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Police working to ID boy who says he was abducted years ago bit.ly/2YNXtwn

MORE: An FBI spokesperson in Louisville said they're working with Newport police, Cincinnati police, the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office and Aurora, Illinois police on a missing child investigation. bit.ly/2YNXtwn

MORE: FBI says they're conducting a DNA test to identify the child bit.ly/2YNXtwn

UPDATE: Police investigating if child who says he was abducted could be missing boy Timmothy Pitzen bit.ly/2YNXtwn

Timmothy Pitzen's maternal grandmother told ABC News that she has been in touch with Aurora police and is expecting them to call her again as soon as they have determined whether the boy is Timmothy. bit.ly/2YNXtwn

The boy told Campbell County authorities that he is 14-year-old Timothy Pitzen, and that he'd just escaped two kidnappers that had been holding him for seven years, according to a Sharonville police report. bit.ly/2YNXtwn

Several Newport residents said they saw the boy milling around and thought he was a suspicious person, until they got closer and realized he needed help. bit.ly/2YNXtwn

The boy told police he'd escaped from his two kidnappers. According to a police report, he apparently kept running until he crossed a bridge into Kentucky. bit.ly/2YNXtwn

The FBI and local authorities are working to verify a boy's claim that he's a child who went missing in 2011 and he'd just escaped from a pair of kidnappers when he encountered police Wednesday morning. bit.ly/2YNXtwn

Could the boy really be Timmothy Pitzen, nearly eight years after he went missing? His maternal grandmother tells ABC News that she's "cautiously hopeful."

"If it turns out to be him, we'll be thrilled," she said. bit.ly/2YNXtwn