# Has Timmothy Pitzen been found after 7 years?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 4, 2019, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-timmothy-pitzen-been-found-after-7-years/832048 "2019-04-04T17:51:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-timmothy-pitzen-been-found-after-7-years/832048/41 "2019-04-05T20:41:44Z")

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> [@aceplace57](#):
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> I’m surprised the police didn’t run a quick background check before considering DNA.
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> Brian Michael Rini has a recent prison record. A fingerprint check would have quickly revealed his real identity. Maybe in just minutes? AFAIS is pretty fast.

It takes a couple of hours to run a check.

However, there are many demands for checks and a long queue. Low priority checks keep getting pushed to the back. It could be several weeks before they get around to running this check.

This is also true of DNA tests.

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**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-timmothy-pitzen-been-found-after-7-years/832048/42 "2019-04-05T21:05:45Z")

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I thought the odds of it being a hoax was well under 20%. You have to know about DNA and all that so you’d know you’d be caught out.

So, we have on our hands a 23 year-old who is already a career criminal and fraudster. So even _more_ likely to be caught out quickly. I’d ask “What was he thinking?” but, seriously, the less I know about the deranged mind of such a person the happier I’ll be.

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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2019, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-timmothy-pitzen-been-found-after-7-years/832048/43 "2019-04-06T00:34:45Z")

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Don’t forget about [this fellow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Bourdin). Similar MO (though not a criminal otherwise).

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