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A person claiming to be a 14-year-old boy who went missing from Aurora at the age of 6 was actually a 23-year-old man from Ohio, police said Thursday. Investigators ran a DNA test on the person who appeared in the Cincinnati, Ohio, area on Wednesday, claiming to be the child who disappeared from the Illinois town more than seven years ago. Authorities confirmed Thursday that results indicated "the person in question is not Timmothy Pitzen."

Investigators claim that a 14-year-old boy in Ohio identified himself on Wednesday as Timmothy Pitzen, a 6-year-old boy who vanished in 2011, and said he had just escaped the grasp of two kidnappers who allegedly held him for seven years. The boy told police that on Wednesday morning, he had "just escaped from two kidnappers" whom he described as white men with body builder physiques, according to an incident report from the Sharonville Police Department obtained by The Associated Press. "One had black curly hair, Mt. Dew shirt and jeans, & has a spider web tattoo on his neck," the...

DNA tests show that the person found Wednesday in Northern Kentucky is not Timmothy Pitzen, the FBI said Thursday afternoon. "DNA results have been returned, and the person in question is not Timmothy Pitzen," FBI Louisville spokesman Timothy Beam said in an emailed statement. Instead, officials said it was a 23-year-old man from Medina, Ohio – Brian Michael Rini

 Seattle police honor South Pacific cast member Peter Rini  SEATTLE –Today the Seattle Police Department honored New York actor Peter Rini for his heroic actions on Monday, February 8th when he helped to apprehend a driver who hit two cars, both occupied, while driving a stolen van. Mr. Rini was walking near 19th Avenue East and East Republican Street on Monday at approximately 11:46 a.m. when he noticed a white van colliding with a pair of cars and heard the female driver of one vehicle scream after being struck. The driver then hit a telephone pole and left the vehicle.  Although the collision...

After chiding Democrat John Edwards for his $400 haircuts, former Gov. Mitt Romney dropped $300 at a California beauty salon to ensure his face was properly powdered during a televised presidential debate. Romney, always perfectly coiffed on the campaign trail, spent the cash at the Hidden Beauty salon in West Hills, Calif., which employs a “mobile beauty team” to provide on-the-go hair and makeup services for men, according to its Web site. “For $300, I hope he got a manicure and pedicure, too,” Democratic political consultant Michael Goldman said. “If Mitt needs to spend $300 to look halfway decent, I...