“I’d like to know who I am, my birthday, how old I am? But more important: Is the real baby alive and still out there,” Paul Fronczak said in 2014, according to WGN.Īfter the DNA test indicated the person she thought was her son was not him, Dora Franczak still seemed haunted by the abduction and by the prospect of experiencing the anguish all over again. Messages for a Paul Fronczak in Nevada also were not returned. Messages left at a telephone number Thursday for a Dora Fronczak in suburban Chicago were not returned. It's unclear if anyone could still be subject to criminal charges. If the recent reports are accurate, questions would quickly arise about whether the people who raised the man knew he had been kidnapped or were themselves involved in the abduction. The boy was raised by the Fronczaks.īut in another cruel twist for the family, DNA tests that were not available in the 1960s revealed in 2013 that it was not him. It's Paul,” the mother was quoted as saying at the time. That boy was turned over to the Fronczaks, who believed him to be their long-lost child. In 1966, a boy was found abandoned in New Jersey, and law enforcement officials said at the time that he had ears shaped like those of the baby kidnapped in Chicago. In the past, other claims about the child's identity have turned out to be wrong. The man, who asked not to be identified, became aware several months ago of evidence pointing to him and was trying to come to terms with the revelations, WGN reported. WGN went further in a report this week, saying it had spoken to the man. "We can tell you the adult Paul Fronczak is living in Michigan and has been made aware of his real identity," a Dec. And they did not elaborate about how he was identified as the kidnapped child, including whether DNA testing played a role. The stations did not name the man or say where he lived in Michigan.
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