Timmothy Pitzen: Ex-convict charged with pretending to be long-missing boy

A former convict accused of pulling a cruel hoax by pretending pretended to be a missing boy from Illinois has been charged with making false statements.Brian Rini, 23, had claimed he was 14-year-old Timmothy Pitzen, who went missing in 2011 after his mother killed herself when he was six-years-old. He said he had escaped from an eight-year ordeal at the hands of sex traffickers.But Mr Rini’s claims were debunked earlier this week after DNA tests confirmed he was not the long-lost boy.The