Brian Michael Rini said he escaped kidnappers who sexually abused him.

The suspect is charged with making false statements to federal agents.

A brother of Brian Rini, 23, a convicted criminal who claimed to be 14-year-old Timmothy Pitzen, said that Rini had battled mental illness for years.

When it was revealed that a person claiming to be a missing teen was neither him nor a teen, many were shocked that such a deception could happen. But it has before.

Charges have been filed against Brian Rini, who allegedly learned about Timmothy Pitzen's story after watching a documentary.

The mystery of how a young man who claimed he was a missing boy, Timmothy Pitzen, is still unraveling, leaving questions and raw emotions in its wake.

A 23-year-old ex-convict claimed to be Timmothy Pitzen, who has been missing since 2011.

Brian Michael Rini, the young man who told police that he was a missing child has a history of lying to police about his identity, officials revealed today.

A person found in Kentucky reportedly told authorities he was Timothy Pitzen but DNA tests confirmed he is a 23-year-old from Ohio.

The man who claimed to be the child who went missing 7 years ago is actually a convicted criminal. ABC News' Janai Norman reports.

Timmothy Pitzen was reported missing since 2011, when he was last seen being checked out of his Aurora, Illinois, school by his mother, Amy Fry-Pitzen.

Authorities said they want to know why Brian Michael Rini, 23, of Ohio, claimed to be a young boy who vanished in 2011 after last being seen on video with his mother.

The FBI announced today that DNA testing confirms that the teen found in Kentucky on Wednesday who claimed to be a missing child is not him.

The FBI announced today that DNA testing confirms that the teen found in Kentucky on Wednesday who claimed to be a missing child is not him.

A boy found on the street in Kentucky says that he escaped kidnappers.

A teenager claiming to be Timmothy Pitzen appeared in Kentucky and asked a stranger for help, saying he escaped kidnappers.

The teen told police he'd just escaped his kidnappers, and identified himself as Timmothy Pitzen, a young boy who vanished in 2011.

Timmothy Pitzen has not been seen since his mother died by suicide, leaving a note that he was being cared for but he would never be found.