256:. Fry-Pitzen failed to contact her husband, however, who had been attempting to locate the pair after being notified by his son's school that he was not present when he arrived to pick him up at the end of the school day on May 11. Timmothy was heard in the background during the calls, saying that he was hungry.
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Timmothy were safe and not in any danger. Cell phone records indicated the calls were made from an area northwest of
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Timmothy would never be found, but was safe with people who would care for him.
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