The unsolved disappearance of Timmothy Pitzen

Seven years ago this month, a six-year-old Aurora, Ill., boy vanished without a trace and police still don’t know what happened to him.
The boy, Timmothy Pitzen, disappeared while on a trip across suburban Chicago and southern Wisconsin with his mentally troubled mother.
His mother, Amy Fry-Pitzen, unexpectedly checked him out of school early on Wednesday May 11, 2011, and left town. Her husband, the boy’s father, says he did not know about his wife’s plans.
Amy took Timmothy to Brookfield Zoo and two indoor amusement and water parks. Security camera footage from a Wisconsin Dells water park showed the two together on Friday May 13, 2011.
Amy was found dead of a suicide on Saturday May 14 in a Rockford, Ill., motel. She checked in alone the day before.
She left a note saying that her son was fine and she had put him in the care of unnamed individuals.
I hope Timmothy is found safe and sound one day. And that this mystery is put to rest.

Related articles:

Have you seen this child? Timmothy Pitzen (National Center for Missing & Exploited Children)

Father of Timmothy Pitzen Desperate To Find His Son After 6 Years (MyStateLine; May 15, 2017)

Timmothy Pitzen, 6, missing after mother found dead by suicide (Crime Watch Daily; April 25, 2017)

Pitzen case to be featured on '20/20' TV show (Chicago Tribune; Dec. 24, 2015)

'You Will Never Find Him': A Mother’s Chilling Vow After Kidnapping Son and Killing Herself (People; Oct. 28, 2015)

Grieving mother reads daughter’s suicide note (CNN; June 3, 2014)

Hoping for the safe return of Timmothy Pitzen (Tech-media-tainment; May 26, 2011)