-6-year-old Aurora boy, was last seen. Now, a new documentary depicts the twist and turns of the case while uncovering further details.
The hour-long show aired on NBC 5 and on NBC Chicago digital platforms Saturday. Featuring exclusive interviews and "twists that upend previous theories," according to filmmakers, the documentary will air nightly at 7 p.m. Nov. 27 through Dec. 3 on Roku, Samsung TV and Peacock.
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Pitzen was last seen on May 12, 2011, leaving the Kalahari Resort in the Wisconsin Dells with his mother, Amy Fry-Pitzen. After she picked her son up from Greenman Elementary School on Aurora's west side, the pair spent the afternoon at Brookfield Zoo before going to Key Lime Cove in Gurnee and later to Wisconsin Dells.
Days later, Fry-Pitzen was found dead, having committed suicide. She left a note saying her son was safe with someone who would take care of him, adding, "You will never find him," Patch reported.
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"It's not over yet," Kara Jacobs, Timmothy's aunt and Fry-Pitzen's sister, told NBC Chicago. "He's not living the life that we think he should be living because I think he should be with his father. But one day, we are going to see him and you're gonna see the other side of the story. And that’s going to be amazing."
Leads on the boy's whereabouts have turned up little. On the 10-year anniversary of Pitzen's disappearance, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children released a new age progression image showing what Timmothy might look like.
"I believe we're going to keep going until we find him, regardless of what that means," Aurora Police Department Lt. Gregory Spayth said in 2021. "If he's alive or if he's deceased, we owe that to the family to investigate until we find him."
Investigator David Guevara told Patch police cannot provide a statement or updates as they "don't have anything new to give."
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