Here's what we know about the 23-year-old man who pretended to be missing boy Timmothy Pitzen:
Police reported Thursday that the person who identified himself aswhen he was 6 years old in 2011 and would be 14 years old now, was in fact a 23-year-old from Ohio.
In this case, Rini refused to give his fingerprints to law enforcement officials, but he did allow them to swab him, which was then used to run a DNA test. Glassman said that on multiple occasions Rini had identified himself as Pitzen to FBI agents, after the agents had identified themselves. After the DNA test was completed and the results confirmed his true identity, a FBI agent reminded him that it was a crime to lie to a federal agent, and they read him his Miranda rights.
Rini now faces a federal criminal charge for lying to a federal agent, which is punishable with up to eight years in federal prison. Glassman noted the possible sentence is a reflection of the fact that Rini is accused of "lying about a material matter that involves the sex trafficking of children." Glassman did not go into any further details about Rini's criminal history except to confirm he was "recently released from custody in March."
Alana Anderson, left, and daughter, Kara Jacobs, said they were devastated after the false news that Timmothy Pitzen may have been found, on April 4, 2019, in Antioch, Ill.
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