The FBI said it is reopening its investigation in the 1964 kidnapping of a newborn boy from a Chicago hospital, after recent DNA testing testing revealed that when returned to the parents a year later, turned out not to be their biological son , the Associated Press reported.
The married 49-year-old 'Paul Fronczak' who works as a college administrator and resident in Henderson, Nevada had expressed confusion as to why he never resembled what he thought were his parents. Why? In fact, he was not theirs.
"I really feel in my heart that the real Paul Fronczak is alive and well and out there, and nothing would make me more happy in this life than to find the real kidnapped child and at the same time, I wouldn't mind finding out who I am," Fronczak told the Chicago Sun Times. He said he came forward with his story because the case is unsolved, news reports said.
"Someone came in, dressed like a nurse, and told my mom that the doctor needed to see the baby for some tests," Fronczak added in a CBS News interview. "So my mom looks and sees a nurse, hands her the baby, and the child is gone, just vanished. A little while later, someone comes in and says the doctor needs to see your baby, and she said, you guys have my baby. And they said, no, we don't. And that's when everything just fell apart."
Fronczak continues to search for his true identity, lamenting, “I don't know how old I am, or who I am, or what nationality, all those things you just take for granted,” Fronczak said.
A“Who is Paul Fronczak” Facebook page has been set up in hopes of further clues.
"We decided it merited another look," Joan Hyde, a spokesman for the FBI's Chicago office said, regarding the decision to open the Fronczak case after reviewing the file. "The main thing is to look at physical evidence and see if technology and tests that weren't available when the case was originally worked could provide leads."
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