Disappeared 7 years ago, American teenager says he escaped his captors

Disappeared in May 2011 after the suicide of his mother, the 14-year-old boy today said he escaped the vigilance of two men.

US police may have found a teenager missing in Kentucky, in the center of the United States, more than seven years after his mother's suicide and who has since been detained by two men, media reported on Thursday. US.

The 14-year-old boy said he escaped the vigilance of the two adults and named the police as Timmothy Pitzen, whose disappearance in May 2011 caused a stir. Her mother was found dead, apparently suicide, in a motel in the state of Illinois, after traveling 800 kilometers in two days with her son. The latter was not with her, but a word had been left in the room explaining that Timmothy "was safe with people watching over him".

A child's 2011 disappearance may have reached a resolution Wednesday in Newport, Ky., Where neighbors are found skinny, bruised teen boy claiming to have escaped kidnappers who held him for years. He said his name was Timmothy Pitzen. https://t.co/MH9ceDuF09 | Via @ sarahbellewalshpic.twitter.com / yUWcXYlNGZ

He managed to escape the custody of two men. The 14-year-old boy was found Wednesday in Kentucky. According to the local television channel WCPO, passers-by noticed the teenager wandering the city of Newport, looking lost. He had bruises on his face. He explained that he came from the neighboring state of Ohio, where he had managed to escape the custody of the two men who held him in a motel. He gave the description of two bodybuilder physique men, with snake tattoos and spider tattoos. Timothy Pitzen's grandmother reacted on ABC News saying she hoped the teenager found was her grandson. "I really hope it's him, he's fine, he's in a good place when he's not here and he's coming back," she said.