Man who claimed to be Timmothy Pitzen was released from prison last month, records show

The man who falsely claimed to be Timmothy Pitzen, a boy who disappeared in 2011, was released from an Ohio prison last month after serving time for burglary and vandalism, court records show

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Brian Michael Rini, 23, of Medina, Ohio, said Wednesday he was the missing boy from Aurora, Illinois, and described how he fled from his alleged kidnappers and ran across a bridge into Kentucky, authorities said. There, residents who found him roaming a Newport neighborhood called 911. About 24 hours later, DNA tests showed he is not the boy who vanished at age 6, the FBI said Thursday.

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