True Identity, Paul Joseph Fronczak
True Identity, Paul Joseph Fronczak
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True Identity
Cracking the Oldest Kidnapping Cold Case and Finding My Missing Twin

Author: Paul Joseph Fronczak, Alex Tresniowski

Narrator: Paul Joseph Fronczak

Unabridged: 8 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/19/2022


Synopsis

A man desperate to know his true identity struggles to solve the infamous kidnapping that nearly destroyed his family—and find his twin sister, who has been missing for more than fifty years.When he was ten years old, Paul Fronczak was snooping around for Christmas presents in a crawl space in his family’s Chicago home. There, he found hundreds of old newspaper clippings about the kidnapping of a one-day-old infant in a hospital in 1964. He also learned that, two years later, the boy was found and returned to his family—and that the boy was him.Nearly fifty years later, Paul, acting on long-held suspicions, took a DNA test that proved he was not the kidnapped boy. In an instant, he found himself at the center of two half-century-old mysteries—who was he, and where was the real Paul?True Identity is about three separate major investigations—the hunt for the real Paul Fronczak; the search for the author’s missing twin sister Jill; and finally, the investigation into his true identity, his heart and soul and the demons inside him—inherited and created—that still need to be confronted.Includes bonus PDF with images.

About Paul Joseph Fronczak

Paul Joseph Fronczak is a military veteran and former actor who now works for a nonprofit organization devoted to saving lives. Nine years ago, Paul took a DNA test that disproved the story he’d been told about his identity—that he was “Baby Fronczak,” the infant who’d been kidnapped from a Chicago hospital in an infamous 1964 crime. In an instant, he became a man without a name, birthday, or medical history—an “unidentified living person,” in official terminology. Paul has spent the last eight years searching for answers—and looking for the real Paul Fronczak.

About Alex Tresniowski

Alex Tresniowski, a former writer for both Time and People magazines, is the author of more than twenty books, including The Vendetta, which was purchased by Universal Studios for the movie Public Enemies. An Invisible Thread was more than twenty weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kaye on December 29, 2021

I've been following Fronczak's story since his original book, The Foundling, came out. I also watched the CNN documentary just a few weeks ago. His on-going search for the missing pieces of his life continues to pull at my heart. It's also an absolutely fascinating mystery, full of unexpected twists......more

Goodreads review by Sniewinski on January 06, 2022

This book was good, however, most of it was a summary of the first book, The Foundling. I was disappointed that there wasn't a whole lot of new information on this case. The title is misleading in the fact that the missing twin has not been found. So much of raw feelings of love and disappointment a......more

Goodreads review by sheila kate Lockhart-Mure on January 10, 2022

What a journey! A truly fascinating second instalment. Had me on the edge of my seat and sent me on an emotional roller coaster. What this poor man has been through in search of something he was denied for most of his life - painful to read at times and in turn heart warming and devastating. I would......more

Goodreads review by Luis on October 28, 2023

3.5 - a good chunk of the first half was recapping/restating his first book, and since I had just read it last month it felt very repetitive to read again. The story of Paul’s life is interesting and it continues to be plagued by mysteries still unsolved to this day.......more

Goodreads review by CeCe on February 09, 2022

While much of the information/story of this, Fronczak’s follow up to The Foundling was a re-hash of the first book, the new chapters were interesting and added much to the story. However, the atrocious grammar almost made me quit reading more than a few times. This book, more so than the first, felt......more