US police said today that a six-year-old boy was missing after his mother apparently committed suicide in a northern Illinois hotel room.
Amy J. Fry-Pitzen, 43, was found dead with slit wrists on Saturday afternoon local time in a hotel room in Rockford, Illinois, WREX-TV said. Police found a note at the scene that said her six-year-old son, Timothy J Pitzen, was safe in the care of unnamed people.
Ms Fry-Pitzen and her son were reported missing on Thursday afternoon by her husband, who is Timothy's father.
Police in Ms Fry-Pitzen's hometown of Aurora, Illinois, about 117km south-east of Rockford, confirmed that she and Timothy stayed in motels in Illinois and Wisconsin on Wednesday night and Thursday night.
Investigators were working with officials in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Iowa to find information leading to Timothy's whereabouts, the report said.
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