A devastated family was left reeling Thursday when it was revealed the man who told police he was Timmothy Pitzen, an Illinois boy who has been missing for eight years, was lying. As the Pitzen family and police struggle to come to terms with the reality, former federal prosecutor Francey Hakes said she believes the man, 23-year-old Brian Rini, could face charges for his actions. "One of the things that, to me, is the worst, in addition to the family's emotional upset is that police and forensic resources that went into trying to determine whether this was Timmothy Pitzen," she said. The family held a press conference on Thursday after news broke the man was not Timmothy, saying that the boy's father James "is devastated once again." "He's nothing short of a conman, and I feel terrible for what he's put this family through," she concluded.

Source: Fox News April 05, 2019 14:15 UTC