Authorities are investigating a teen's claims to be missing boy Timmothy Pitzen who vanished without a trace in 2011.
一名青少年声称自己是2011年消失地无影无踪的男孩Timmothy Pitzen，当局正就此进行调查。
vanish：消失
without a trace：无影无踪地

The 14-year-old claims to have escaped two kidnappers who have been holding him hostage for eight years.
这名14岁男孩声称自己从两名绑架者手中逃脱，这两人将他作为人质扣了八年。
kidnapper：绑架者
hostage：人质

Timmothy hasn't been seen since his mother took him out of school and took her own life while they were on a three-day holiday.
他的妈妈当时把他从学校接走，后来在两人的三天假期中，她自杀了。自那之后人们再也没见过Timmothy。
take...own life：自杀

He was six when his father dropped him off at primary school in Aurora, Indiana on the morning of May 11, 2011. Soon after he was picked up by his mother Amy Fry-Pitzen who took him on holiday for three days before she died in a hotel room in Rockford.
2011年5月11日的一天早上，当时他只有6岁，他的爸爸开车把他送印第安纳州奥罗拉的小学。没多久，他就被妈妈Amy Fry-Pitzen接走，她带着他去度假三天，之后在Rockford的一家酒店的房间里去世。
drop off：送下车

She left behind notes saying Timmothy was safe but claimed he would never be found again.
她留下纸条说Timmothy很安全，但没人会再找到他。
leave behind：留下

The boy escaped from a Red Roof Inn, a US discount hotel, where he says he was being held by the two kidnappers, according to an Ohio police report filed on Wednesday. The boy was unsure where the hotel was.
根据俄亥俄州警方周三提交的一份报告，这名男孩逃离了美国折扣酒店Red Roof Inn，据他说，他一直被两名绑架者关在那里。这个男孩不确定酒店的地址。
discount hotel：折扣酒店

After escaping, the boy said he ran and "kept running across a bridge" until he reached Ohio, according to the police report.
警方报告称，男孩说，他在逃出来后，一直跑，跑过了一座桥，最后到达俄亥俄州。

His face was bruised and he was "very scared and agitated", according to residents from Newport, Cincinnati who encountered the boy when he was found.
在男孩被找到时，碰到他的辛辛那提纽波特的居民称，他的脸上有淤青，他“非常害怕和激动”。
agitated：焦虑不安的；激动的
encounter：碰见；相遇

A witness told CBS the boy told her he'd been running for two hours。
一名目击者告诉哥伦比亚广播公司说，这名男孩告诉她，他已经跑了两个小时。

In the report the boy described two kidnappers, saying they drove a Ford SUV with Wisconsin licence plates.
在警方报告中，该男孩对两名绑匪做了描述，说他们驾驶着一辆有威斯康星州车牌的福特SUV。
licence plate：车牌

Local police searches of a Red Roof Inn and other nearby motels revealed nothing.
当地警察搜查了一间Red Roof Inn和附近的其他汽车旅馆，但没有任何结果。
inn：小旅馆

"We have no idea if this is Timmothy Pitzen," Aurora Police Sergeant Bill Rowley said.
“我们不知道这他是不是Timmothy Pitzen，”奥罗拉警局警长Bill Rowley说。
Sergeant：警长

"We don't know if it's a hoax. Obviously, everyone's hopeful, but we have to be super judicious."
“我们不知道这是不是个恶作剧。显然，每个人都充满希望，但我们必须非常审慎。”
hoax：骗局；恶作剧
judicious：审慎的；明智的

Unfortunately, according to fox19.com, once officials tested the DNA, they confirmed the teen is actually 23-year-old Brian Rini.
不幸的是，据fox19.com报道，在警方进行DNA测试后，他们证实这名青少年实际是23岁的Brian Rini。

It has been a roller coaster of emotion for Timmothy’s friends and family, and it’s not one that they ever hoped to ride.
对于Timmothy的朋友和家人来说，他们的情绪仿佛过山车一般，这种过山车并不是他们希望经历的。
roller coaster：过山车

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